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Show I MILLIONS FQH I NEW AUTO ROADS Indications point to the fact that i America Is about to undertake the N j greatest building program the roun- 1 j try has ever known. The immediate:, H plans call for railroad improvements. H new highways, homes, hotels, hospi- J tals. bridges, sewer and water exten- H , 4 slons. The requirements for these ex- H ced ion billion dollars in value. This vast building program assures ;!'., ' prosperity. Raw materials will be re- H . 'inlred and men employed to build H , Ohs hundred million people arc now H consuming and wearing out needed ar- H lutes faster than they are now pro-I B duccd Production of' practically all I H merchandise has been at reduced" vol-' H 'ime for three lo five months It Is! i Possible we will face a similar short-) age to that which came in the H of A million automobiles is the normal B requirement for replacements to fill H the gaps left by wornout cars. No H 1 one- who has owned an automobile w 111 H long endure without one. Without H Ihe automobile. Industry would stop H and transportation bo paralyzed lH- H tanceS between town and countrj', be- H 1 IWeen producer and consumer, could H not be covered. Living costs would1 H rise and land values would fall. H The new need is for transportation H and ill the part it plays the automo- H I bile has no substitute, according to 1 , i officials of the Mlllei A Rubh. Th slogan f6r 1921 should be "Bs H America's future In the light of her H j needs." There is a demand lor nearly H j every article. America has not over- Hl I " built or overreached tier requirements K'l II in any fundamental or essential |