Show The World of New York says that more than 2000000 tons of rails lat l-at 550000000 will be needed to carryout carry-out the plans already agreed upon by the railroads Just for repairs There are about 200000 mll Bpr roucl 1 In the United Stales Allowing rails to last l twenty years that meaiiu on the roads j already constructed that 10000 miles I of rails have to be replaced every year I The new rails aro about ljjht I uoun 1j h 2 1 = to the yard That alone r requires 1260 000 tons of rails a year Then for this year there ire some 6000 or 6000 miles of railroad already projected A great many roads that ought to have been repaired last year were not because oC the cost of the rails For this ycar the price has been reduced from 35 to 26 and then foreign orders arq coming I In For instance the Pennsylvania Steel company huvc orders for 60000 tons of atecl rails to go to India This is the Iron age sure enough and young men ought to keep In mnd that the American people at present arc using 400 pounds per capita of Iron every year and probably will for all time to come and that the Iron business ought to be a good one |