Show j I Not many people realize how tremendous tremen-dous Is the railroad power In J this country coun-try Their present capitalization Is l J lln395lSOS The men employed number i num-ber 32S921 and they are among the brightest and strongest men of the > j Nation They compose oneflf teenlh of 1 the fighting force f the Republic ncr their annual wages arq 5600000003 They with ono years wage would bo i C BiiflicJont to found a great State and t equip i with overy needed thing except a navy This power has practically 1 grown up since the first gold was found t Jn California fifty years ago The I 1 mileage has Increased from SOOO to 1 nearly 200000 the value has Increased twice as fast the workings have advanced ad-vanced almost to an exact science and ito i-to blot them out wouldreduce a dozen countries and a hundred cities to famine fa-mine |