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Show 'TRUCK to relieve ' FREIGHT CONGESTION t Solution of Tie-up Liesj With the Power-Wagon, Says Foreman, j ! One of im- many S.t'.t l-;ikc buMuss men who have made trips into on stern i states and luxe brought back reports of traffic tit -ups ami shipping oontrestion I that make one wonder hoxv Mr. McAdoo ( will ever c- t tho matter straightened out. I is L. I. l-'oremnn. sc rotary of the Inter-Mountain Inter-Mountain Motor ("ar company, local 5?el- ! il.-n tru. k distribuiors. wlio upon the o - j casion of b.is recent tr p to the Chicatro ! auto show and points further -ast. made j ; careful study of the freight car short- age and off.-rs some very ir.terestinc: and 1 feasible suuesiiot's. He says: j "The truck makers and their product ! have done more than ar.y others in the j country" to relieve The freight ear short-; ai;e and make the eastern section of the ! country habitable to ever, a liiproc. 1 "The solution of the freight tie-up : see-rs to be iii the motor truck. T.et the ! motor trui k take care of all freight with- 1 m tweutv to fifty miles or even a preat-r distance" from all cities. The radroa is will tnen be able to concer.trate on lonsr hauls. Tliere will be thus stopped much of the constant stopping and of the shtintir. of freight cars. "There must be a full stop placed upon the use of freight cars as storage houses, on sidings. The compelling of haulage by motor trucks from every section within twenty-five to fifty miles or even longer dista noes from cities would do much to j correct an evil that is piling up thousands ; of freight cars within the larger cities j and the environs of large cities. Tlie short haul freight is the most expensive j handled by the railroads. Con anions w:d i he remedun! once and for all time through j the motor truck when the railroads put i a stop to many abuses that exist at pros- 1 out. "With government control of rn il- roads I believe that this will he accom- i plished and the motor truck will come j into its own and save the nation in these times of peril. I ' Vost of hauling by motor truck has i been steadily reduced and is now extremity ex-tremity low. The motor truck is now more economical for short haul than is the freight train, and the adopting of the rule to bar demurrage, and the clogging clog-ging of railway sidings would save the country a great deal and correct evils which," existing today, are a menace to everv living person. "This change is aoir.g to rome about and the wise business man is the one who is niacins his order right now." |