| Show Motor T Truck for Short Haul au Is Given Impetus By Press Minh Au Auff Aug With 21 21 With legislative cooperation granted DETROIT D to a n degree deSree never dreamed of or to the railroads of ot the country countr the all-absorbing all question In tho the motor truck manufacturing I Industry Is whether motorized transportation Is to bo be strangled or given glen an opportunity to continue continuo the efficient work which it alone alono can perform In n particular its its field I to to 1 tion In an efort to to- to build up up the tran transportation system of or the country to take off ott of ot tho the railroads railroads rail rall- roads at least the short hauls and to relieve cong congestion at at terminal points has been one ono of or the main plans In the program To net get trucks to the tho farmers In an nn effort to give Jve him better and direct markets and obtain lower prices and fresh pro pro- duco duce for Cor the consumer has h also been linked In this motor transportation transportation transportation trans trans- manufacturing program F Every ery possible effort has been made to have havo the manufacturer manufacturer man man- manufacturer operate to capacity pro pro- In cases cules of or embargoes oes tile the motor truck manufacturer was classed as ns ah lri essential manufacturer manufacturer and given gl the right of ot way Ito to move units with which to s s- hs trucks Propaganda of has been to keep the manufacturers manufacturer's ers er's enthusiasm to fever te pitch Inan in inan inan an to ket his product out to fill current order sand to foster the solo sale of ot more for the above o vital reasons This propaganda has been approved ap ap- ap- ap proved pro of by certain railroad of officials of- of by the government economists economists economists mists and hosts of other officials having the country's welfare uppermost up- up up up- I In their minds Hugo Hue exo ex expenditures expenditures ex- ex have havo been appropriated o tine have been I to put the highways highway in shape to I take Cake care of ot motorized tation The path laid out for tor the manufacturer who religiously followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed his part In the program has been ruthlessly shattered by the stringent financial rope that is strung around his neck the throat of ot his dealer and tho pocketbook of the thC customer The manufacturer wants to know why his product should be c classed asa asa as aa a luxury Industry when right alonG alone he has hns been put In the es essential es- es class He Ile wants to know tho the meaning of the present ii- ii financial fi financial stringency In n so far as It pertains to him an and the tho pro program ram that he has followed in a n patriotic patriotic pa pa- as ns well en as public spirited manner Grave questions confront the truck manufacturer of ot today y who has hns orders a a. big schedule with his Ills parts manufacturer manufacturer who has Increased capital capita 1 Investments to take care of at increased In Increased In in- creased production who ha has h laid a d out big big- advertising schedules t to o take care of ot the propaganda that tha ot t the prescribed was vas to b be e his part Wo We 0 wants to know the meaning of oC It all nil No one has come forth fort h to toll him what has cause e federal reserve bank to want t to o strangle this In th the e transportation system of ot the tho countr coun coun- tr try What has caused the program program pro pro- gr gram m to lead the manufacturer on onto onto to a big Investment In and the then n without being told the cause cut 11 adrift It Is said in all quarters quarter s j that trucks should not be affected affect ed cd by the present financial tight tight- but ening-but but still there is no loosening loosening loosen loosen- i ing up of oC credit sto eto allow true truck sales to be financed What th tho o manufacturer o of trucks want vant st sto o know Is what the tho now new program m provide trier and ho hohe who he should guide himself He asks himself If It f he has too rc religiously iglo sly followed the tho plans laid out for tor him and has han someone found Cound that trucks are making progress too rapidly In Inthe inthe the he of ot the country's short haul transportation system Every newspaper has been car car- gin It its column from the best financial brains of or the country setting fort rort difficulties ties tics faced by the te commerce of the tho country countr due to congested transportation transportation trans trans- caused b by the shortage of ot railroad facilities This shortage short- short ago age in trun being due to tho the curtailment curtailment cur cur- nt of ot credits to our railroads preventing them from financing tho the necessary purchase of ot equipment equip equip- ment moat to meet the demand made upon them to carry the commodities commodities ties of or the country from producer to consumer Is it part parl of ot tho program the manufacturer manufacturer queries to halt hatt truck manufacturing manufacturing man man- un until the railroads can catch up If It If It is they further la ray nay the tire public should be bo In in- in i formed The interstate commerce corn com coi mission the Ull manufacturers here In Detroit further argue hays have granted largo large Increases In rates to enable the railroads to show I prospective earnings sufficiently large to justify the sale to of ot security se security se- se and equipment notes Bankers Dankers Bankers Bank Dank ers representing tho the roads roas have been pointing out that lion tion is necessary to the tho continued prosperity of the tho nation Arc tho they row overlooking the fact that the is 19 one of oC the th- modern forms of ot transportation and just as I vital Ital In Its degree as aM the tho railroads as ns an in their work nd only In part a competitor comp Must the suffer surfer for tor the I blunders of ot past control of or railroads rail rail- roads users tigers the points out out give security fo for r their tIeC deferred payments In th the e their equipment as security fo for fol r deferred payments on their pur pug chase challe users ask Mk time o I payments for a few months railroads rail rail- I roads for Cor a few years I i Motorized transportation la Is a R. J I great factor In the reduction o othe of or I the high prices of toda today Th The Tho c necessary I necessary proposed aid to the ralli railI rail rall- I roads It Is further farther argued should be be augmented by financial reco recognition mitten bv by the bankers of ot the country country coun court try with federal reserve support to the truck user he is doing hl his s I share charo toward moving com I tics ties and is entitled to consideration item tion an of ot such proper credit that will enable him to fulfill ful ful- ful- ful fill fm his part of the tho demand made mad e by modern on trans |
