Show I Frei Freight Autos May l Rival Rail bail il Lines By Frank C C. Greene displayed last P POSSIBILITIES week of ot a national railroad I strike have brought forcibly to the fore foro tho the question of what situation the tho United States Slates would bein bo be boin boin in if It such a sulks strike should como come to pass Transportation experts are aro unanimous In declaring that UiRt the tho country's country's coun coun- try's tra only salvation would lie In tit the UIO substitution of ot automobile trucks for railroad trains t tAnd And many of those who have studied the tho situation go JO further the they predict that tho the time timo is not far tar distant when much of ot the country's freight will be hauled by motor trucks Recent experiences of or Michigan automobile au au- au manufacturers havo have lumen dumon- stated that tho the motor freight is not an Impossibility Tho The Michigan manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers manu manu- were threatened b by a frol freight ht embargo o with being forced force to close their plants They attempted making deliveries overland and success is reported In ever every instance wherein the tho plan was waa given a fair trial Ono One manufacturer by introducing a little system Into that method of making deliveries reduced the cost of ot placing his trucks in Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago to almost the tho same sum Burn as fiS would have been charged by tho the railroad for tor delivering them COULD MAKE PROFIT Those trucks went to Chicago empty hauling only themselves Tho The manufacturer believes he ho might have derived a profit had the trucks carried freight Such a fl showing however would have o been manifestly impossible except In Ina Inn a n country blessed with good roads and by that Is meant hard surface roads But truck men declare they can haul trel freight ht ut cat a n. profit If It compelled to do dono doso no so In an any country countr that has such roads rands Present Indications are aro that wherever hard surface roads road are the milIeu rail rail- less trel freight ht will soon Man make l lt Itself felt fell Development Do of ot trailers which are arc now commanding attention In commercial motor circles Is adding to the possibilities In no part of the United States Is 18 the motor freight morn more apt to be developed than It Il IH is In Utah with her many rich sections now without railroad trans trans- Already some nome progress with the tha auto RUto tr freight haw has been made mado Farmers In tho the Dixie country miles from a n railroad ore are sending their pro pro- duco to Salt Lakes Lake's markets on motor trucks over dirt roads road and deriving deriving- a profit Given GI n a hard surface road which would permit them to use URO trailers trail trall- era ers tho the transportation co cost coat t would bo be almost decimated etl CAN REACH BASIN F. Even n auto passenger r service In Utah has been proven a success II Automobile Automobile Automo Automo- bile stages to points not far from Salt Lake L aro are C carrying JI In n competition competition competition com com- petition with railroad lines and making tho the business fla pay Utah Is now entering the I stage ta c of permanent road building A highway with hard surface extending from rein north to south throughout almost tho the length th of ot tho the state tato Is but hut n n ii season or two ahead and automobile truck men aro are awaiting tho opportunity to take tako advantage of It by Installing tr freight service ser It Is III also within tho the realm of or probability probability ability that tho the states state's road roud building program for tor tho the next five years wll will IJ Include the con construction of or a tl hard surface sur sur- face taca road rond from Crom Salt Sail Lako Lake to the tho Uinta basin In casu case it does docs motor freight service will bo he used for tor opening to the world that rich empire now lying undeveloped un und undeveloped un- un d developed devoid old of or railroad transportation trans trans- |