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Show UP IN FRONT No industry is more alive to the need for progressive postwar policies than is railroading, judged, by the advertising advertis-ing the nation's railways are running which picture the many conveniences planned for passengers after the war. It is easy to see that the railroads intend to do everything every-thing in their power to make transportation by rail as efficient effi-cient and pleasurable as possible. They intend to develop their particular field of transportation transpor-tation to the maximum, in order to render the greatest public service. Main line trains will move faster and more frequently. fre-quently. More comforts and luxuries will be provided in sleeping car accomodations. Express and freight traffic will undoubtedly be speeded up, and constantly increasing attention atten-tion will be given to the special needs of shippers and travelers. travel-ers. Railways have done a magnificent war job. In fact, they have done what the pessimists at the outset of the present hostilities said could not be done. They are facing the challenge chal-lenge of the future with the same determination to render superlative service with which they faced the challenge of the war. There is no reason to suppose or assume that the railroads rail-roads will not be in the front line of progress in any matters relating to efficiency and conveniences for the traveling and shipping public in the transportation field. |