I might expatiate upon the foolishness and unwisdom of a corporation—the creature of the public—attempting to dictate to its master or declining to obey its commands.
It is doubtful, however, if the enumeration of the errors and shortcomings of the fellow-members of the same family ever tends to a better understanding or more harmonious relationships. The need of the hour is a recognition of the interdependent relations which exist between us all, and to remember—intensely, actively, potently remember—that an "injury to one is an injury to all," and that "united we stand, divided we fall."
FOOTNOTE:
[B] This includes $15,000 per mile of duplicated capital.—S. T.
[PROBLEMS CONFRONTING AMERICAN RAILWAYS]
By Daniel Willard,
President of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
[An Address delivered at Galesburg, Illinois, to Burlington Railroad Employes, February 20, 1909, by Mr. Willard, then Second Vice-President of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.]
A short time ago I had occasion to explain to some of your associates who happened to be in my office, some of the difficulties the railroads had been contending with during the two years just past, and I was asked if I would be willing to come to Galesburg and explain to other Burlington employes the things I had endeavored to make clear to them. I replied that I would be very glad to do so, and I suppose that is how I happen to be here tonight.