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Rh plicated problem, worthy of the best intellectual effort of any man.

It was my good fortune to work for twenty-three years on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, first pushed out into the West by one of the pioneer railroad men of the world and one of that fine type of men of whom New England has produced so many,—. And then, later on, that road was further developed to a very high degree by another very fine type of New England man who had one of the ablest intellects in this country and who devoted forty years of his life to the work,—. He realized to a very remarkable degree the fact that, in the long run, the railroad that is selling transportation and the people who are buying transportation must consider the interests of each other and work together. He also realized that character, high purpose, scrupulous honesty, not only as to money but as to statement and point of view, were absolutely essential to the real welfare of the country and of the railroads that were trying to serve it. Rh