Railroads 40,485
Street railways 17,527
Telephone 49,688
Western Union Telegraph 9,360
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117,060

_Number of Employees_

Railroads 20,604
Street railways 25,000
Telephone 11,471
Western Union Telegraph 2,065
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59,140

Savings bank depositors 2,491,646

Railroad, street railway, and
telephone bonds held by
savings banks and savings
departments of trust companies
$267,795,636

Savings bank deposits $1,022,342,583

Money is pouring into savings banks at the rate of $275,000 each
working day.

Comment on these figures is unnecessary. There is, of course, some