10. The work of the railroad repair-shop.

11. The advantage of railroad transportation over water transportation.

12. The advantage of water transportation over railroad transportation.

13. Why the larger railroads in our country run east and west.

14. The advantages of the pay-as-you-enter car.

15. The importance of the interurban electric railroads in country trade.

16. The disadvantages of the elevated system in large cities.

17. Congestion in the business district of a large city.

18. The underground system as a solution for congested traffic.

19. The work of a transfer company.

20. The motor truck decreases the business of the express companies.

21. The automobile decreases railroad suburban business.

=Exercise 276=

Topics for Investigation and Discussion

1. The work of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

2. How railroads control other railroads.

3. Railroad earnings.

4. Different kinds of railroad traffic.

5. The relation between the express companies and the railroads.

6. Railroad rates and rebates.

7. Government ownership of railroads.

8. The influence of the Panama ca.n.a.l in the growth of business in the southern states.

9. The influence of the ca.n.a.l in the growth of business in the central West.

10. The influence of the ca.n.a.l in the growth of business in South America.

11. The deep water way.

12. The parcel post zones.

=Exercise 277=

=Books that will Suggest Topics for Talks=

BOLTON, S. K., Successful Women.

CHAMBERLAIN, J. F., How We Travel.

DRYSDALE, W., Helps for Ambitious Boys; Helps for Ambitious Girls.

FOWLER, N. C., Practical Salesmanship; Starting in Life.

HALE, E. E., What Career?

HIGINBOTHAM, H. N., The Making of a Merchant.

LASELLE, M. A. and WILEY, K. E., Vocations for Girls.

LUNDGREN, CHARLES, The New Salesmanship.

LYDE, L. W., Man and his Markets.

MALLON, I. A. S., The Business Girl.

MANSON, G. J., Ready for Business.

MARSDEN, O. S., The Secret of Achievement; The Young Man Entering Business.

MITTEN, G. E., The Book of the Railway.

MOODY, W. D., Men Who Sell Things.

REED, _et al._, Careers for the Coming Men.

ROCHELEAU, W. F., Transportation.

ROLLINS, F. W., What can a Young Man do?

STOCKWELL, H. G., Essential Elements of Business Character.

STODDARD, W. O., Men of Business.

THE VOCATION BUREAU, Boston, Vocations for Boys.

(Pamphlets on _The Grocer_, _The Machinist_, _The Architect_, _etc._)

WHITE, S. J., Business Openings for Girls.

=Exercise 278=

Write the following from dictation:

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Transportation is a great business as well as manufacturing or farming. History tells us that very early people did not have a settled home, but, when the gra.s.s began to give out in one part of the country, several members of the community, perhaps whole tribes, took their belongings on their backs and sought for a new place to settle. It is reasonable to suppose that they wished to keep up some sort of intercourse with their friends. At once difficulties arose, since hostile tribes lived between them and their old home. It was a brave man, indeed, who ventured to encounter the dangers of the trip between the settlements. Such a set of men arose in the peddlers, who set out alone or in caravans with articles of produce or manufacture and braved the dangers even of a desert to exchange what they carried for the produce of the old home. This is the earliest form of transportation. Compare this simple form with the modern railroad, steamship, and express service.

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