Show bus wins wilts favor A new economic factor has entered transportation in the last decade it has grown from nothing at all to a carrying system of motor passenger busses with companies controlling the lines talk about competition there never was a time when a railroad faced such competition as these companies are offering today and not figuring in the trucks which tor for short hauls have the railroads backed into the roundhouse but the railroads have seen the power of this new carrier and rather than fight it they are adapting the motor to their own use the truck and the bus in many cities are being used as auxiliaries the railroads realizing that their field is the long haul the figures are somewhat bitter representing losses to the railroads figured in millions of dollars thus in 1921 the steel lines took in fewer tares fares than in 1920 this has brought broi ight the roads to a full cognizance ot of what they have to fight they are righting this battle of competition with the wry very weapons that took their tares fares and their freight charges the busses and trucks themselves |