Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1914 — Capitalizing Courtesy. [ARTICLE]

Capitalizing Courtesy.

“A nursed grudge growing out of a surly answer has been responsible for many of the troubles of the railroads,” says the president of the Southern railway in a letter to the road’s employes. “Let us then all try to please the public." Railroads have many troubles, some of which the average intelligent person believes are imaginary. But here is a railroad president who believes that discourtesy on the part of employes toward the public is responsible for some of these troubles. And one may easily agree that his theory Is. plausible. Courtesy Is not ordinarily considered to have any commercial value. One should be courteous because courtesy Is a sign of good breeding and tends to promote social peace and order. Here it Is seriously proposed td capitalize it; to make the social grace pay dividends. —Cleveland Plain Dealer.