“Look up, and not down;
Look out, and not in;
Look forward, and not back;
Lend a hand.”
Will not greater progress be made in trying to put this great railway business on a sound basis, if all who are interested “look up” at the best features of it and of the men engaged in it, and do not assume, without knowing, that the business is conducted improperly and that the men giving their lives to the work are incompetent or dishonest? Will not the best results come if all “look out” from their own surroundings and see the difficulties confronting others as well as themselves, instead of thinking only of their selfish, local advancement? Will not the best results be obtained if all “look forward” with hope to the future, instead of repining over the mistakes that may have been made honestly in the past in the effort to put the United States on a sound industrial basis? Better than all, will not the best results be obtained if every one “lends a hand,” and helps instead of raising all sorts of
