To
An Old Friend, and a Good One
Samuel O. Dunn
Acknowledgment
I wish to express my indebtedness to the editors of Collier’s, Every Week, and the Saturday Evening Post for their very gracious permission to use, as portions of this book, parts of my articles which have appeared recently in their publications. To Mr. E. W. McKenna of New York is due a special word of appreciation for his helpfulness in the preparation of this book.
E. H.
Contents
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [I] | The Sick Man of American Business | [1] |
| [II] | The Plight of the Railroad | [5] |
| [III] | Organized Labor—The Engineer | [30] |
| [IV] | Organized Labor—The Conductor | [45] |
| [V] | Unorganized Labor—The Man with the Shovel | [62] |
| [VI] | Unorganized Labor—The Station Agent | [77] |
| [VII] | The Labor Plight of the Railroad | [90] |
| [VIII] | The Opportunity of the Railroad | [105] |
| [IX] | The Iron Horse and the Gas Buggy | [134] |
| [X] | More Railroad Opportunity | [158] |
| [XI] | The Railroad and National Defense | [181] |
| [XII] | The Necessity of the Railroad | [217] |
| [XIII] | Regulation | [235] |
| Index | [261] |
Illustrations