Philadelphia. Baltimore. lNorfolk. and elsewhere may. with the advantagesthey have to control and secure passengers and freights. engage to carry our exports from the place of production to their ultimate lfreign markets by sea as well as by land. it would be but an extension of their lines over a road that costs nothing and needs no repairs. The 600.000 immigrants starting from European ports annually would virtually be on their lines of road during the ocean transit. while our system of inland transportation of goods in bond to the cities of the West would induce Western importers to patronize a continuous line. which carried their goods under one contract on one line from the place of purchase to their place of business. With free materials and machinery for building and repairs. authorized to be stored in readiness for any emergency. navyyards for repairs would spring up. which would soon be converted into yards for building under the most favorable auspices. as work is always done best and cheapest when men are repairing or building fbr themselves. The Germans. with not onetenth of our ficilities. have illustrated the truth of that statement.
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