Show JI ailway earnings anil and iSten siona the compiled statements of the earnings of tho the various railroads rail in this country framl the let of january Jn nry 1880 to august 31 shows the bo remarkable fact that every road reports an increase over the same eama period last your year wo we lo do 10 lleva without an exception the rains gains in many instances lave have been very dirgo ant abd tbd tl prospects now indi indicate oate that this thin great volume of will bo be kept ni all for some time lima to come and aoi the roads bo be taxed to their capacity in order to move the vast amount of products from the agricultural regions region to the of the world ahn rua of business on all the roads las baa boon been ilia mcana of giving an impetus to railroad building arid and now ronda roads and lora meltos are springing up everywhere the number of miles milea of railroad of tho the uni tilI states now exceeds oi ceoila that ol of any other nation cation rod comprises moro more tile abao a teofll ha of the abo entire globe the majority of tho the lines are fast overtaking those of lot other countries in dividend powers power anil and our oar are ard as all a 4 rule hiking money tor for the ere era this important import aut statement of railway laua is worthy of careful study A very largo large portion of the iho internal int croal trade of the country is ii dono done barough the medium of tho the railroads sad and the striking gains this year over the large business of last year shows more plainly ehalt can be any other via nay y im t e greatly increased volume of trade which las has been and still is being done throughout the country batly bet the oas torii seaboard aboard and tile tho groat section of country in ia tho the west vest which is mainly devoted to agriculture agrio altare anda ore is i reason to believe that this trade will go oo on increasing for now ovations ovet ions are constantly being opened up to civilization and cultivation and immigration is ia spreading farther into the w northwest soil and southwest and constant tont additions addi tiona are boing being mido made to the D woultz by th the tilling of vat vast areas of soil n lich been havo hitherto lain tho the great wheat golde gendrot of the northwest are 11 promising goal fir railway and ad no loaa less thau than jil al roads havo have now entered that territory from the east tho the anion amount at of now dow laud land which is mado made accessible and aad open to cultivation by these railway ox tensions is enormous onor mons and the lido fido ot il immigration is exceedingly encouraging cou con raging in tho the southwest sou tb ff oat the rail dayi WITH jre are also extending their lines with great frost rapidity and till still more country i being opened to settlers Bott lon wo we can hardly tell loll what hat tho the result will bo be in ai decade but wo we aro are sure aro that bat our pation will leal lal tho the world in railways and wo we think the builders sea goo tle way lay tu make them profitable invest |