Show DEALER CITES I f THE TONNAGE TRUCKS HAUL lr r rw w i MY- MY fl Arrow jj ie I ce Distributors rt f or Prove Power Po Wagons ab 6 Cause Least Damage There There seems to to be a tendency on the tho it V part art of or some sonic who ho havo have not ot thought deeply dJ ph on the subject to foster Coster the they l y Idea IdeR that th the only wear to roads road s i conies me from the use of or the motor truck A few ow yean carn ono ago the automobile nl slot mot t with this condemnation says sas J r tann lann er of or the Nay Xay por-Bandman por lor Bandman company campau distributors far r lJ W. W Arrow trucks but the tho automobile autor auto- auto y r mobile Is now note a thins thine of oC such common u e that hardly anyone anono finds fault with i It nIl any more 7 The m motor tor truck Is rapidly becomIng becom- becom Ing th the nations nation's freight carrier and while It Is not true there are people I j who believe c It comes In direct compe- compe j I tillon with existing means of oC tran trana- trana trans 1 I 1 j lIon of supplies esp especially In j I rural communities communities' and between cities I There has been some unwise legis- legis laUon lation against motor trucks rucks as a result re result result re- re I sult of or such an attitude But with motor motor motor mo mo- tor truck hauling hauling- more than tons oC farm um products a n. year rear the people can hardly sit Idly b by nn and al allow al- al low Jaw legislation Jeg based baaed on false ideas to hit alt at the very cry source of oC their life lIfo sup sup- ply Of O all nn vehicles using our highways fb the be motor truck probably causes the east faast damage o in proportion to the thet t B Ico it render rener There are two to things that cause cans p pI I J damage o to roads one ono Is tho the impact I of et f weight tho the other Is wear to th the t surf ace r With a substantial roadbed the Im- Im 1 l pact of ot weight ht does little tittle damage J If the r roadbed is la faulty wel weight ht tends to I f. f weak break It It Is la simply a a. matter of oC gravity i I Perhaps the tho tT greatest tc destroyer of or J toad road surfaces and the least condemned j fa ts the steel tire Tho The steel tiro hits lilts the roadway with an absolutely un ln Impact Its constant hammering crushes stones and shatters all particles particles particles parti parti- cles that project from Crom the surface of oC the road St Steel ol tires arc are usually narrow and they thc wear and cut d deen CD tracks and rut ruts They pulverize tho the surface s s. s that automobiles with the suction of or their pneumatic lir tires s suck up the tho dust that is formed and scatter it to the winds The motor tn truck k with Its broad flat t tires and slow alow speed compared with t that at of the automobile causes practically practically I cally no damage o to the surface of the road It causes It-causes causes no abrasion and there I is no suction from the solid tires Of OC nil nIi tr traffic on nn the hh highways tho motor motol truck do does s the least damage to the surface surface sur sur- face of oC the 1 road As to the weight It Impo Imposes es upon I the hl highway h a this Is largely el taken n carror carr carp of or by the pound SOO-pound pound limit per inch Illch of tire fire width Le Legislation which arbitrarily arbitrarily arbi arbi- limits the carr carrying capacity of oC motor trucks s simply ad adds H to the cost of oC tran transportation and increases the tute cost of 1 living It It Is Ir for or tho the people to Insist that legislation governing verning motor trucks be hc Intelligently formulated d. d As the use use- of or the motor truck becomes more and md more an everyday Q matter much o of the thc narrow minded hostility manifested In fn n certain circle at al this time will be completely overcome It Is for voters oters to use their own judgment and their Influence |