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Show The Itntlwny n I'careinntier. For preserving the pence In a pnrtly civilized country a railway, according to n famous statesman, Is worth more than nn army corps. Although the railways which arc building from Haifa to Damascus, in Palestine, and from Damascus southward toward Meccn, aro primarily for military purposes, pur-poses, they will open up a country which wns prosperous nnd fertilo 2000 years ago, but has itlncc become ono of tho waste places of the earth. They aro already using American harvesting machinery on tho plains of Jezreel. When tho proposed railways nro finished fin-ished thcro will bo a demand for tho accompanying modern agricultural machines. ma-chines. Galilee nnd thn country beyond be-yond Jordnu will nguln.bIosbou.ua the roso. |