Results of Poll: Impact on Today's Economy

 

   A variety of resources rely on the assistance of railroads for many different reasons.  One, being the profit that is associated  with the  existence of these systems.  In addition now people from all over the country could enjoy goods from other places in the country. One industry that greatly prospered from the construction of the railroad was the cattle or beef industry. Before the railroads, cows had to be raised slaughtered and sold all within close proximity this was becoming more and more difficult because many urban and suburban areas were growing rapidly leaving less and less land for farming.  Now there is no sign of financial struggle, or any regulation on the distance that there products can be transported.  
   
   There is still greed that is present with competing organizations, which is why there is a regulation on the the quantity and distance, when signs of excessive gain arise.  In order to be absolved from any sort of regualtion, there needs to be clear evidence supporting the organization's reasoning for their means of trade.As long as there is no indication of any amoral actions.     
   
   The railroad systems have helped make our present industrial development possible.  The amount of destruction that the economy would  encounter if these means of transportation were diminished  is implausible to comprehend.  All businesses that rely on such efficient transportation, such as produce and other products that need delivered on a certain schedule.  


   There are many different paths that the tracks lead to, concerning the future of the economy, and the advancements of the trains themselves in order to cope with the rapidly increasing demand for efficient transporting. There are still great potentials in expanding the assortment of businesses, effecting all areas of trade and means of transportation.