. The railroad problem; a collection of papers on various aspects of the railroad problem and presenting many points of view and contending suggestions concerning its solution; . most harmful and disastrous waypossible, because they necessarily worked more or less under-ground. They worked to influence the election or defeat of thisman or that man. We cannot imagine any more harmful wayof having the railroads participate in politics than the way ofparticipation through regulation of the private corporations bythe government. The railroads have long been operated for profitwith public service a
. The railroad problem; a collection of papers on various aspects of the railroad problem and presenting many points of view and contending suggestions concerning its solution; . most harmful and disastrous waypossible, because they necessarily worked more or less under-ground. They worked to influence the election or defeat of thisman or that man. We cannot imagine any more harmful wayof having the railroads participate in politics than the way ofparticipation through regulation of the private corporations bythe government. The railroads have long been operated for profitwith public service as a secondary consideration. We all recall,as was suggested to us last evening at the dinner, the well-knownphrase of a very prominent man with reference to the publicsrelations to the railroads just after he had sold thirty milliondollars worth of railroad stocks to some people in Great Britain. I have observed in my very considerable relations with rail-roads in every section of this country, Mexico and Canada, thatwhile they do not say so publicly, it is almost of necessity the factthat the operating managers and officials of railroads feel that ._.::_ -t&etinmc he. --. ■ - ;::r- :i± ~ — -
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