

LOCOMOTION AND TRANSPORT, 



THEIE INFLUENCE AND PROGRESS. 



CHAPTEE I. 



INFLUENCE OF IMPROVED TRANSPORT ON CIVILISATION. 



Art of transport essential to social advancement. 2. Its rapid 

 advancement in modern times. 3. Commerce mainly dependent on it. 

 4. Its conditions. 5. Its advantages, its influence on price. 6. 

 Example of cotton. 7. Agricultural products. 8. Reciprocal 

 advantages to rural and urban population. 9. Absence of good 

 means of transport injurious to France. 10. Renders worthless or 

 injurious articles serviceable and valuable. 11. Stimulates both 

 production and consumption. 12. Increases the demand for labour. 

 13. Effects of railways. 14. Advantages of increased speed. 15. 

 In the transport of cattle. 16. Steam vessels not so well adapted to 

 this. 17. Supply of milk to towns. 18. Advantages to farmers and 

 landlords. 19. Advantages of steam navigation. 20. Advantages 

 of personal locomotion. 21. In the case of the working population. 

 22. Influence on the value of land. 23. Advantages to the popula- 

 tion of large cities. 24. Relative speed of horse coaches and railways. 

 25. Solitary advantages. 26. Offers inducements to peace and the 

 means of abridging war. 27. Influence on the diffusion of knowledge, 

 28. The electric telegraph. 29. Journalism. 



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