The Washington herald., 1918-05-07

There are two sides to every story
sometimes more than that. we
think.
We said the other day that en-
ployes OF the great corporations Of
the country come into contact with
the public generally and that these
employees are courteous and efficient
in meeting the public and catering
10 its wants. responsive to the pub
lie need.
That is all right" street car mo-
torman said to us yesterday morn
ing, but let me tell you that the
public is a hard animal to deal with.
At some time or other men of ordi-
nary or even exceptional reason
make most unreasonable demands
upon us. They think the rule which
we must enforce and which are just
in every respect, should be waived in
their cases. And they become most
irascible If we don't make exceptions
in their cases.
The result is when we inforce
the rules these men jump onto US
and onto the company and proceed
to damn both US and our employers.
They advocate public ownership and
they advocate this and advocate that,
until they get over their madness
Then some of them see they were
wrong and We were right in inforc-
ing the rules and our company was
right in promulgating the rules"
There is something to think about
in this and We owe the motorman a.
debt Of thanks for outlining some il
lustrations to emphasize his points
We ourselves were guilty OF seri-
GUS infraction OF the street car SOM
pany's rules the other day-a rule.
In fact, which we know must be in
forced IL there Is to be order and ef-
ficiency In the operation of the COM
pany's cars. Hotheadediy we were
about to reach our left to a handy
sector of the motorman's face when
we restrained ourselves and thought
differently Of it, The more we
thought the more we Eaw the Justice
or the street carman's demands and
the more we saw the need of some
such rule as prevented us from do
ing what we thought on the spur
or the moment We should be allowed
to do.
Tolerance and patience are wonder
ful things and both qualities must
be exercised to q wonderful degree
In the dealings OF the public service
corporations or private business en-
terprises,
In hot weather these virtures are
even more desirable and necessary
So with the coming of the season
or neat let us think, and think and
think. before We have any undue
outbursts or before We condemn eith-
er men or companies. We might
help Uncle Sam wonderfully nv fol
lowing this rule in season and ont NJ
season. "a
Many bankers of the east are in
slstent that the passage OF the
Dank guaranty feature law adding
new provision to the Federal Re-
serve Bank act. would work a hard
snip upon the banking institutions
Ihey are especially insistent that
IL would be unwise to make the
new law apply to savings deposits
Ihese bankers. we fear, have the
wrong conception OF the situation
Ihe bank guaranty feature Is
meant to apply to those very ac-
counts. Those are the accounts
most likely to a run H. a bank's
condition is regarded as bad. and
those are the accounts which the
owners cannot stand to lose il a
bank goes under.
In States where State banks
guaranty laws are operative. the
system has been found to be en-.
tirely satisfactory. Moreover many
national banks have renounced
their Federal charters and become
state institutions merely because OF
the advantages accrufng to them
under the State guaranty law. Ma.
tional institutions in such States
are uniformly anxious to see a Fed.
eral guaranty law enacted so tht
advantages which the State insti.
tutions have possessed over then
VIII be removed.
Some one has blundered wretched.
ly. we fear, when the statement /.
made that IL women get into poll.
tics they won't understand the bust.
ness side of public affairs.
They'll understand the senti.
mental side. but that won't offset
the business mistakes they'll make
says our now forgotten informant.
Is it possible that anyone think.
so sparingly OF woman's busines,
| ability? Pray. what household /,
there that is not run on a 75 pei
cent basis of wife's advice, ant
what household exceeds its incom,
when that wife's advice Ia follow,
ed?
! We DO NOT share the belief q