The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-26

Reed made an exhaustive study. He
ned his subject thoroly. When he
went to Washington to help conduct
the fight he knew what he was talk
ing about. And he did some talking.
Reed had all the figures. His investi-
cations pr we'd to him that the rail-
roads coulI afford to reduce the rates
All that they should do so. With
Reed himself convinced and fighting,
the battle was half won. The rates
were reduced. Kansas shippers will
save a matter of seven million dol
lars. Some saving, isn't it?
Saved on Railroad HauIs.
Lets see, wasn't there time
number of years ago when Reed saved
the postoffice department a big fig
ure on -ilroad hauls? Sure. there
was. Reed vas employed in the post
office department at Washington.
He had been a railway mail clerk and
knew something about the game. His
wasn't a mere political appointment.
Reed saw where the government was
losing sev eral hundred thousand dol
lars a year. He tipped dope off to
Victor Murdoch, then congressman.
Murdoch made fight in congress and
won.
clyde Reed isn't a policy man.
Regardless of his own notions about
the matter he isn't a politician. Lordy.
no. Reed can't pussyfoot. He can't
wink at wrongs. He always is out
spoken. He has an uncanny habit of
separating right from wrong. Then /
he lands square-footed on the side of
right. When he thinks a fight should
be made, he makes it. A result is
that Reed picks up some rather
hearty enemies. Some of these enc
mics are honest men-such as one
honest man gets when he has an hon
to-goodness difference of opinion |
with another honest man. And-a |
great many of Reeds enemies are
among those who would be inclined to |
pull off some crafty stunts of a self |
ISL nature if that man Reed wasn't |
always horning in and blocking a fell |
ler's game
Knows No Master.
ION the utilities commission Reed |
knows no master. He is liable to |
crack corporation hard. He might |
find for corporation. The findings /
always depend upon the evidence and |
Reeds own Investigations. When a |
utility case comes before Reed no.
body knows in advance how he will
find. Reed himself doesn't know, I'M
less has made previous investiga-
ton. He takes the case. He investi-
gates. He gets down to rock bottom
Ihen he decides on the merits re-
CARELESS of the beneficiary. The fact
that the public usually benefits is sim
ply because most of the time the pub
lie has the right side.
In Topeka Reed has the name of
being hard to work for He has the /
fool notion that his assistants should
work as hard as he does himself A
funny thing about Clyde Reed is that
when he is working on problem that
concerns the public he doesn't know
the difference between p. m. and
p m. He fOrgets to wind his own
watch and doesn't sit where he can
see the clock. Those who work under
him get used to long hours. Mrs.
Reed gets used to late meals, or no
family meals at all.
An Ordinary Kansan.
clyde Reed isn't superman. He
Is just an ordinary Kansan with a
great amount of ability and a greater
amount of application and spunk 1t
IS mighty wholesome condition when
such man is in position to give a
good accounting on behalf of the pub
lie at large. SOmeway those who know
Reed always have a confident look |
when they know he is waging a fight |
for the people of Kansas. He helped
bring home the bacon when the
freight rate fight was made. He prob
ably will have the same sort of sue
cess in the argument for lower pas
senger rates.
Installation of officers of Wam-
ponoa Tribe. No. 9, Thursday evening,
cd nd