Evening star., 1933-02-19
tain. the mans the thing.

his workmen, as in his youth on tn
Pennsylvania Railroad. Let him be ex
perimenting with poppet and unif1oy
valves and WalSchaert valve gears an
demanding that the termal efficiency o
locomotives be pushed up another one
half of / per cent, as at almost al
stages of his career.
Let him be the head Of great rail
roads like the Baltimore & Ohio ant
the Rock Island, and then the head o
only little railroads like the Kansas Cit,
Southern and the Delaware & Hudson
as in the turn of fate that came to hin
in the early years of this century. lie
him revive his fortunes and in 1888, OF
behalf of the Delaware & Hudson, bu!
pne-tenth of the shares of the New Yorl
Central and blaze upon the flrmamen
bf railroading as a new rising star-a
The age Of IA. Let him live through
triumphs and vicissitudes and tr1umphs
Still, it is not the vicissitudes and it i
hot the triumphs; it Is Loree himsel
that is interesting and amazing. II
his boyhood he made q discovery. HI
1iscoyered-to his astonishment-one
day that small group Of boys, in
SNOWFALL fight, could disperse a larg'
group of boys If only the small grouI
would display steadfastness and peculiar
ferocity. He has been displaying fe'
Socity ever since.
In his youth the Lake Shore g. Mich
kRan Southern once sent telegram
&bout him to the Pennsylvania. INT
Telegram read:
"You have very rash young man a,
superintendent of the Cleveland
Pittsburgh division"
In his old age it is the big trunk
lines in Eastern railroad territory ane
the Interstate Commerce Commission
that have found him rash. His adven'
ture in New York Central Is the f1ftf
with which he has recently confronted
the commission.
He set out to lease the Buffalo, Roch.
ester & Pittsburgh for the Delaware
Hudson. The general problem before
the commission was the problem OF the
consultations of railroads. The big
trunk lines seemed to propose to pur-
sue and accomplish consultations IRE
spective Of Mr.. Loree. Mr.. Loree pro-
posed to organize some small boys &c
disperse the plans of the big boys. The
Delaware e. Hudson lay in Northeastern
PENNSYLVANIA and Eastern New York
Between its tracks and those OF the
Buffalo. Rochester & Pittsburgh there
was a territorial gap. The Interstate
Commerce Commission looked at the
gap. Mr.. Loree proposed to, fill it with
frackage running rights over the Penn
sylyania. The Interstate Commerce
Commission looked at the trackage run
ming rights proposal unconvinced. It's
answer to Mr.. Loree was "No. Just no. =
End of round one. Mr.. Loree on the
floor.
Turns to Southwest.
Round two. Mr.. Loree on his feet
He proposes to bring together kansas
CITY Southern, the Missouri, Kansas q
Texas and the Cotton Belt. II he can
not have small boy gang IN the East ne
viii have one in the Southwest. Stil
heading both the Delaware & Hudson
and the Kansas City Southern, he an
noys the Interstate Commerce Commls-
sion with either the one or the other
The Interstate Commerce Comm1sslor
looks at his Kansas City Southern blow
and calls 1t foul. 1t disqualifles hin
for the total of round two. But:
Mr.. Loree had meanwhile been hight
ing round three for long time Hls
old. close friend, Mr.. E. H. Hartman
had possessed a charter for a rallroae
in northern Pennsylvania. On the basl!
of this charter Mr.. Loree proposed U
build a new trunk line in Eastern rail-,
road territory. 1t would be the shorteS'
line, he said, from New York to PITTS
burgh and from New York to Chicago
It would have gentler grades and i
would cross the Alleghenies at lower
summit than most Of its rivals. L
would be a magnificent asset Tor tnt
United States of the future. The Inter
state Commerce Commission, however
declined-as it envisaged the matter-tS
soothsay the future. 1t concentrated
mon the present. 1t seemed to thinl
that four trunk lines in Eastern railroad
territory were enough now. 1t can
celed Mr.. Loree's willingness to proVlo'
n fifth. So: Mr.. Loree against tn'
ropes! o,,
with the floor and with the ropes! NOV
was the time for him to remember MI
Harriman's remark about him: Lore
Is a man no one can down.
Now was the time also for him U
huote, as he is always quoting, iron
a certain one Of his favorite authors
the great German philosopher, Oswal'
Spengler. Spengler-Mr. Loree ono
Informed an assemblage OF surprises
Delaware g. Hudson ticket agents
says; s o,,,,r ,,ta If the anima
Is struggle, and nothing but struggle
Man belongs to the carnivore varlet
of animal. The carnivore animal live
bv attacking and killing. But ther
are two kinds of men that have beel
developed. There are men whose ma
ture it is to obey. There are me-
whose nature, it is to command. Iner
are. on the one hand, the led, and o.
the other hand, the leaders, the nght
ers All great discoveries spring 1ror
fhe delight of strong men in victory.
Vet. as Mr.. Loree assured his stl
more surprised ticket agents, we mus
combine Spengler with James A. La"
fence. Lawrence says: -
1NTechnical progress shall De In
, bandmaiden of human happiness. IN
objective is more satisfactlon-loT al
ri, is for us to maintain our connoenc
IN the towering of the human mind
So we NAV come to point
REV" Mr.. Loree has impressed
upon his ticket agents that tney mu'
ali of them have a point OF view
He has endeavored to prove IL 10 Ciiel
by quoting from the Irlsh noVeIds. a''
essayist, George Moore. MooIe Sato 10,
and vo1r lives, but not till you nay
developed a point OF view
Has Theory of Action.
What. then, is Mr.. Loree's point
kiew" from which he Is striving-ar
has so long striven-to do somethir
with his talent and his life? 1t is
deed a synthesis of Spengler and Law
renee. He has stated it in few SCI
tences. These:
"We are killers. yes. We must f1gl
for what we want and fight to ke'
what we get, yes. But We are not I'll
ishing our course. We shall go
discovering new resources. We sh!
oo m increasing the variety and II
potency of our mechanical servants; Y
Shall grow into a standard OF livil
better than any we have dreamed {
There is social will. 1t Is express
held bv the physical force of the grou
The goal of the law is peace. t
means to achieve it is struggle"
that's Mr.. Loree's philosophy. M
fields Of peace, ever to be conquer
through new outbreaks OF struggle, u
der the leadership Of fighters.
Hence. even while Mr.. Loree "