Show r Ship By 1 Truck 1 the the traffic motto o of or today and the future By Har c Harvey S. S Firestone President F Firestone Tire t C Rubber Co The necessities of war brought rouGht the motor truck When tho the French line stood at the Marne the truck began beg fa to f receive tho recognition It deserved de de- served War nr In that hat emergency taught us overnight o an industrial lesson that wo we would oth otherwise have taken years rs ea to learn People r realized all at rut once that the truck was essential and vital in our transportation transportation tation and therefore a a. basic part of or our living Like good roads motor trucking should interest every evary man woman and child Both are basic elements clements In la lowering the tle cost of or distribution saving Raving products now wasted opening opening open open- ing up resources heretofore un un- tapped The truck is read ready and ancl able to shoulder burdens the railroads cannot cannot can can- not carr carry and to leave lea them free for for- forres res responsibilities too lon long 0 deferred delayed It Jt is a n time for principals to conf confer con con- f fer fer-a fer r-a r a time for them to co The traffic situation Is one of or greatest greatest greatest great great- est significance Our future Industrial industrial indus Indus- trial growth ro depends largely upon the assistance rendered tho the railroads by trucks in speeding up freight movement Communities which are not served cd b by the railroads find Inthe in inthe inthe the truck the means for their rapid development Let us make this the slogan n of a nc new business era Truck lines already alread stream out from city to city cit from distributing centers to the surrounding towns hamlets and rural districts Use the truck arteries You'll You serve yourself yourself your your- our self sel and tho the public You'll You relieve o the railroads of oC a a. part of or the tale overwhelming over over- whelming demands now being made upon them Tho truck is the one satisfactory solution to the difficulties of short- short haul freight The mile hundred ra- ra tent of ot good roads and systematic Ship b by truck have o and serve dious belongs to the truck But the truck has not stopped there Its future is restricted only b by tho the ex- ex You'll ave and serve Pass the word on to your our traffic department Take It up with your business associates Speak of ot it to others in your our industry Whether its it's your truck or one be belonging belonging be- be longing to a truck transport compan company company com com- pany pan pany- Ship by truck Speed traffic aid the the- railroads to give Ive the tho country a freighting system that can cope with the rapid growth of Industry Get In line with the future trend of transportation Ship by truck |