40.  The   principle  of    changing   men   who    prove    unsuitable    for  their  Menchanged
positions  is  not  a  theoretical  one.     While  I  was  in  America,  the  President  of  WQen  not
one   large   system   was   changed  because    his  Results   had  not   been   quite  8UItable-
satisfactory,  and  I  heard  of  several  cases  of  the  higher  officers  being  removed

from  their  positions  because  their  responsibilities  had  grown  too  great  for
them,  or  they  were  no  longer  physically  equal  to  the  strain  of  them.     The
railway  is  being  worked  for  a  profit,  and  it  is  recognised  that  in  these  days  of
keen  competition,  dividends  can  only  bo  obtained  or  maintained  by  employing
the  best  man  procurable  to  control  and  manage  the  great  departments  of  the
business.     Anyone  who  fails  to  keep  pace  with  his  increasing  responsibilities
is  not  long  retained  in  his  position.     In  removing  men,  however,  from  their  Mucn  con.
appointments,  a  great  deal  of  consideration  is  shown  them.     If  the  failure  is  sideration
not  due  to  causes  which  the  man  could  have  controlled  and  has  been  the  result  sllown  in
of  his  place  having  become  too  big  for  him,  if  he  is  an  old  servant,  some  f^u,.^868  of
other  appointment  is  found  or  made  for  him,  as  the  Company  consider  that
his  experience  and  knowledge  have  a  value  and  are  worth  retaining.
