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KNOW THY COUNTRY
l~ Introductory
"Know America" is a slogan that abould ring out from every school room, OfBce. farm and shop in tbis na¬ tion. No man can aspire to a higher honor than to become a capable dtl- san, and no one can merit so die- tinsuished a tiUe nntU be ts well in¬ formed of the resources, possibilities and achievements of our country.
Thla is a commercial age and civ¬ ilization is bearing its most golden fralt In America. We are noted for onr industrial achievements as E^gypt was noted for ber pyramids; Jerusa¬ lem for her religion; Greece for her art; Pfaoenlcia for her fleets; Chaldea for ber astronomy and Rome for her laws. Likewise we have men who wlll go down in tbejiprld's history as pow¬ erful products of their age. For, stand¬ ing at the source ot every gigantic movement that sways civilization is a great man. The greatest minds travel in the greatest direction and the com¬ mercial geniuses of this age would have been the sculptors, poets, phil¬ osophers, architects, and artists of earlier civilizations.
As Michael Angelo took a rock and with a chisel hewed it into the image of an angel tbat ever beckons man¬ kind upward and onward. Hill took the desert of the Northwest and with bands of steel made It blossom like a rose, dotted the valleys with happy homes and built cities In waste places.
As Guttenberg took blocka of wood and whittled them Into an alphabet and made a printing press that flashed education across the con¬ tinent like a ray of light upon a new bom world, McCormick took
a bar of Iron and bent It into a reaper and with one sweep of his magic mind broke the shackles tbat enslaved labor of generationa yet unborn, and gave mankind freedom from drudgery, and lifted the human race Into a higher zone of lif a '
As Nelson organiaed the English navy and made England mistress of the sea, enabling tbe British Isles to plant ber fla^ upon every continent waahed by the ocean'a waves, and to make foot¬ stools of the Islands of every water, Morgan organized a banking system that has made America master of the world's flnances, broaght Kings to our cashier's windows, the nations of the earth to our discount desks and placed under the industries of this nation a financial system as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar.
There is no study quite so interest¬ ing as progress; no sound so magic as the roar of Industry and no sight so inspiring as civilization In action. A full realization of America's part in the great events of the world past, present and future wlll thrill every human heart with pride, patriotism and faith in Republican instltutiona.
Through the courtesy of the Agri¬ cultural and Commercial Press Ser¬ vice, the readers of this paper will be permitted to study America; her ag¬ ricultural, manufacturing and min¬ eral development, mercantile, bank¬ ing and transportation systems which are the wonder of the world. The 1 first article of the series wlll deal with transportation and will appear at an early date. , ^
KNOW THY COUNTRY
II-Railroads
In discussing the commercial achievements of this great age, we shall approach the subject as the historian chronicling events. This se¬ ries will endeavor to record in writ¬ ing the supremacy of American men and industries In the world's affairs and perptuate an appreciation of our marvelous industrial achievements by presenting simple facts, figures and comparisons tbat are overpowering In their convictions.
America holds her proud place among the nations of the earth today on account of her supremacy In trans¬ portation facilities. The mighty minds of the age are engaged In the prob¬ lems of transportation, and the great¬ est men in the history of the world's commerce are at the head of the transportation systems of tbe United States.
In the discussion of transportation, let ns consider separately our Rail¬ ways, Telegraph and Telephones, Ex¬ press, Publlc Highways, Steamships, Street Railways, Interurban and other forms of transportation, aod this ar¬ ticle will deal with railways.
tiie United States has the largest mileage, the best service, the cheap¬ est rates, pays labor the highest wages, and we have the most efficient¬ ly managed of the railways of the world. They stand as a monument to the native genius of our marvelous builders, and most of the railroads in foreign countries have been built nnder American orders.
