Show EUROPEAN WAR HAS DOOM BOOM EFFECT ON MOTOR TRUCKS What might have taken the automobile a industry five or six years to develop the European war has done in two years Moreover the introduction of the motor truck is forcing the most radical changes in the methods of in industrial Industrial Industrial In- In production and distribution There are now BOO different makes of trucks and manufacturers in the United States In 1915 this country exported motor trucks while 74 other trucks vere were built here making the total production for the year nearly cars cars and and not enough The advantage of the truck in warfare warfare warfare war war- fare are many It is used to carry shells to the front transport ammunition ammunition ammunition tion and shells carry wounded to the hospital bases defend roads break breal breakthrough breakthrough through entanglements haul heavy guns take the place of railroads in moving troops etc Provided there is sufficient supply of fuel the motor truck is incomparable as a transit facility to the army Chief among the advantages of the engine over the horse are speed reliability relia rella- and power The motor truck travels from ten to fifteen miles an hour drawing from 1000 to pounds pound Compare that with the old express express ex ex- I press wagon drawn by a horse which might night be induced to g go at the rate of ot four foul or five miles an hour hauling or oi pounds for eight hours of the I Continued on page e 6 EUROPEAN WAR Continued from page 4 4 Y day Tho The motor truck can go all day and all night Virtually every big concern has do- do the horse for the motor truck Breweries department stores manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers express companies etc all have adopted the truck It must bo be economical economical economical mical In operation else the trucks would not be kept in use Even in the small business the truck Is more economical although It requires a higher capital outlay than the horse and wagon equipment One of the leading leadIng lead- lead leadIng Ing makers of trucks reports that six eighty-six companies Increased their truck fleets from one fifty-one In 1910 to 2443 In 1916 The corporations using these cars were typical of every line of industry One Q of the decisive factors in the auto truck business is that of fuel cost Ten per cent of ot the cost of operation goes Into fuel tuel charges This is in n turn dependent upon the capacity of the truck for if it can carry a heavy and valuable freight the fuel cost will mean little but if the tho cargo Is cheap then the fuel charges will be a serious mat ter For that reason the higher the fuel price goes the fewer the number of businesses which can afford to use the truck Suppose gasoline cost only 10 cents a gallon it will readily be seen how much faster the auto truck would be Introduced Into many lines of trade which now utilize the horse or the tho push cart Motor trucks usually are built for specific duties such as hauling coal groceries machinery etc For that reason trucks are designed for good an and bad 2 roads for Sor light and he heavy cat car goes gos for speed or 01 for economy of op op- The prices vary between and per truck While the number of auto trucks made in one year is about 10 per cent of the total number of cars it is likely that this percentage will increase until the number of trucks produced equals the number of pleasure vehicles |