Show great wealth of our country COU we lve have today 80 of people occupying sq miles of territory territory terri tor y and they own N we e produce 1 1111 ami lilly agricultural products valued va I 1 aed at 8 it is nothing thing that we vo produce annually linnual ly bushels of corn tand and bales of cotton I 1 if there is no demand for tile the corn and cotton and if f the demand is not at a nair fair return but we have bave tile the mat market k et anys vice president t sherman in losi lesi lies i es IV beekly ye e e ekly k ay our of people who alio produce 1 l of manufactured products Iro ducts annually and receive in ill wages nuke inthe the ct t these nese figures apply only t fin fill dished pr product we get the products to the consumer by miles of railroad which is three times inies I 1 tile railroad milage aro of great grea britain franco and germ any combined when side tracts a are re taken into hito account we ve have more railroad milage than all tile the re rest t of the world on these tales railroads we have engines ona ena c carrying a rr y i n g millions of c cars a rs and ha hauling tiling L tons toils of freight 0 this practically equals nil all the tonnage carried by 13 alt all tile the railroads railroad sand and all the ships 01 of all the rest of ahe world this monstrous task Js is performed for formed nield IN by of employed emp loyes abo are yearly paid mid and th this is business is conduct ed vy by of bank clearances dowe do we pi prosper osper only two decades ao ago b we were second seco nd to great britain in ill the output of iron and steel today to Toda day o ir output equals all the rest of tle world we live well and happy homes tilled with comforts and luxuries yet we are a saving people peo we vc have in ill sa savings villas 15 banks 0 in ill national banks and in ill s state ta t a t e banks 0 5 o in till all tile the per capita of money in oney in ill the country is large than illan in ill any ally other save one france and aino amounts tints to 35 for each of our people the bu business sines of tho country arn amounts to over annually a 11 11 uit I 1 I 1 y how do 10 we ve do 10 such a nion monstrous bu business ineas which is is almost profitable it is because we have confidence in ill ourselves and tile other nati nations ons of the globo globie have confidence in us J schoolcraft Schooler aft sherman |