The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-03

they. find themselves In an environ
ment of prejudice which wss engen-
dered not by themselves but by their
predecessors They are under the aw-
ful curse OF Yahweh. the sins OF the
father shall be visited upon the chill
sren,''
II is conceivable that the Ameri-
can people, ingratned though It may
be with Hebrew traditions, will
not apply this lash OF serpents
forever aad without relenting 1t
believe that it Is only neces-
xary for them To become con-
Ttnced that the present generation Of
railway managers is seeking simply
10 do their duty and 10 serve efficient
y. 10 reinstate them IN the high place
m public esteem to which the nature
and the Importance OF their service
entities such of them ms do we'll
have mad opportunity To know the
fellowship Of the railway managers
IN the United States today. and. con-
sidering them as class. / challenge
any other class Of the community 70
match them for courage. for unremtt-
ting labor for high ambition and FOR
GOOD intention. and ! believe that. as
he public knows them, Il VIII grant
them the reward ~ good opinion and
respect which I myself have for my
colleagues IN the service. They nre
men in the way literally TO realize
Rusgin's rehnition of an artist as "a
person who has submitted to a law
which IL was painful 70 obey. that
he may below delight which 1t Is
gracious 70 hestow"
In speaking 70 IL body of men en-
gagged in those Manifestations OF tn
suatry known as manufacturing and
distribution, ! am speaking 10 men
who In their own business experience
are trained 20 understand the prob
lem OF management OF railroad.
They have seen the railroads reFu-
lated. they have contributed for
the4r tes+ advantage 10 the creation
ri the public opinion which accom-
p3ished that regulation, ard they
aaNe largely harvested the fruits 81
that regulation, hut they are now be-
ginning 20 realize that they have
Auloosened q beast which ts likely
4, raven ut their own doors before 1t
is chained. II ever again 1t is 10 he
.hained
Create a FrankcTstein.
The principle Of the interference
of government In private industry is
not likely TO be applied forever mere
~ to railways. or even to those aK-
>
Try known as trusts. &c all feel every
year more and more the hand Of the
government In our private affairs,
and. unless the public conscience Is
diverted To something else. as 1t
might be by a great and cruel war.
which Cod forbid. we are likely 10
! see steady expansion OF the domain
of the sovereign fwho. in our ciViIi-
ation IL evidenced by the represent
.ative ieglslature) m social questions
Affecting every man engaged in the
management Of industry or the own
srshin Of the tools Of industry That
means the small manufacturer as well
as the large manufacturer; the small
employer Of labor az well as the
large employer OF labor At the mo-
ment this tendency, 50 far as 1t has
neen diverted from iis earliest hos
ages~-tbe managers Of the railways
lis directed towards that class OF
he community which IN dim. myster-
& Aus and dlstant~~the' capitalist and
his agent the banker.
In purely agricultural civiliza
Hon. snsh as we find in large parts
III the United States today and such
"a persisted. until the beginning OF
the Iast century, practically all over
fhn world, there is an inherited ira
aisian Of hostility to the banker. W.
find expression OF 1t In our earlier re-
rords. when the Hebrew people lived