The railroads represent a larger in¬ vestment of capital than any other branch of human activity. The mile¬ age in the United States exceeds
the accepted distance from the earth to the moon. We had In 1911, the last year In which flgures for all countries are available, on the earth's surface, 639,981 miles of rail¬ way divided as follows: United States 241,199, Europe 207,432 and other countries 191,350. The United Statea has 38 per cent of the world's mileage, aeven per cent of the estimated pop¬ ulation and about flve per cent of the area. The total capital Invested In the railways of the world is 150,000,000,- 000, divided as follows: United States $13,000,000,000 Europe $25,650,000,000 and other countries $11,350,000,000. Reduced to a mileage basis the cap¬ italization Is as follows: Tbe world $78,000. United States $54,000, Europe $124,000, and other countries $59,000.
A comparison of rates is equally as interesting and the United States takes the lead in economy and aerv¬ lce. The average rate per ton per hundred mile haul Is as follows: United States 76c, Great Britain $2.53, France $1.44, Germany $1.44, Russia 92c, Austria-Hungary $1.30, Italy $2.30 and Switzerland $2.82.
The average yearly pay of all rail¬ road employes in the principal coun¬ tries Is as follows: United States $757, Germany $392. Italy $345, Aus¬ tria $322, Great Britain $279, France $260 and Russia $204.
About 30 per cent, or 188,000 miles, of the rallwaya of the world are government owned. About half the railway mileage of Europe Is govern¬ ment owned.
A comparison of the economy, in time and money and the convenience In travel, will be made In a later article.
KNOW THY COUNTRY
in—Telegrdph and Telephone
Our transportation facllltiea are the most perfect product of this great com¬ mercial age and the telegraph and tel¬ ephone systems of this nation crown the industrial achievements of the wbole world. These twin messengers of modern civilization, born In the skies, atand today the most faithful and efficient public servants tbat ever toiled for tbe human race.
They are ot American nativity and while warm from the mind of the In¬ ventive genius have, under American supervision, spun a net-work of wirea acroaa tbe earth and under tbe aeaa. Telegraphy, In ita early youth, mas¬ tered the known world and tbe tele¬ phone haa already conquered the earth'a aurface, and now stands at the aeaahore ready to leap acroaa the ocean.
No Industry In the history of the world haa ever made such rapid atridea in development and uaefulness, and none has ever exerted a more powertul influence upon the civilisation of ita day than the Telegraph and Telephone. Their achievement demonatratea the aupremacy of two distinct typea of American genina—invention and organ¬ isation.
The industry vas peculiarly fortun- ata in having powerful inventive intel¬ lect at its source and tremendous minds to direct its organisation and growth. It ia the most perfect firuit of the tree of American induatry and wben compared with ita Buropean con¬ temporaries. It tbrllla every patrlotie American with pride.
mbitlotts yovth ean find ao matg la-
spirlng company than the fellowship of the giant intellects that constructed thla marvelous industry and a Journey along tho pathway ot its development. Illuminated at every mile-post of ita progreaa by the ligbtnlng-flashea of brilliant mlnda, wlU ^e taken at a very early date.
A brief atatiatical review of the in¬ dustry brings out Its growth and mag¬ nitude in a moat convincing and un- forgetable manner.
Tho telephone aervlce of the United Statea ia tbe moat popular and efflcient and Ita rates are the cheapest of tbe telephone systems of the world.
We are the greatest talkers on earth. We send 60 per cent of our communi¬ catlona over the telephone^ The world haa about 15,000,000 telephones and of tbia number tbe United Statea haa ap¬ proximately 9,540,000, Europe 4,020,000 and other countries 1,300,000. Accord¬ ing to the lateat world telephone cen¬ sus, the total telephone Investment ia $1,906,000,000 and of this amount %lr 095,000,000 waa credited to the United Statea. $636,000,000 in Europe and $175,000,000 in other countriea. The annual telephone conversatlona total 24,600,000,000 divided aa followa: Unit¬ ed SUtea 16.600,000,000; Europe 6,800,- 000,000. and other countriea 2,200,000,- 000. Tbe total world wire telephone mileage is S3J162,000 milea divided aa follows: Uaited SUtea 20,248,000, Bu- rop* 10,836,000, and otber conntiiea 2,679.00a Abont aix per cent of the world's popoUtlon aad alxty-one per oent ot tha telepbone wire gtUa. age Is la the Uaited States.
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We are establishing auto service.
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