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great majority, excepting a few fruits and vegetables raised 

 locally near our towns, have been brought to us in some 

 part of their journey by means of the locomotive. 



It is the same with reference to our clothing. The wool, 

 after being sheared from the sheep, was first taken by loco- 

 motives to factories, where it was spun into cloth ; it was 

 then taken again by locomotives and carried to other facto- 

 ries, where it was made into clothing ; then brought to our 

 town, where we finally bought it. Our cotton clothing was 

 made from cotton which wa^ Carried from the cotton fields 

 in the south to the mills by the locomotive. It was made 

 into cloth, and then taken to factories where it was made 

 into various articles which were brought to the store and 

 put on sale. The locomotive played an important part 

 several different times during this process. 



The coal that keeps us warm in the winter has been brought 

 to us from the coal fields by the locomotive. The news- 

 papers, magazines, and books, that are so important in our 

 life, are brought to us by the locomotive. On the payment 

 of two cents for a postage stamp, a letter is carried for us 

 across the continent by the locomotive, and in a few days 

 an answer is brought back. 



Indeed if we think over carefully the things that enter 

 into our daily life the house in which we live, the rugs upon 

 the floor, the furnishings inside, the piano, the phonograph, 

 and other necessities and pleasures of life we shall find 

 it difficult to name anything which the locomotive has not 

 either directly or indirectly helped bring to us. 



Locomotives and suburban homes. Another benefit of 

 the locomotive lies in the fact that it has increased greatly 

 the distance that a man may live from his place of business 

 in the great cities. In great centers of population, like 

 New York and Chicago, thousands of business men may do 

 their business in these cities and at night return to their 

 homes, miles away in small suburban towns. This enables 





