There is no place where human nature can be studied to better
advantage, or public opinion be more quickly ascertained, than
in the office of a railroad president. It helps the railway
president if he is also a politician and a man of the world. The
experience tends to cynicism and cultivates the theory which
gives too great prominence to the influence of association
and point of view in fixing creeds, faiths, churchmanship and
partizanship. The visitor always tried to make the president
believe that he came for some other purpose than the real object
of his mission. Why men believe they can succeed better in what
they seek by this sort of fraud, is a mystery. The most curious
exhibit is the man of many millions, who pretends that he wishes
to consult you in regard to investments in the securities of
your company, and ends by asking for a pass.--CHAUNCEY M.
DEPEW.
(1635)
=Inspection, Careful Food=--See BUYING, GOOD.