Show pLENTY OF HARD KNOCKS The railroads of the th United States have hae been under fire for fio om time past and ami each day gives b rth to some new plan to harass what is 15 as the enemy enem Perhaps there have been many man just causes for complaint but it 1 Is equally true that some of the at attacks attacks attacks tacks had hd hid no basis basi The situation is rapidly clearing and the near future wilt will m probably witness a cordial feeling I between the shipper and the railway magnate The TM manager of or a railway system s 8 snot snot not always playing upon velvet elet and has plenty plent of oC troubles peculiarly his hison own on in addition to the various various at attempts attempts tempts at regulation both state and national Cy Warman in the Railway Record has a somewhat humorous ac account account account count of the woes of the railway man manager manager manager ager from which the following is In n extract In these se days of or sharp competition a J manager man ger must m st not be bo sat evon even to keep Ills his line Une up to where w re he it but must strive constantly to o Improve It and Increase its earning capacity Also l there is fa the work and worry of being regulated And while the man manager manager ager is trying to carry ClUn out the rulings of the regular regulators the state or Irregular r regulators string trIng a lot of le legal legal legal gal barbed wire across hs h right of way And while he is battling heroically w th these bareheaded and an bleeding the political place hunter bats him over the head with a e four which according to Mr fr Dooley makes a man forget all his other oUter trou troubles WeB bles And then Ulen by the time he lie takes the they ring for tor the assessor and boost his taxes In the hospital lie be reads that the road has gone into the hands handa of a receiver After that a coy cov covered CO ered wagon backs up and takes tales him away to a house of many m n windows where they ti tie a napkin under his chin give him a number and arid a 8 bowl of or broth |