. The Railway library . in and year out, that needs only a Nations attention toeliminate. What a great difference it seems to make whether largenumbers of persons are killed together in some train disaster, or arekilled separately in many solitary tragedies, caused directly, perhaps,by their own carelessness, but fundamentally and primarily by agreat National neglect or public tolerance! l And what is the reason for this lack of attention to a matter thatshould^bej-egarded as a great National reproach? Is it because theAmerican public ignorantly confuses the word trespasser with thatof hobo or
. The Railway library . in and year out, that needs only a Nations attention toeliminate. What a great difference it seems to make whether largenumbers of persons are killed together in some train disaster, or arekilled separately in many solitary tragedies, caused directly, perhaps,by their own carelessness, but fundamentally and primarily by agreat National neglect or public tolerance! l And what is the reason for this lack of attention to a matter thatshould^bej-egarded as a great National reproach? Is it because theAmerican public ignorantly confuses the word trespasser with thatof hobo or tramp, shrugs its shoulders, and contents itself withthe thought that such a class of persons is of little value to any com-munity or to the welfare of the Nation, and there is no economic lossinvolved even though thousands of such lives are sacrificed yearly?If that is the reason, let us consider some figures that but few peoplewho are a part of thisjgreat American public have ever considered orperhaps even heard FACTORY WORKERS BY THE IIUXDRED WALK UPON THE TRACKS HOMEWARD BOUND They walk along absentmindedly or thinking of everything but the fact that their lives are ir danger. Manufacturers should educate or caution their employees as to the danger 204 The Railway Library
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