Show J I YOUR INTEREST IN RAILROADS A railroad executive presents this thumbnail sketch of the tIu railroad industry The Class 1 lines have an investment investment investment in in- vestment of They operate miles of track and pay taxes amounting to a year They spend about a year for equipment and sup sup- plies They employ men and women with a total wage of There are a million holders of railroad bonds and rs ers More I than of railroad securities are held by life insurance companies and mutual savings banks These insurance companies have policyholders and there are nearly depositors in mutual Savings banks The railroad industry is exceeded exceeded exceeded ex ex- ex- ex in size only by hIre ture Practically every living Am- Am rican has an interest of some kind in the rails The steel steelworker steelworker steelworker worker the storekeeper the ranker banker the insurance man the day laborer laborer all all classes and all aU kinds are involved To some degree their individual prosperity pros pros- or lack of it is bound up with railroad por Yes whether you work for forI i wages or c clip I- I Ip coupons you are area a partner of the railroad |