Caption: Dedication - Transportation Building Dedication Addresses
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prosperity, the ubiio » that in, those n ot directly ir^Lerested in the inaiibes of railroad prop ^rties - while depreciating the lilies and hampering the service of the railroads, seem o place a great abiding ier valuos. As a matte the atability of railroads being c chief instrumentality in oreai m g si Lioh other values, value underly Lng such other ilues. If, or example, the railroads should be with- rawn, these artificial o r contingent values would quiok/ collapse; and in the exaot proportion that the rail?ads are withdrawn, thro ugh inefficien t or inadequate arvioe, such other value 3 shall certainly depreciate. There are among st us people who entertain a oonDling faith in the belie f that the railroads will ys » with us; and that about the worst that could possibly ippen would be receivers hips and reorg anizatiors; and organizations are not altogether idesirable -- in fact, t hey might prov e a very good alutlon for Home of our alleged ailmer ts; and that inossibly suffer on that account* ftrent values could not p ©flection, however, sugg 08ts that they are rec&nin* with reaAoning wi o in the greatest lament of value that eve r has or ever will be created* ostroy it, and all is lost. When the original founders of American ra ten of great wealth and men who understood the prop
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