Show I URGES FRANKNESS TOWARD PUBliC Railroads Servants of the Peo- Peo pie Sproule Tells Passenger Passenger Passenger Pass Pass- enger Agents Seattle Wash Sept 1 12 Freer Freer franker dealing with tho public by the railways of ot tho the country was urged to toda today today to- to da day by President William Sproule of ot tho the Southern Pacific company compan In an address address address ad- ad ad ad- dress before the American Association of ot General Passenger and Ticket agen agents ts Because the railways have maintained main main- tamed almost perfect silence he ho said sold It has been Inferred that something Is wron wrong Silence has line been mistaken for tor secrecy Occasional official utterance utter utter- anco ance Is almost without an nn audience The public needs to bo be Informed ly iy and sincerely b by men mon and methods the public understands The Tho railways have havo n. n right to sa say to tho the public that today they are tho creatures and servants sort ants of ot tho the public as completely as ns If fr the tho nation owned them except that tho the nation does not a accept pt responsibility for tor financial results That being tho the caso the railways are aro entitled to expect tho the same sarno fair treatment accorded any other busine public or private The Tho railways navo havo tho the rl right ht to ask In iii tho the public Interest as well as their own that tho the capital Invested in them thorn be bo allowed to earn such liberal returns that further capital capi capt tal tat will be bo Induced to enter tho the railway railway railway rail rail- way field to tho the of or tho state and tho the nation Liberal treatment of or the tho railways now In operation Is tho the surest way was of ot attracting other othor rail rall- ways ays Harsh treatment keeps others I out out |