Answer: The 1880's and 1890's were year of consolidation in the American railroads. They were the years of the great financiers such Jay Gould and JP Morgan, made fortunes buying and selling railroad stocks. Most of all however, they were the years that the rails became the backbone of American Commerce. You could now ship anything anywhere in the United States is a matter of days.. No longer was a producer limited to selling products in his city or even in his region, but the United States had become one national market.
It was also the beginning of the age of great name trains.
He is trying to tell that the issue of peace is everyone’s
concern. It is their duty to help others
if they expect the same kind of help in the future. He was urging the American people that the
time for isolation is at an end and they must make a choice for it is only a
matter of time before this war will come at their doorsteps.
