The Winslow mail., 1926-12-03
SAYS RAILWAYS
AT PEACE WITH
ONES WHO Toll.

ChicaGO-"The, remarkable pro-
gress that has been made within
recent years in improving railway
service and at the same time re-
facilitating railway earnings anu
credit. and the means by which
this progress has been accomplished
probably afford the finest example
in the history of this country of the
way in which large corporate in
terests, their employees and the
employees and the people they serve
can so Cooperate as to promote
the legitimate interests OF all OF
them.'' said Samuel o. Dunn, edi-
tor of the Railway Age, in an add
ress before the, Western Society
of Engineers.
at has long been assumed in pub
lie discussion and government ac-
ton that there is an "irrepressible
conflict" between the interests OF
big aggregations of corporate CAPT
tai and the welfare of their en-
ployes and customers. Our rail-
way experience in the last three
years has shown there need be no
such conflict, if managers of large
corporations will recognize the fact
that they are trustees, not only for
their employees and the public, and
If they, their employees and the
public will has shown that it is
essential to bringing about such
cooperation for corporation mana
gers to manifest sincere desire
to give employees and the public
square deal and to disseminate
through every available channel
correct information regarding what
they are doing and trying to do.
"In 1922 both railway wages and
rates were reduced, and largely
owing to the shop employees strike
there was the largest car shortage
in history. This year freight bust
ness has exceeded all records, the
increase being the largest since
1917; but owing to great improve
ments in railway plants and opera
ting methods avail themselves OF
means readily available for coop
Grating together"
"The experience of the railways
that have been made possible by
large Investments of capital, to eff
cient work by employees and COOP
Grafton of shippers, all traffic laws
has been moved promptly and sat
isfactorily. The average wage
paid has been the highest since
1921 having been IA per cent less
than in that year.
1.-THE railways are not as pros
porous especially those in western
territory, as in years before the
war But when they were most
prosperous they were also I'M
popular. The outstanding fact,
about the present situation is that
they are comparatively prosperous
in most Of the country and compa-
ratively popular at the same time.
Their prosperity may be ad-
versely affected by two movements
are demanding advances in wages,
but it is significant that there is
no talk of strikes, the first labor
unions to present their demands
having voluntarily submitted them
to arbitration. Fair and reason
able regulation is threatened by
several bills that viii be backed by
political pressure at the next sess-
ion of congress, and which would
cause rates for several kinds Of
service to be fixed by congress in
stead of by the interstate com
merce commission. 1t SENS hardly
/ likely, however, that the public will
tolerate interference with the re-
markable progress now being made
| toward a solution of the nations
railroad problem-progress that
surely would be arrested by the
commencement of such political
rate-making as would be involved
in the passage of such measures
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