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THE ATLANTIAN
Undoubtedly something will come of
this, since the movement toward re
form is backed by a powerful organ
ization, which has already shown its
sincerity by financing a protracted and
expensive investigation. One must re
gretfully admit, however, that indi
vidual efforts to install protective de
vices in manufacturing plants have
not always been received with enthus
iasm by the persons they were design
ed to safeguard. Pieceworkers have
complained that such appliances slow
ed the machines, and employees who
had less reason to desire speed have
professed to find the new apparatus
bothersome. There is, however, sub
stantial agreement on one point be
tween the employers and the employ
ed. This being that the risk to life
and limb in industrial operations is
vast and deplorable and should be
minimized. Apparently the men who
have to bear the responsibility, includ
ing the suits for damages, are now
uniting in a sincere attempt to im
prove conditions. We shall hope that
the working people they plan to bene
fit will meet them in the same cordial
and helpful spirit that has been dis
played in another field by the men of
the Chicago and Northwestern Rail
road.
JACK AND ROSE.
A daring theft Jack wrought last
night
On daring little Rose; •
He stole some things he wanted, right
Beneath her very nose.
—Philadelphia Press.
’Tis to be hoped that if fair Rose
Returned the blissful smack,
Jack did not overlook a bet,
But turned and kissed her back
Houston Post.
That may be as they do this job
Down in the Sunny South;
But it Jack lived in the North
He’d kiss her on the mouth.
—The Commoner.
Why rouse again the bitter strife,
And north and south wax hot?
Let’s all agree to compromise—
Jack kissed her on the spot.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
; Why so much racket o’er a kiss,
Or e’en about the spot? It
Would interest us more if we
Had been the one who got it.
—Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald.
Yet Jack perhaps had little glee,
Though on the mouth he kissed her;
We have as yet no proof, you see
That Rose was not his sister.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
That smack smacked not of family
ties.
The truth’s not far to seek.
If Rose were Jack’s dear sister, he’d
Just peck her on the cheek.
A GROUP OF STINGERS,
Who Work the “Hump” at Inman Yards, Southern Railway, Atlanta, Ga.
The Gentleman With the Stick in Hand is McGee Ferguson, Who Has Been
Made An Invalid for Life by Accident Since This Picture Was Made.
INDUSTRIAL RISKS AND
SAFEGUARDS.
The section foreman and trackmen
of the Chicago & Northwestern Rail
road are organized by divisions in
safety committees, and each year the
central committee awards a banner—
now held by Sioux City, Io.—to the
division which shows the best record,
that is to say, the fewest avoidable
accidents to the road’s employees.
Some of the dangerous conditions that
committeemen are warned to look out
for are defective walks, public and
private crossings, broken platforms,
snow and ice in winter, drawbars ly
ing along or between tracks, buildings,
or any obstructions too close to tracks,
boards or planks with spikes or nails
in them "lying around.” Frog-switch
and guard-rail blockings, rubbish that
trainment might stumble over—the
trifles, as they seem that sometimes
pave the way to loss of life or serious
injury, and frequently imperil passen
gers as well as railroad men. It is a
distinction to be coveted, that the Chi
cago & Northwestern is the first rail
road corporation to adopt this plan of
organizing for safety. It is greatly
to the credit of the men that they have
made it heartily their own, and that
in operation it has already shown re
sults.
We recall this matter at this time
because the chief theme of discussion
at the annual convention of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers,
which opens at New York today, will
be the prevention of industrial acci
dents. Two commissioners employed
by the association have been making
an exhaustive study of accident pre
vention and relief methods practiced
want him to come. “She said there
wasn’t any sense in the whole per
formance,” he declared.
Mr. Clark insisted that the reason
a majority of men no longer wear
whiskers was because they were all
trying to look like William Jennings
Bryan. He rather rapped the whis-
kerites when he said that a good-
looking man could afford to have a
smooth face, while an ugly one had
better keep his beard. "Observe, gen
tlemen,” he concluded, “that I have a
smooth face.”
in Europe, especially of Germany’s
successful experience, and have
brought back specimens of all kinds
of safety devices, together with many
photographs, drawings and blue prints.
C. D. KNIGHT,
Passenger Conductor Southern
Ry.; Member Ga. Div. 457, O.
R. C., and Police Commission.
The exhibition along this line will be
very complete, and it will not stop
short of demonstration if the officials
who are most actively concerned can
have their way. They have invited
manufacturers to name the weak spots
—the dangerous places—in their sev
eral plants, and have agreed to pro
vide working drawings of appliances
that will make such machinery safe to
operate.
T. MINEHAN,
Member General Grievance Com
mittee Southern Ry., and Pop
ular Member Ga. Div. 457, O. R.
C., Atlanta Lodge of Masons
and the Shrine.