Show iwa b j Prosperity Prosperity I f St t compiled by br Bra Bradstreets Bradstreet's streets street's trade journal recognized a 11 all u ab absolute authority on such such show matters show that that for eight of the curr current nt year gross earnings among the railroads aggregated I an increase of o or per lit nt t over owr r the similar period of 1915 The net earnings for the I Itt tt months ending last August amounted to an inise in in- ise SP- SP of or per cent over the corresponding j of last year Both of the sums given suggest that 1916 will establish new records for railway earnings declares Bradstreets |