Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-20

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Grated, by any manner Of means. IL
Illustrative Of the past Indifferent
treatment of travellers by railway Off
cials is contained In the following
story: "Discourtesy," says writer,
has cost the railroads in this coun-
try millions of dollars" and adds:
"a friend of mine analyses 1t in this
way: A conductor, brakeman, gate
man or ticket agent is the only point
of contact between the stockholders
of a railroad and the public. When
a farmers wife was discourteously
treated by conductor, brakeman,
gateman or ticket agent she went
home and taught her children to fear
God and hate railway. Her boys
grew up to become legislators, land
appraisers, county commissioners,
jurors, and so on. The railroads
knew the rest. Public service cor
porations by means Of discourtesy
have done more to promote socialism
than all the street-corner agitators
that ever existed" The rs. p" au-
thorities have very wisely lost no
time in emphasizing the newly resus-
citated truth Of service and civility
as among the indispensable essentials
in the conduct of great railway sys-
tenn.
To the story already related may
'be added the fact that the N. Y. N.
II. q H. r. R.-the road in the past
of many wrecks-no longer disre-
CARDS public opinion. In one of the
circulars distributed to its employees
the company says: Good service de-
pends upon good will given and good
will received" and in another order
that Employees must not enter into
any dispute with passengers, no mat
ter what provocation may be given"
Another railroad-the Pere Mar
quette in Michigan-is by no means
slow in recognizing the new order
of things" when it addresses its en-
ployes in these words: "In MANY
cases the local agent Of the company
is the sole representative of the town
where he Is located. The estimate
put on this man by his fellow citizens
must be the measure of the COM
pany's popularity or unpopularity."
These quoted mandates tell their
own story and the officials of the rs.
p" II confronted by me at this mo-
ment, would willingly confess that I
am not far from the truth when I say
that, If from no higher motive, 1t al
ways pays to be the gentleman wher-
ever that individual finds himself To-
Gated.
Manners makyeth man" is the
motto overhanging the main entrance
to Winchester public school ever since
the days Of Henry VII of England.
and there is truth In every word of
1t, as every business man should,
without delay, realize in and by the
twinkling Of an eye. It is never too
late-to mend {. neglected good and
profitable habit.
Heads Of Departments.
The IS. p" has the good sense and
happy tact of employing none but the
most competent officials, recognizing.
the force of the well-known
fact, uttered by Mr.. Carnegie himself.
that he owes very large measure of
his success in life to the gathering
and maintenance Of the most practi-
cable and best equipped business
minds procurable. Either personally |
Or through reliable sources I feel that
have a correct estimate of the mar
ket value ESQ to speak) of most of the |
and rank and file operators
On the IS. p"
Mr.. Mccormick and Mr.. Scott Ash.
lands True Friends.
The people Of Ashland feel that to |
a greater or less degree they own the
physical, moral and intellectual
makeup of Mr.. John M. Scott, gen.
eral passenger agent, Portland, Ore,
and that in Mr.. Mccormick, vice
president Of the road, the time will |
never come when he does not stand |
firmly on both legs, ready to sing the
praises of ashland the Beautiful" in
Its park, mineral springs, pure water,
lnvigorating air and enchanting seem
cry. Both Mr.. Mccormick and Mr..
Scott we're present at the formal