| Show TWO 10 T rite Tho recent nt anniversary of the tho birth birthday duty day or of Mr Ir B I H II prompts a Il contributor to 0 thu the current number of or Opportunities or of Today to make a It com coin comparison parison between Two Presidents resident Roosevelt timid and Mr 11 Thu Is very cry WI Interesting for the tho Information I n to It I t contains though the time comparison coin hansOn Is 1 somewhat misleading wing owing tit to tho widely wIde different meanings nf hf the thu word old president t when applied to Iii tho the Chief Chlof I of the tho Nation or tho head h ad of or a It railroad corporation A i comparison e between he tween tho time chief char chal characteristics of ot the tile occupants of or hums tho two Is lit legitimate enough but tilt tho positions themselves should not hot bo be ht represented tut as of or Importance oven ovell by Indirection Still tho the career call or of oC t Mr 11 Is III wonderful I Is the third sun of or an 1 n clergyman Ills eaily ciuta educational facilities were very 01 limited still a n youth hn lit became a mm clerk In I mm u It small in I In III Walt street lI ro ho Ito ministered tho time details of the th genie game and In a mm tell few OI yen year ell is l he lu o had enough money to 10 buy lIu u mm kc on Ott change At tho time a hi o of 30 ho ht howan hi wan a It millionaire miami and at mIt tho tile ago of ut At 31 AtIn 1 In lit ha Its was wall to 10 thu tiu three directorate I tomb lorato or the tite Illinois Central rivo Five jeans later Inter ho lie Ito tho icu president dent and 1 to 1110 article Ill on Ott lo to show how holl hmo I man mm Its thu I of m t 1893 and situ the thi live 1111 yours look huh Hold of nr tIme tha railroads cal I thai I had it hoen by It II the time 11 III I and a 1 rehabilitation Tho Union Pacific mid mi II lull 1111 In iii It connection th till t is Oregon Short Lute anti and the Ile Hull road Nu 1 IfIl II company COlli II were bankrupt n p They h Iud d u leen n at I it und mind mini minia a sod without 1 foresight tor or ot Jn In the of or they hAIl Im little lit I 10 mom o limn thu he th I or mm runt bit II III am I th Kium 1 the lie lato latoI lOr I f It iI Oil ull ut itc lou i as ua g H 1 I no tie little lit tic hail II I been dent lIole to Ia dt tie II M 1 i ji Ihl u Itt I ii I im I ami iw it to pr ire lr 1 It u In Iii tin th Itt very vu 11 of lit It his 1111 d MI in 1 to lit ip speak t Mr Ill I man M a of lit In iii thu I I it Ic which no ito vise i iii did ii II lii tint lout I mIt t lib ii to I r eo C I i mill I tc in lit UH I ml login nuion nut hoti largely I ui U li u it tin Ih I tm faith Hint hilt I was Willi In itt him hulin With t Ii ci it hi 1 hi m of if i the lime 1 then Pacific a thi I il iH ii rut of or it of or iho tho t two Iwo I years Y later Intel l arrived tumid and tu tl sinco then hn hAil 1155 been heen as asono n l lol ono flue ol l of oc the iho master spirits and master iter railway wizards of ot it our ago J In claM cl M struggles truth Is III often treated with scant y nail and facts tire are overlooked Men Aba may de well ll ot ur their hut butt Ihn the hurt passions lal rage rago virtue nor merit counts against the Iho human weaknesses and tint Imperfections that are arc exaggerated ed ct and Inn tho the con consideration Mr Mt Ii line has lately been bean a 11 prominent 1110 lit figure nulO In this thiN mit M 1111 lc and lie tho public aro apt att to totor forget tor et l tel few mulcH mon whatever his hili faults tault may m ly M hI have h done moro more than he lie for Cor time tho Ilo of at the Ih country and n 1 time the prosperity rl that lust depends on flu railroad development Tho rho public aio tto niso apt alit to tIm agitation suits FUlts high that railroads and railroad man managers agers and president lIo on the tho prosperity of tit Ac tho people for tor Or their th lr own osun Hut flut H prosperity Is to s not pro mutated l by b dissension It thrives only he there Is unity of oC where nil alt pull together for forthe tho the benefit of it nil alt Only Onh a 1 f few rell iw days ago Mr i r manipulation of ot the time affairs of ot tho the Eric Brio railroad d by b which bankruptcy was averted was os r In iii the tho daily pap Dip paper er elS U It must bo be plain ways says Hl ys tho the New NewYork NewYork e York Evening 1 Pout to the simplest mind that the only person who shu come s out omit creditably from the tho Erie I railroad Jl Is s Mr Ir E H II harriman Time Tho road iliad was II drifting toward bankruptcy To avert rec receIvership not nol only must payment of ot notes be bo provided for tor or deterred deferred hut but more mOIl money must bo he procured A syndicate WM was as to look after this see sec second o timid ond requirement limit hut upon the th ox ex press reslI condition and not 1101 otherwise that all ot mit the tho said unsecured notes maturing April S should be ex cx exchanged exchanged changed deposited and extended In iii tho the forum form of a n three eal obligation JIb Ills proposal was uns made when assent assentIng aSsentIng Ing notes holt held by foreign investors Investor or orby orby orby by distant homo home Investors could not net possibly arrive In time When It was WI evident Ident that this thus belated plan clan had hod hl failed fa Mr r Intervened with his offer to care caro for tor all of ot the thu obliga obligations lions ions We Vo must confess ourselves our elos not greatly concerned our Nov Cov Now York con can temporary says hays over ulterior motives motive In a u situation of ot this sort The plain fact tact Is that somebody did lid not nOL do his ha duty lIlt dUI at ILL a IL critical Juncture and anul that somebody else elMe did When a ship Is la In laboring boring borinI heavily and anti the tho are pro pre pr paring liming to leave It to founder with its ItJI passengers any ono who conIes comes on Ott onboard board to stop litO I the tho leak lenk and keep the thu vessel ol afloat Is IK likely to get proper credit It If lie he gets his salvage also nl o no lie ht willbe will be recognized as having earned It |
