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Show v MEMORANDUM With an announcement that "The public be informed" is its policy in matters affecting both the railway and the public, President Carl R. Gray of the Union Pacific has launch ed a program of newspaper advertising, advertis-ing, the first installment of which has just appeared. Others will follow fol-low on the first of each month. "The Union Pacific realizes," says Mr. Gray, "that the good will of its patrons is its greatest asset. It also believes that a successful railway is the greatest asset of any community which it serves," With this statement state-ment every thoughtful citizen must be in complete accord. Originally the sole function of a railway was to move persons and property from place to place. Today it is generally recognized that tO' explain ex-plain to the public the how and why of the railway business is almost as essential as the doing of that business. busi-ness. The Union Pacific has for many years encountered its authorized representatives to discuss railway problems frankly with the public, but not until now has it undertaken to reach its patrons, employes1 and the public on the entire system at one time. The Union Pacific serves a mighty empire extending from Council Bluffs, Omaha, St. Joseph andi Kansas Kan-sas City on the East to Los Angeles, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane and Butte on the West. One out of every six persons in the country lives in a state reached by the Union Pacific. M.ore than fifty thousand per sons receive a Union Pacific pay check each month. Estimating four persons to a family, 200,000 persons are directly dependent on the Union Pacific for support. If to this be added ad-ded persons engaged in producing supplies and materials purchased by the Union Pacific, the grand' total would run into millions. The railway rail-way employes, their families, patrons pa-trons of the road and the general public in the thirteen Union Pacific states are vitally concerned in maintaining main-taining the railway plant at a state of highest effectiveness. Everyone who has the welfare of the community at heart will find interest in-terest and profit in this series of articles. |