Show ONLY A DIVIDEND DIVIDEND- GETTER THIS MAN HAN He lIe was a newspaper man and as he le entered entered the office of ot the railroad president president dent he said Sir I see by the reports of the Bureau of Statistics at Washington that during the last six months there have been 65 55 people killed and Injured on the railroads railroads rail rail- roads rods of the United Unite States Something like that I believe was the reply There Thero have re been over one hundred ning head on on hea-on collisions due to reckless run run- Yes the boys bos have whooped her up pretty well well And Ad about the same number of ot S rear rear- end ed due to misreading orders Yes but the boys get tired of oC the monO monotony mo roe- nO you know o Forty ll trains a have e been bee der derailed ned while running at dangerous speed continued the reporter About forty I think The boys boYs got In Ina Ina ina a hurry S And over one hundred train hands have been killed in hi the six months months Yea Yes our train men do get giddy now noW and then Forty of the h accidents b were brought ofu h fr a about through g direct I disobedience I of or orders orders or- or ders sir sir j jNo No doubt Some of oC the engineers think they can run the old thing better beter beters than a tr tram train dispatcher tc It is s a terrible e state i of ot affairs Mr 11 President Human life lite le would be safer on a stone barge barge at sea sea Yes I think so And what are you ou going to do a about o It S SH I H What h can I do I am simply s et elected d to this position to make a a 5 mE mEnt per perCent percent cent nt dividend for forthe the stockholders stockholder You'll Youl have bave to see some of ot the switchmen down downin in the yards ards and tell tel them that these accidents accidents accidents ac ac- ac- ac ought to stop Good da day sir Oh by the way here lucre is a telegram sayIng sayIng saying say- say Ing there has been another collision on our road with forty killed and sixty hurt Might add those to your figures to Journal round em out a little Kansas Kansas hittle-Kansas Kansas City |