THE TRUTH ABOUTH THE RAILROADS
“Those who interrupt commerce are to be beheaded.”
“Those who attempt to close the markets are to be beheaded.”
“Those who maintain the prosperity of commerce are to be rewarded.”
The Chinese seem to recognize that injustice, interruption of business, and control of markets are undesirable things and that the expansion and growth of commerce is a good thing! They suggest pretty drastic remedies, which can hardly be followed out in this country; and they suggest rewarding those who expand commerce, while in this country the tendency is to condemn them.
Public opinion, however, in this country, if created wisely by the action of the true majority, can accomplish the desired results without beheading anybody. Public opinion can insist:—
That, in the schools supported by the public, children shall be taught the great importance of absolute obedience, continuous work, accuracy, and economy,
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