The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-12

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| prophetic vision of this great man was
not as clear as when he stated short
Time aIterWard in his great speech at
Freeport, Ill, that this country cannot
endure half slave and half free
Problem for the State.
| Here was a problem that each state
could not solve for itself.
| The railways are the commercial
arteries of this country They are the
means of communication, or inter
course, which commercially connects
every individual in the country with
every other Individual. These arteries
90 not begin and end at state lines.
we guarantee under the constitution
thal commerce among the states shall
| pc free and uninterrupted. How can
| this be accom- plished so long as the
arteries OF commerce are regulated by
multiplicity of commissions? How
can the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion say that one rate is fair and re-
munerat1ve if a. different rate is to be
prescribed by other authority for traf-
Tic moving over the sarie rails and.
perchance, in the same train? How
can the Interstate Commerce Com
mission build up its patient if bleed
/ ing is to be the only remedy per-
mitted?
Gentlemen, the railroads of this
country cannot endure half slave and
| half free
What Is Being Done.
| his Is certainty a mOmentOuS Oc-
casion," said Scott Hopkins. who was
the first speaker on the program, land
it seems to be wise to occasionally stop
and take an inventory of what is being
done so We can realize the great prob
| lens which are being solved.
| Before the Civil war the problems
had hinged largely upon the construc-
| ton of the constitution. Since the war
this nation has been drifting along,
and the progress has been mainly
commercial in its nature. Today who
| is there within the sound of my voice
who does not appreciate the serious
ness of the great problems with which
we are confronted?
! Labor, capital, and the consuming
masses are the three great factors with
which we have to contend. There is
| good leadership and bad leadership
Il was talking with a man the other
/ day on the value of this great Rock
Island railroad with its splendid equip
ment and capacity to further the COM
mercial interests of this country. We
| agreed that one of the important fac
tors is that the Rock Islard has reach
| ed the point where in selecting men to
control the interests of the system men
/ of the best calibre are chosen.
| 1--WE are paying our respects this
evening to a man who started at the
very bottom, and worked himself to
the top, and to officials who are alive
| to their duties We welcome you here
today-Kansas welcomes you. 1 al
ways take pleasure in noticing the let
tiers on cars of the system. G. r. l. and
P. 1t might be said that &C. stands for
capital and capacity; r. stands for
reciprocity; T. stands for individuality
of the managers, and 'P' for progress
and future prosperity.
Nudge the Right Man.
| L take very great pleasure in joining
with the business men of this city i'll
| this expression of cordially and gen.
| ~ aI,x 1,r1l for
| dent Nudge and staff and this splendid
railroad said Arthur Capper. THE
advent of the railroad into the city
marks the time l landed in Topeka.
| They will have to admit that Topeka
| has prospered most marvellously since
| that time and 1 will be willing to share
| the credit with the Rock Island.
| tL1aughter)
MY first big assignment on the Cap
| ital was when was detailed by Major
| that mysterious MANN. A. Low. 1t
was at the time that the Rock Island
was attempting almost unheard of
| things in the way of construction.
ION June "a, 1886, there appeared that
| remarkable interview with Mr.. Low
| that wonderful scoop contained in d.
space of at least one and a half inches.
| I believe that interview will go down in
1 history as the most voluninous inter-
view from that most distinguished Of
| fetal
Il believe that the Rock Island is try
| ing to do the square thing by the people
| of Topeka and Kansas. / believe that
| H. U. Nudge is the man who is behind
this policy-a policy which will win IN
any business"
Cordial Hand to the Rock Island.
You have heard something of the
| gentleman who came on the wave of
prosperity that the Rock Island brought
! to Topeka said Frank P. MacLennan
who was the next speaker in order. Il
| had the honor of being on the Board of
| Trade of Topeka which had as an OBJ
ject the bringing of the Rock Island TO
Topeka. The last speaker has said he
came with the Rock Island road, so 1
hope he will stay with it, (Applause)
| "a few days ago 1 noticed a large
map called the Rock Island States Of
| America. 1t included a piece of terri
tory taken out of the heart of America
and linked together with steel. It COM
! prised as many states as were included
in the original states, with population
that is larger.
1.-The president and the officials of the
Rock Island may come again to Topeka
| to lay the cornerstone for a new build
| ing-they might have done it today, but
| they were busy at the south side of the
| city, Qaughter) but We hope they are
| looking around for site for a new
building and new shops.
1--WE love the Santa Fe, but H. u.
Mudgel We love the Santa Fe as a
man loves his children, but we love the
| Rock Island as we do a sweetheart, as
the Rock Island has very fetching man.
ners. We have loved the officers first
because they were Santa Fe men-now
| as Rock Island men.
Now the Santa Fre and Rock Island
are pulling for one great tl1ing-the de-
| velopment of this great southwest
country. We are here to give a cordial
| hand to the Rock Island people. Our
dear lamented Mr.. Hurley, If here
| would give the warmest grasp to Mr..
| Nudge"
THE Rock Island has twenty thou
sand points of contact in fourteen
states,'' said F. o. MeIcher.
| eve find ourselves absolutely depend-