. Electric railway journal . now wholly discredited and have ceasedto be a contagion adversely affectingthe minds of either our employees orour patrons. The feeling of damn thetrolley company surely has subsided,so that our communities are appre-ciating not only the convenience butthe absolute necessity of trolley trans-portation. This changed attitude hashelped our employees to realize theposition which they occupy in the in-dustry and to see the limits to whichthey can aspire in regard to wagesand working conditions, whereas in therecent past, in many instances, theyfailed to realize that th
. Electric railway journal . now wholly discredited and have ceasedto be a contagion adversely affectingthe minds of either our employees orour patrons. The feeling of damn thetrolley company surely has subsided,so that our communities are appre-ciating not only the convenience butthe absolute necessity of trolley trans-portation. This changed attitude hashelped our employees to realize theposition which they occupy in the in-dustry and to see the limits to whichthey can aspire in regard to wagesand working conditions, whereas in therecent past, in many instances, theyfailed to realize that there was anylimit at all, so far as they were con-cerned. Some companies are fast gettingtheir houses in order, so that now theycan help make effective for good overthe entire country the interest thathas been aroused in the utility situa-tion, a self-interest that can be, andshould be, established in the minds ofthe people in such a way that utilityoperation will be recognized as a busi-ness founded upon a national principle. L. H. Palmer Newly Elected President rather than on local caprice. Then theutility will cease to be a political foot-ball. The one sure, safe and directway to bring this about is through theemployees of the transportation de-partment, the employees who come intoconstant contact with the public. The transportation and traffic em-ployees of the electric railways of thecountry have a latent power hardlyrealized—certainly never utilized. Thisforce, properly led, can carry any ob-jective when its cause is founded onright. It can overcome the might ofpoliticians, who gained their now de-clining power through our failure totake the aggressive and to use to thefullest extent the facilities we haveat hand. J. P. Barnes, president LouisvilleRailway moved that the recommenda-tions in the presidents address, so faras they are related to changes in or-ganization, be referred to the incoming-executive committee, and those relat-ing to subjects to the committee on sub-
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