Show Mil MISTAKE 1 1 President Mellen n. n of or the Hartford and New W Haven laven Railroad company compan has learned learnel something something Anti And it I Is 01 oi oia a point poin where where you ou would natural naturally have hn supposed that no one ono could ea easily ens- ens ily ly Inform him Speaking of the tile aroused public sentiment touching the management of oC railroads Mr Ir Mellon Mellen declare f- f r. r h he found that 1 these e al alPA ate aio in PA PAn TO n fl P 11 hi it r re rW ive W e are arp tin on the e of a great fc ge o in fn the handling of our rail nUt roa roads We c ha have learned that the they are not private property We e know Imo that the tw pull public has rights they are disposed to assert and there must be a larger measure of oC control than ever I before befort conceded It I Is useless useIN to deny leny that there hOie nave have been ben abuses It I Is I Impossible impo- impo sible to ala shiny allay the distrust and suspicion ion the they have excited It I Is too latu for Cor promises the end nd Is In sl sight ht This from Crom one of oC the foremost railroad railroad rail rail- ral- ral road men In the country one country one county one of or the tho best hett cC equipped anti and most resourceful In Iii 11 all al the great eastern systems It I Is to tobe tobe tobe be hoped that th the result resul which ho half fears fars will wl nev never r be realized d It h his ItIs I Is fg to be hoped hopel that the great public In that strength which nothing can withstand with with- wih- wih stand will wi nolo not In iii an effort rort at reform cause an evil evi greater than hati that so Justly Justly Just Just- I ly complained of oC But It is strange that Mr Mi- lr Mellen Mehlen lel 1 or any other man should have at an any anytime time believed that railroads were private private vate property By nr the tile ver very nature o of their charters the they arc are less les than that lint l By the very power which arms thorn to take tae somewhat of the rights anti and something of the private property of or individuals It Is clear that the companies companies compa compa- nies tiles mu inus must l give to the public some same do do- grce Slee of protector or control In ex ex- ex change They he get get their lives from the public They he owe o e their exl existence to a charter which the public grants And AmI the public in granting It I In aiding Inthe in lit inthe the development of or the countr country anti and ant the convenience of oC commerce stipulates lates latos certain restrictions an and retains certain supervision Tho The railroad f Is never tho the private property of oC nn any one erie But Dut If IC the public Interest which sa gave them birth demands their thel extinction th the may terminate their thel charter charter char char- ter lives es 1 and tear teal up th their ir rails rais All Al that wealth alt all al that enterprise all al that activity Is subject to the limits of or public policy And Arid it Is a goo good thing that even tardily the lie consciousness I If Is coining comins hume home to men who like le Mr lr Mellon Mellen Melen can cn do so much for tOI the good of t the lie nation nalon We 0 do o not look for any drastic ac ac- no- no tion ton We Ve believe the result resul of ot all al this agitation for reform In railroad management management management man man- will vilI wi be bo an adjustment fair fall lo to both the tho companies and attil the people people th the investors and the public Certainly Certain Certain- I ly iy the men In congress s and that strong strongman strongman man In the White house have no other othor purpose Certainly Certainty the they are not to b be beguiled or bullied Into an any action b which will illI wi prove prove unjust to to on any one |