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Show Him TRUCK'S DAI m EH Sales Manager J. E. Denzer of White Motors Company Tells of Observations. C. LJ. Denzer, manager 01" the western saJeg department of the "White Motors company, is spending- a few days in Salt Lake to get a line on local conditions in the motor trade. He expressed himself as being pleased with the outlook in this territory, and said the prosperity manifest here is just a fair reflection of the general gen-eral condition maintaining throughout the middle and western states. Mr. Denzer Is making a tour that covers all the branches of the White company in his district. "General prosperity is yeeen on every hand," said Mr. Denzer. "Particularly are farmers and ranchers turning their attention at-tention more and more to motor trucks as a solution of their hauling and transportation transporta-tion problems. There are thousands of farmers and ranchers in my territory who have long hauls to reach transportation points, and the truck is filling their needs admirably. The railroads quite generally take care of the east-end-west traffic, but it is up to the motor truck to close up the thousands of north-and-south gaps. "It is surprising to know that Wyoming is buying twice as many trucks, according to its population, as any other state in the union. This is no doubt due to the unusual un-usual activity in the oil fields. Many of the best prospects are fur removed from . railroads, and the motor truck must comt; j to the rescue. "Also, the motor truck is proving its j Inestimable worth to the sheepman. In the inierrnountain country, where the I winters are severe, it is a big problem j to reach herds in emergencies and to gtt j fped to them when they are snowed in. j Three years ago, when the snow was un- usually deep, many sheepmen who owned ! trucks cut their loss down to S1 per cent, j as against 33 per cent in the case of ! others who were not equipped with trucks. "The truck is greatly increasing the j scope of the sugar beet industry. Where i hauling must be effected by teams, beet growing Is not profitable beyond the five- j mile radius from loading centers. But I with trucks the radius of profitable culture j can be at least tripled. Un average roads transportation by toam costs M.'i cents a ! ton mile, but by truck only 15 cents. "Intercity transportation by truck is developing rapidly in the middle west slates. It is proving efficient in every wav, and saves merchants time, money and -worry. They can get wholesale delivery's de-livery's from warehouses on short orders, ;md thus give their customers prompt and efficient service. When the hard surface road between Milwaukee and Chicago is completed, at least Gun freight trucks will i operate back and forth. i "Passenger- servic- is also coming in vogue on a large scale. A fleet of twenty- I ?ii;ht "Whites carry passengers daily be- i tween Grand Rapids and Hibbings. a distance dis-tance of forty-five, miles. They were j 1 held up by weather conditions only one- half day in the last year." I Mr. Denzer is the guest of H. V. Men- :lenh:ill, ma n.-i en- of the White Motors j , cumwuiy. uurjng h!y ft ay in Salt .Lake. |