Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-03-02 | Page 36 | 283,500,000 Tons of Empty Load Loss

Tons o of 0 Empty Load Loss There Thoro are over motor trucks operating In tho thorn tho United States today and 70 per cent run empty one way This enormous waste of or highway transportation transportation transportation trans trans- facilities is one of or the reasons reasons rea rea- sons sona why foodstuffs aro are so high and steps are aro being taken through a highways highways highways high high- ways transport committee in each state In the union to greatly lesson lessen this waste through the establishment of ot return loads bureaus and rural motor express routes Under present conditions condi ions the tonnage capacity waste per year Is over tons Study of ot transportation In this country by tho the government during during during dur dur- ing the war period points out several stumbling blocks block to a proper use of ot this wonderful third arm of ot our fa facilities facilities fa- fa n- n the tho motor truck Secretary of or the Department of ot Commerce Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce William C C. Bedfield states elates In an article In The Nations Nation's Business The transportation system of ot the United States la Is not a Do unity It cannot b bo run ran on what we may call Unitarian lines It Is a trinity and has to be run ran on trinitarian You must link up railways railways rail rail- ways way and waterways and highways to get a perfect transportation system for tor this country