Show Ship Ship-by- by hip t M 1 Great ireat M Aid to Consumer fill A Short Haul Also Wonderful Help to Producer and Farm j Waste Is Decreased Railroads Overburdened Jenkins lit n- n t Says Mr r. r Ultimate Ultimate- Consumer has hns a a. sea sent seat today beside mother law in tho w waiting room of ot Americas America's writer hu- hu hu hu- With downcast countenance he be awaits his turn to be bo held up before bo- bo foro fore those who laugh laush and his 1118 turn Tomes pomes mos frequently all because In re recent recent re- re cent years ho has received so BO many blows and so few tew helping helping- hands But I tAlk Jalk with W. W B. B Jenkins local Firestone Fire Fire- stone stono b truck ship truck export and ho he will wUl tell you OU there Is a a. bright t. t ray of oC hope Or Mr U U. Consumer In tho dawn of ot ott t new transportation tr era ern Ordinarily said Mr 11 Jenkins yesterday yesterday yes yes- es tho consumer benefits on only I atthe at fit the expense of or the producer r. r Tho The benefits bene beno- tits fits of or the truck ship mo movements monts however ver arc counted o nt up upon n to Increase a o the Income or of food producers and to decrease prices to food consumers This might hl scorn seem an extravagant gant statement state state- ment mont If it were not for tor tho the fact tact that bno one need glance glanco back only a few Cew months to the tho war period to realize tho the vast Importance of tho transportation tion problem i t Consented Congested Vo jj i Yo saw sa that during tho the war sear the l systems could not keep up with traffic requirements Consumer and It producer both paid for fOl the tho loss los what was not carried Since the thear th Tar ar the railroads o ot of course have o done don I letter better But still stilt there Is moro more freight than they can calT carry cairy Moving tho crops crop lone Jone would uso use their entire capacity tone r t several months montha Long haul coa coal I r r also also tn make Jar largo de demands Producer ana and consumer still suu pay IY i y tor o h t cannot be ba shipped because o of shortage y pf pC t cars congestion etc The fact I is the railways need Won boit haul feeders a a. function of or tho the motor truck Short hort hauls tie up UI freight cars b the railroads cars rs Their handling by means congestion They Interfere with withof of and fid d In a hundred ways was slacken tho the I speed of or the long Jong h hauls tho the proper of t the e ran railway ny systems Who rho will wUl profit most when the short hauls are arc given hen over to the mot motor mo mo- t tor tr r trucks Consumer and producer Neither will ill then bo be paying for or goods lost Jost to tho the market through lack of or Tho The market will ab absorb absorb nb- nb Gorb the whole output The consumer will pa pay less been of or tho the greater supply The producer ma may s sell Jl lower I hilt mIL bill will more than make up for this tf increasing his Ills total sales Markets Markets Mar Mar- will tend to stabilize for the tho reason rea rca son lion that distribution will nl more nearl nearly meet the demand Save Sac JJ Products n-Products Thus the thc truck can relieve the market marketing marketing mar mar- ket nS' nS situation b by taking over ocr part of ot the business of or tho the railway t ms But It will not stop there thero In irs benefits to pro producer an and consumer With trucks of or a a. motor express working working work work- in ing by dall dally daily past his place on the W way to markets m In rie nearby rby cities hies the farmer Carmer who has only a a. small surplus of such products will get Into the thc habit of sending his surplus cream garden produce etc to the city 1 of or allowing It to waste untouched un- un touched or 01 In tho the case caso of or cream and garden produce to find rind Its wa way to the pigs which can fatten just as well on too food for which there Is less demand In the cities Many Ian products by-products of ot tho ho farms arms arc are lost today b because tho the farmers cannot afford to give gl their time limo or that of ot their to drivIng driving driving ing automobiles or wagons to town to dl dispose pose of or them Indirectly because of ot this phase of ot tho the time Ume element clement producer and consumer will win benefit when truck routes become numerous The rh farm farmer l' l who does not need to give gl the time of ot himself or his to transI transportation transportation trans trans- of or his product to marl market et I wm be ablo able to put the tho time and energy en energy energy en- en ergy that would have been expended detI In that wa way to other othor duties dutIes to to raISInS raISInS' raising raising rais rais- ing InS more moro corn corli for feeding moro more hogs hOB for lor sending moro noro meat to tho the market raIS |