Show PV RATE IE INCREASE I In WILL BOOST n t MOTOR TRUCKS I II I I President of Garford Com Com- r i pany n r Sa Says ys Rural Line Till rill Cut H. H C. C L. L The rhe threatened advance In freight bt I rates on March 1 and tho a anco advance In I costs of oC living 1111 which naturally will follow tollow will result In an Insistent de demand defor de- de mand for tor more motor truck cypress I lines This was as the prophecy c rondo made by b K I 1 A. A Williams Jr president of or Tho Thu liar jar ford Truck company who with other Garford officials is attending the au- au show It Is la generally understood In ht ad- ad c circles that when tho thu i railroads rail all roads aro returned to private ato ownership ownership owner owner- ship on tho the first of or March there thero will willbe willbo bo be a marked increase in freight rates Acco According ln to one writer tho the Increase o will ag aggregate between between- j and It It la is estimated that this will Increase the cost of or living living liv liv- in ing for every American AmeriCa family any anyay anyway anyway ay way from to 2 O. O Ob Obviously Ob the motor truck holds the thc only practical solution to to this tills transportation problem which rapidly is becoming more acute so far as It effects living costs Tho truck has haa thoroughly demonstrated Its ties tics It has proved pro its ability to mako the shorter hauls at a lower cost und and with greater grenter than tho the railroads In the tho man many communities where motor express lines havo have been established actual comparison hives gives 1 tho truck an all advantage ad in man many cases r most lost rn marked n Lou Lut or er Cost Iro Figures recently compiled In New ew NewYork NewYork York clearly indicate this tills advantage all upon rates rates' per hundred pounds these figures that tho cost of Ct transportation by truck from fromn Now York to Yonkers was but 20 cents while by rail It was 10 Truck transportation tion between Now ow York and Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- hilL phia was waB SO 50 cents b by rail tho tiro cost was ryas 10 Thu Tho rate by 11 truck between Bridgeport Conn and Now Xo York was waR TO 70 0 cents cenis b by rail 1 10 Truck hauls between Now York and Providence Pro R. R I l. l averaged per par hundred pounds lJ by rail tho the cost was 13 From Now Xo York Yort to Patterson N. N J. J and Passaic N. N J. J J. J truck costs wore were 20 0 O. O cents per hundred Tho The rail charges es were wera 91 cents In each Instance e the time cost of or shipping shipping ship ship- ping by rail was fiS n figured on the first first- class rate rale To this t was as added 1 15 cents per pcr hundred pounds for teaming charges from tram the shippers shippers' warehouse to the freight depots the tho same samo amount for tor teaming charges ea between the tho freight depot nt the point of or destination destina destina- lion tion and tho too receivers receiver's plus 21 J cents per pcr hundred for Increased cost In shipments to withstand tand tough rough usage URage and the resultant Increase In weight luo to o heavier boxing Many Ian other items such as extra bookkeeping In ing billing possible loss of ot timo etc otc I were not added to the cost coat of or shipping shipping ship ship- b by rail raU pin ping Direct Route Them here arc wh why motor trucks are ab able e to reduce o trans trans- costs particularly over the shorter horter routes There Thero in II the tine matter o ol of handling the freight quite freight quito an important important im Im- item Hem Trucks provide a direct dl- dl route from shipper to receiver t as a's at freight terminals nals and doing away with extra haul ul ing mg This saves sages time lime expense and labor Then there Is less possibility of damage and in the thc case of or live livestock livestock stock less shrinkage Time The ru rural al motor c express also a Is hI capa capable le of or playing an important part partIn In reducing food costs These lines give c tho the farmer and gardener a dally daily outlet for their perishable pro produce uce without the tho dangers of wa wastage Thc They Increase tho the area arca within which foodstuffs foodstuffs food food- stuffs can bo ho marketed profitably They serve to Increase production of o foodstuffs by making such mch production more profitable to the farmer At Atthe Atthe the tho same time limo they cut tho the cost to tho the consumer because they eliminate ato the middleman |