A. That is hardly a fair way to put it, but I suppose they are.
Q. Why isn't it fair?
A. Because it leaves out of account the acknowledged efficiency that comes from having men well treated and contented, and better instructed than others. Some farms make more money than others because the old man gets more work out of the boys.
Q. Then your road has officials who can radiate more divine afflatus than others?
A. I didn't say that. We do the best we know how.
Q. What is organization?
A. Why organization is—let me see—why, organization is the name we use for the men—the people, the forces we hire to run our road. It is hard to give a concise definition. I might ask you what law is.
Q. That's easy, law is a rule of conduct. Now, tell me, please, who runs the road?
A. Why, the officers run the road, the men do the work.
Q. Did you not just say that you hire men to run the road?