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Show !L HOADS OUT OFTHE MUD Good Highways National Necessity to Meet Reconstruction Re-construction Demands. Motordcm Asked to Combine Com-bine in Movement to Remedy Conditions. By G. A. KISSEL. Now that tbe war is over, tho United Stales has one of tho greatest problems to faoe a problem that calls for tho herculean her-culean task of nut only feeding at leapt three-fourths of the world's population, ' but producing- most of the many varieties of eupplles, materials and equipment necessary nec-essary to immediately build up tho millions mil-lions of acres of land as well as tho ihou-EP.nds ihou-EP.nds of towns which were destroyed and despoiled during: tile world war. This puts t'nc-le pam up agiiinst one of tho bipcest jobs he has ever tackled, higher hig-her even than thru of winning the war because it is muen easier to destroy than to replace, and It must he 't he business of the people of the United States from now on to help build up tho devastated countries "over there." This means that the industries of every state must operate oper-ate on a 100 per cent efficiency basis in producing supplies, materials and equipment. equip-ment. Ample Facilities. There is no question an to the produc- . tive ability of the United States. That was proven durincr tho war, and without ft doubt, if necessary, the country's production pro-duction facilities can even he "doubled. But that ts not the problem that confronts con-fronts the country. The main thine; is to transport these poods to t tie point of shipment. The raii roads will probably continue to be commandeered by the government, gov-ernment, and leaving it'up to other means of transportation to take care of the delivery de-livery of supplies for home consumption, and that puts it squarely up to the motor truck. It is my opinion that the employment of the motor truck for transporting goods did not even approach the peak during the years of the war. At. that time wo were more or less employed in transporting transport-ing equipment for tho armies, but with peace and with the reconstruction period started, we w ill not only have to take enra of tho supplies and equipment for Hie mavntenauco of our armies, but for that army of civilians who will aid in tills reconstruction re-construction work. Transport Problems. There is no doubt tha t the trana-portaiiou trana-portaiiou of the goods produced by the industries of eaeh state will have to be transported by the transportation equipment equip-ment of each state. In nilicr words, it will be up to each elalo lo transport its own goods. It is true tlrat wc dhl not havo enough motor trucks, hut If we had more god roads, this lack of tricky would hava been made up. and would havo given us the same results as if wc had more motor trucks In operat lou. The highways transport. commit toe worked night and day to get the people to reali.e the necessity of .starting rural motor express routes. The greatest obstacle ob-stacle they were up against was poor roads. Lack of Good Roads. That is tho reason Why there are not ten and twenty times the. number of ruraJ motor eN press routes tn.lay. The hick of good roads caused a lack of enthusiasm on tho part of shippers and mq.ior truck owners. The cost of operating motor trucks over them was prohibitive. Let's get this work started. Uct iifl make it a. national movement by every dealer, owner and manufacturer getting behind it. l.rt's make it possible to keep our transport at ion equipment up to our production equipment. Uct each slato so perfect its highways and byways that tt can deliver the goods and supplies which the nation expects of it without loss of time or pruhibitivo transportation expense. |