Show mG Bi FUTURE OF I It TRAILERS IS SEEN t Vehicles y Vehicles May Become More Numerous Than Motor Trucks I booking oking forward to a time when farmes farmand farm- farm es and small shippers will o own n trailers them loaded at the farm gate gala for or in front of ot their places of ot business to tobe tobe tobe be picked up and hauled to market in pad oad trains by tractors operated by rural motor express companies C. C T. T lloyd Boyd of ot the Highway Transportation company of Los Angeles makes some somo pertinent comments In a letter to the Trailer Manufacturers Manufacturers' association of America In New York H lt seems probable that in the near lure ture unless railroad Interests rule otherwise oth- oth fer trailers will be more numerous Ethan an motor trucks he says At present pres- pres r hl f e ent nth the use of trailers s Is to Ya a considerable e extent penalized by hy license and ng legislation principally through h Ignorance Ignorance ignorance ance of ot the benefits they could give Probably no CO section of ot the country fa a a. closer study of ot motor and highway ra than han this state California Califor Califor- nia la ia yet here one Is compelled to pay a a. license for a a. ton half trailer than or a a. Ford car Prejudice against trailers continues to exist he observes even In the minds of ot public officials who ho look upon motor truck transportation as a means of ot ex ex- ex the big 11 H out of the 11 II C. C of ot L because sufficient attention has not been directed to saving In wear and tear on the roads affected by the use or trailers This company's efforts to popularize be e use of privately owned trailers for the Shipment of ot goods between points on Its rott routs routes s and beyond lacks the sympathy ol ot of both the insurance companies and the public officials and yet we can see no Valid why a shipper owning a trailer and who cannot afford a truck should be deterred from shipping his com- com in that manner He is relieved relle ot of f the responsibility of or transportation effects a a. saving in original investment and and andIs andis is able to devote time to other work having only the loading and unloading ol ot the shipment to handle In any finality a aIs avise vise Is distribution of or trailers and trucks ind nd the breaking down of ot such prejudices nd ind repeal of ot such laws as are Inimical to heir their fullest operation and use are necessary V |