Show OF I J ADS TO PEOPLE I Article by Samuel Spencer Who Was Killed in Wreck 1 LAST PUBLIC UTTERANCE UTTERANCES S I J I PI of if Southern I J Lx f d Vie vs s on Oil Unity of r Inu-r- I K tS With Vill i In III the current issue of ot the Railway Hallway ARC Age Are 1 Is' Is article I by jSamuel ruel Spencer prel- prel nt of or the Southern Railway company who was killed In a recent wreck i- i on n his ils own OW rond road The subject t tr treated is The Relationship of Railroads to tile the People Interest st attaches to the article In hi h view or of the tile fact that it I was vaK aM wrt n only a short time before the writers writer's tra tragic lc death It I probably was President Spencer's Spencers last public utterance rh h The liest JIt hart part of the article I li devoted c r c an exposition of the railroad man man- acers acer's lers ler's duties In which 11 It I Is out that the thc relationship of that to the thc on 01 the tho one hand and to the properties he represents and for or the he suc- suc t mana management of which he I is te- te pon on the other has lias ha undergone one L changes In recent cent years Former Former- Jr ly the need of the thc and their t people an consequent con con- sequent demand was for or the thc development 0 of the establishment country through tre of transportation facilities In Iii those thoe days j undertakings were regarded a as private enterprises and th the history of off f many of them was a history o of bankI bankruptcy bank Laak- I anti and disaster Then Them came the ant amalgamation of weak and disjointed properties and with this amalgamation came canie great r t power exaggerated gratt perhaps I in fn the thc public mind suggests ts the thc writer but still great gleat power over the Interests IntErests Sr of if commodities localities and und persons f r and with wih it I a demand for public regula regula- tion Then the writer continued I 1 remedy for fO Misuse e of f Cr There here must be he some a adequate remedy I for or the misuse of power affecting gr great nt public Interests Interest hut important ad a. 0 is the ther creation of ot the less r crenton remedy no Import Import- ml arc aro its Is just and reasonable ano wholesome holesome limitations In the progress anI p of or time the tue public a aspect pct of this question cities ques i tion lon has become entirely re ered reversed The pendulum has swung from froni flom an extreme f on the one side to an extreme on the other As in the inception incept Ion of railroad I. I construction the thc public relations of the thc P properties rte were largely largel lost sl sight ht of so o now In reaction the public character L of the enterprise c Is II almost the only thing reo recognized or considered and the thet t private ci fights of the tie owners ar arc in the tue i pol political thought of the day ia almost It not entirely i. Justice however howe er le lies between the two extremes These properties and their thel owners M should be required to perform faithfully their under cinder rens rens- enable ralos ane and practices cs und under r ful iii publicity without discrimination ant anu I h without favor for an any Interest Interest In th tl formation of public 1 policies common Jus jus- S lice requires requires us to remember that wh when I these properties were orl originally it was lOne done In Iii II reliance In the good aidi 0 or I that reasonable rC public countenance t. t Orid rid under r which the public granted and all the private In In- In were made macic 1 I s ret Met t i f C Confronted by hy the evolution of ot conditions condi i fr f. f tons ice tiie tie mann manager er the Ol writer t pointed out out lla met met new clew 0 On Op I one hand band i is il hI r Q tn h tUe m tG n l ati vl t i. i t unjust h discrimination ton o 1 1 und arid exact Justice UH au s' s between be be- le- le tween patrons on OIL the other hand liana to perform perform per per- form Corm these duties h he I is dependent on tj F In Investors Ule the the men who tan cnn ln and arni will wl furnish fur fur- nish the mon money 10 tO the con constant tant creation of or those additional facilities which are necessary to accommodate tin the r. r growing traffic of the Ow country In conclusion the writer showed that tha JJ I the Interests o of the transportation como cornA com corn o A panics panl's and of ot the public are so closely closel connected that whatever affects arcs one ace ace- eg arl will wi affect the other lie lc wrote The int interests rests o of the the- the railroad and of oC Its Is patrons are Identical One Une am can eln not prosper prosper pros pros- per er without the other Tio To railroad must i do 10 Justice e to the people The p people ople J should do justice to the railroad Their cordial operation co-operation co In the great gleat field feld o of human Industry Is essential to the thu tw public pub pub- tic lic lc welfare Iare They must work together In Ina a 0 spirit of forbearance e and mutual consideration con and trust if I the they are uro to accomplish ac ac- the results or br which both are and ant which are aro within their grasp if I they work worl together I 1 h s Enemy The he man who would sow so dissension between them and ant embarrass their cooperation cooperation co- co operation by Iy misunderstanding friction sid id t anta antagonism oll m is a nubile enemy While the railroads may be Ie In sense at his 1 mercy ne should not h U- U h. h tolerated b by the thet t people Co for I the oppression he seeks to toc c upon the railroads must reflect itself upon the t fortunes of the tho Ileoph people long after the disturbing n cause has been 10 forgotten The rhe cardinal point to be c. c ap- ap and remembered Is that a railroad rail rail- rH- rH toad road will wi destroy Itself Itsel unless it fosters fosten traffic un ps it adopts such a policy tov toward to- to v ward wart ltd iti i patrons a as will wi encourage and increase permanently the movement o of business s. s On Ou the other hant hand the people will wl oe be ot the first and the greatest tet sufferers suf- suf IF If b by hostile alion action tt they Je limit lmH the capacity of the railroads t the p 0 to serve them |