Show SAVING STEPS IN BUSINESS pinch in transportation facilities call for closest attention of american industry american business Is quite likely to learn partly as a result of the war that to survive and develop pr properly opery it must cut out waste to a far great extent perhaps than men ni en have dreamed says the philadelphia a ledger one of the biggest leaks is probably in transportation and as a people amerl cans have been reckless la in their use of this commodity if it can be called such with the present pinch in transportation por tation facilities now Is a good time to take account of stock american business and industry will have to learn how to save its steps some day it will learn that it is folly to drag coal barges DO 00 miles down the delaware and miles or so up the coast when a ship canal to new york could cut oft off the latter leg ot of that trip some day it will see that thenis no use hauling a very large part of 0 the fuel which now clogs the railroads and that it would be cheaper to extract its chemical contents and burn the resulting coke to make electric current in great central stations for distribution over a wide area the more american business saves from purposeless and unscientific carting a of things about the more will III be available tor for serious and be beneficent n fi t ezeb alms aims americans should save sav e their r steps |