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Show Railroad a Civilizing Power. For preserving tho peace In a partly civilized country a railway, according to a famous statesman, Is worth more than an army corps. Although tho railways rail-ways which are building from Haifa to Damascus, In Palestine, and from Da-mascus Da-mascus southward toward Mecca, are primarily for military purposes,, thoy will open up a country "which was prosperous pros-perous and fcrtllo 2,000 years ago, but has since become ono of tho wasto places of tho earth. They aro already using American harvesting machinery on tho plain of Jezreol. When tho proposed pro-posed railways aro finished there will bo a demand for tho accompanying modern agricultural machines. Gall-lee Gall-lee and tho country beyond Jordan will again blossom as the rose. |