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Show IMPORTANCE OF RAILROADS By JESSE H. JONES Chairman RFC. THE railroads are not only-necessary only-necessary but they employ a great many people, directly and indirectly more perhaps than any other Industry, notwithstanding notwithstand-ing possible claims to the contrary of the automotive Industry. Without With-out arguing this point, nothing would stimulate business quite as much, and re-employ people to the same extent, as an Increase In railroad rail-road traffic sufficient to give them money to spend for equipment and maintenance and for improving their property generally. It should be remembered, too, that railroads pay a very large amount of taxes necessary in the support of state, county and municipal governments, gov-ernments, including our public schools, while exactly the contrary is true of highways, which are built and maintained with tax money. |