The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-22

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ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 22.-
Howard Elliott, president of the
Northern Pacific Railway Company,
who recently refused the presidency
of the Missouri Pacific at salary re-
ported to be<$1OO,OOO a year. says the
railroads suffer from the high cost of
living just the same as do the people
and he declares the railroads are not
wasting nearly million dollars day
as has been charged
It is pointed out that the test of the
interstate Commerce Commissions
opinion in the advance Of freight rates
case contains. a reputation of the
scientific management" theories by
Louis D. Brandies, and declares the
plan OF the Boston lawyer would not
in any way make good the reduced
net earnings of railways, caused by
heavy advances in expenditures for
wages and in cost of operation.
Referring to Mr.. Brandies's testi-
mony the commission says: lone gem
tleman who described these methods
testified that they had been introduced
to some extent into the operations of
railways with remarkable results, and
that from careful analysis and COM
putation. he was satisfied that not less
than $500. 100000 annually could be
sived by the proper application ot
Ethese methods. to the business al rail-
reading in'the Emitted states.
ut is difficult to see exactly what
Iapplttationthe commission can mike
m THIS c1se-'or ms testimony. TtI6
witness who apparently had most to
do with originating and applying these
methods testified that they were in ac-
I tual operation in not over one-tenth
of one per cent Of the manufacturing
establishments, Of this country. y
Upon this record we can hardly find
that these methods could be intro
duced into railroad operations to any
considerable extent, much less can We
determine the definite amount of saw
ing which could be made. We can
not, therefore, find that these defend
ants could make good any part of
these actual advances in wages by the
introduction of scientific manage
ment.'"
Mr.. Elliott, in commenting on the
commissions opinion. says the rail-
ways always have kept pace with 9TH
er American business institutions in
adopting improved methods and ideas
as fast as their merit and practicablll-
ty have been clearly established.
Railway managers, officers and en-
ployes," said Mr.. Elliott. ARE banded
together in numoerless organizations
formed solely TO study railway bust.
ness, formulate new ideas and encour-
age better efficiencyi These, with the
many journals devoted to technical
matters of railway business, are an in
dication that officers and men alike
want the newest and best ideas and
are striving for efficiency.
The work of these men coupled
with a broad policy on the part Of
the owners of railways to give the
public the best service, has made the
railway of today hardly recogniza-
bic as compared with the railway of
twenty years or even ten years ago,
and has placed the efficiency of the
American railway far ahead of the
railways in any other country in the
world. The business man can reach
farther with his goods, enjoy better
and more prompt service than he for
merly dreamed of. and the public
never enjoyed the use of better. faster
or more luxurious trains, and at rates
so low that students of the subject OF
transportation who come here from
other copntries are amazed"