The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-07-06

standards Of management. II may
be said hat this Is impract.cablo. II
may not be practicable. but II Is not
Impossible. and as h. A.. Dclano in
dictates in a recent letter ~ the Chi
cage Tribune, II ought to be done.
The railway managers maintain or
gunizatiOna To oppose the legislation
which the high inanoiers. grafters
and ~boneheads who are always
breaking into their business are
bringing about. Why, then. could
they not and should they not main
tain organizations TO prevent these
people from doing the things that
bring about the legislation? or. bet
ter still. why should not the same or
CARNATIONS through which operation
and regulation are Dow dealt with be
~broadened To prov nt the causes Of
regulatioh2 Why Should not the
American Railway association 80 in
vestigatc and police the physical OPP
Grafton Of railways as To expose bad
practices and compel their abolition?
a committee ~ the association pro-
posed such a plan last November for
dealing with the accident question,
bat the association. with character
iNhAi AtAANIlAAs III NiAAANlh WIN HfAAAfAN
Of IMPORTANCE. rejected the plan anu
adopted nothing In It's place. Why
should there not be an organization
OF directors, chairmen and presidents
Go prevent such financial outragcs ss
have been committed on the CHI
cago a Alton, the New Haven and
the Frisco? Why should the capa-
bis and honestly managed railways
let juggling ~ stocks, grating. faulty
operation 80 ON on some roads with
out m effort Ia stop them when
everybody knows that rs certainly as
day follows night these things will
lead 10 scandals and that the scan
dals will create a public sentiment
and cause regulation that win hurt
every railway In the country
The sum Of the whole matter is
that there IL going TO be regulation
Of all phases of railway manage
ment. IL the railways as a whole
VIII themselves only do their part OF
II the regulating can make things SO
hot for individual arrangements that
act foolishiy or cruokedly as TO fore
stall much public regulation which
otherwise will inevitably come. and
AZ the same time greatly improve
public sentiment Toward the roads.
II undesirable power continue TO be
conferred on the commission, the
roads can reduce the harmful effects
at the existence of such powers To a
minimum by 80 policing themselves
AS to reduce to- a minimum the
amoun OF policing public authorities
viii nave To do d IL certain that the
less the a police themselves the
more they will be- policed by others.
Experience has been proving this for
90 many years that even the dullcst
must now see b. IL effective polic-
ing Of the RAILWAYS by themselves ia
TO be done u must have the vigorous
cooperation and support OF those
who control tho financial policies OF
railways ~ well as Of their execu-
tive officers.
WIN the railway directors and cx-
ecutivo officers even recognize the
need Tor taking comprehensive
measures to prevent the preIcxts and
causes cf unwise and harmful regu-
laiion? or viii they go on In the
future az they Usually have In the
past letting tho pretcxts and causes
OF regulation go on accommodating
under thoir very eyes, and confine
their eXertions REGARDING regulation
to puny and Intellectual efforts TO
prevent u after the misconduct OF a
few OF them and the tlmidity and in
activity ~ a great majority Of them
have made Il ineyitabie2