Our New Era of Good Feeling - Address by Elisha Lee

Sep 21, 2026

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A speech by Elisha Lee, Vice-President in Charge of Operation of the Pennsylvania Railroad, delivered before the Atlantic States Shippers' Advisory Board in Atlantic City on July 9, 1925. It argues that railroad and shipper interests are fundamentally identical and that past failures to apply this principle led to harmful railroad regulation. The speech emphasizes improved transportation service, increased traffic handled, reduced shortages, and broad national prosperity supported by railroads’ cooperation with shippers.

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97-84111-5Lee,Elisha Our new era of goodfeeling [S.I.] # COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISIONBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET ## ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 308 ZLee,Elisha,1870- BoxOur new era of good feeling;address by Elisha186ee.before the Atlant,ic states shippers'advisory board,Atlantic City,N.J.,July 9,1935...71 p. 16 cm.Cantion title.OMLY ED Reproductions may not be made without permission trom Columbia University Libraries. ## RESTRICTIONS ON USE: TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA FILM SIZE: 35mmREDUCTION RATIO: 9:/ IMAGE PLACEMENT:IA(IA IB I IIB DATE FILMED: 6-5-97INITIALS: 6 TBACKING\#: 23338 FILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA. ## BIBLIOGRAPHIC IRREGULARITIES MAIN ENTRY:Lee,Elish ……… ……------… -- ---……- Our new era of good feeling …… … - ……… ……- …- … ## Bibliographic Irregularities in the Original Document: List all volumes and pages affected;include name of institution if filming borrowed text. __Page(s)missing/not available: __Volume(s)missing/not available: ____IIlegible and/or damaged page(s): ____Page(s)or volume(s)misnumbered: ____Bound out of sequence: _____Page(s)or volume(s)filmed from copy borrowed from:__ X unpaginated-[8]pagesOther: _ __Inserted material: # Our New Eraof Good Feeling 368 二及18 Address by Elisha Lee Vice-President in Charge of OperationPennsylvania Railroad Before the Atlantic States Shippers'Advisory BoardAtlantic City,N.J.,July 9,1925 IT is a genuine pleasure to be here today.IEvery meeting of such an organizationas this serves to remind us that we are in a newand immeasurably better era in the relationsbetween the railroads and their patrons—anera of friendship and good feeling in whichco-operation and mutual help sound the key-note. Of course,it has always been recognized,at least in a theoretical way,that the trueinterests of shippers and carriers in a greatcommercial country like ours must in the longrun be identical.What helped one helped theother;everybody accepted that as a matterof academic truth.The trouble was therewere too many failures to apply the goldenrule of business in actual practice.Thesefailures were at the root of a great deal of theharmful and destructive policies of railroadregulation which prevailed in the past because, in the last analysis,harsh regulation is basedon the false premise that the interests of rail-roads and their patrons,instead of beingmutual,are hostile and opposed. ## Best Service Recordsin Transportation History The experiences of recent years have beenbringing about a profound change of feelingin these respects.Even before the war thenecessity for less regulation and more volun-tary harmonizing of measures and purposes,as between railroads and shippers,was be-ginning to appeal to the popular mind.Thewar itself showed what co-operative effortcould do in handling a volume of trafficwhich previously would have been consideredimpossible with the facilities at hand.Sincethe war,we have made the still more importantdiscovery that,under peace conditions andwith the restoration of private management,it is possible,by voluntary co-operation be-tween carriers and patrons,to surpass eventhe best that was accomplished under thespur of military necessity. In bringing about this era of better feelingand finer results,no agencies have been morepowerful and effective than the RegionalAdvisory Boards,of which this is the largestand most important with respect to theamount and value of traffic i

FAQs

Who delivered “Our New Era of Good Feeling” and in what role?

Elisha Lee delivered the address as Vice-President in Charge of Operation of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

What organization hosted the speech, and where and when was it delivered?

It was delivered before the Atlantic States Shippers' Advisory Board in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on July 9, 1925.

What central claim does the speech make about railroad and shipper interests?

It states that the true interests of shippers and carriers in a commercial country are identical, and that treating them as hostile created harmful regulation.

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