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Photo 210 

 "Oh, beautiful Fall, with Bloom for All." 



constructed railroads, reared towns, villages and cities, and built 

 ships to sail the great rivers, lakes and oceans. The object in 

 constructing the great trunk steam railroads of the country was 

 what? To develop the country. The main lines are completed, 

 and the electric roads are now in "the boom" of construction. 

 Fifty years, (possibly twenty-five) will substantially complete 

 these. How is this going to affect industrial America? What 

 is back of the "prosperity" of to-day? Demand for iron and 

 steel in, first, railroading; second, the building of cities. What 

 necessitates the "city?" The bringing together of vast numbers 

 of people to smelt the ore, "roll" it out for use, etc. 



My American-born friend, have you pondered on what is 

 coming? "Oh, something will turn up !" Yes, it will ; with forests 

 gone, and worn-out lands on hand, national poverty will "turn 

 up," and stare you in the face, if you don't help to avert the ca- 

 lamity. There will continue to be inventions, but after the rail- 

 roads are completed, and the great "boom" (caused by the de- 

 mand for iron and steel) ceases, what are the teeming millions 

 going to do that have drifted to the cities to obtain the high wages 

 paid during this period of prosperity? Go back to the land to 

 "raise their own living." Railroad traffic w r ill decrease in pro- 



