The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-29
]. r.. Man Just Learns Ancient
Feud Has Been Forgotten.
Railroads Now Actually Court
Publicity of Right Kind.
NEWSPAPERS ARE FRIENDLY
Harmonious Cooperation Has
Taken Place of Strife.
Abolition of Free Pass Marked
Beginning of New Era.

The world do, move, and it is NOV
ing in the right direction a part OF
IL at least is getting better Anyway
the railroad world isn't like il used TO
be
But this is getting ahead of the
story. May be there isn't any story,
but the general public likes to know
of unusual happenings, and anything
that would give newsPa per man cold
feet-welI the general public would
probably like to know something that
would feaze a newspaper man to the
extent of giving him cold feet. Al
least all the public except his wife
would like TO know about his cold feet.
and as these are hot days-near Dog
days-perhapS even the wife Noutu
be interested-but in this case there
isn't any wife. so interest in this mar
rative should be unanimous.
When the managing editor pried the
man. who is starting on the second
round of the newspaper game. from d
desk job and told him he could do
the railroads." the man pried found
hiln.elf cropping blindly for the ropes
He felt himself swaying and going
down for the count, and his feet!
Turn on the gas. please, and hustle
rub of hot water. Oh, dog gone the
Kansas NaIufSL"pOuE SOLIAc hCAOSCA4N
on the back log and let the fire be
hot.
But the Kansas Natural was not to
blame for this chill Blame it on the
railroads They used 10 be blamed
for everything from twins to climate.
Why should they not be blamed for q
man having a chill? We do blame
them and blame them right now. and
do so rightly and with righteous indlg-
nation.
They were responsible for this news
paper mans chill. The very MEM
ories-eight year old memories-of
the railroad officials of Topeka froze
him. Responsibility should be placed
where it belongs. They were respon-
sible But credit. too. should be be-
slowed where it is due. and the rail-
roads also thawed him out. and the
thawing process is really the point of
this story There would not have |
been any thawing eight years ago
Then they would have left him rigid. |
stiff and cold. and would have been /
gleefuI in doing so. and maybe they |
would have been given some merit
marks in the great recording book of
railroad general managers.
Times Have Changed.
But times have changed This s j
man had been away from Topeka and
had not found it out. To him things
were just as they used to be- Time
was 1--WE think we have reached the
place TO begin with Time Was) when
a newspaper reporter had to reach
steen outer guards to touch the
door knob of 2 railroad department
head. If he were husky, he might get
the door open; if he were brave he ;
might enter: if he were wise, he might
stay long enough to be passively
elected; if he were foolish. the am
bulance carried him away, and when ;
ne was able to get around again he
iiscreetly waylaid the lady clerks in ]
the alley and got his news that way,
and even then he had to dodge the I
railways secret service men or choose
between censorship and arrest. !
So do the railroads. Sure, Do
en- to a fragile, The phrase sounded
good 20 the man of bitter experiences, :
only he wished someone else was on !
the job of doing the doing" A deep ,
seated and long smouldering resent
ment made him wish he could say
gleefully. Every doing it
everybody except himself.
Best Run on the Paper.
Its really the best run on the pa
per-. said the NJ. Z. and the man !
who used to do" and was done" by
the railroads. thought the NJ E was |
but never mind what he thought. 1t
look nice in print and he
was mlsJudgtng the NJ r. anyway, for
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