Washington County News | 1943-04-22 | Page 10 | Still not Enough Horses

Still Not Enough Ilor-e JOLIET, ILL. Dobbin is far from the comeback stage, at least in the professional laundry industry. indus-try. According to responsible Washington Wash-ington opinion, there aren't ' enough horses to fill the bill. And, there isn't enough harness nor steel for wagon wheel rims. ' The Washington inquiries re- ; vealed that the number of experienced ex-perienced horse shoers in the country is small, the smithy being be-ing more of a storybook character charac-ter than a reality these days. On top of all this it has been found that some municipalities have prohibitive ordinances against stabling of horses written, no doubt, when the noble steed ceased to be a beast of burden and began living exclusively as an entertainer at varying odds. So, despite the fact that some plant owners have been able to find suitable horses, wagons and harness, any wholesale substitution substitu-tion of horses for motor trucks appears to be definitely out as an immediate wartime possibility.