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Show 'FARMERS IN FAVORPF RURAL EXPRESS,. AND. WANT IT 'PERMANENT iNSTlfUtlON t lw.AiM f.? . : Jfi'ixXA.' . ' ,iiA',V,.,.,i.i New Successful SUndardlxed Truck B One of the Type That Is Solvlna tho Transportation Problem. A counterpart to tho many' tSbni-plcx tSbni-plcx problems that will fuco allied nnd American statesmen when ultimata penco comes is tho rural motor .express .ex-press movement that tho government Is trying to stimulate to success, writes Walter A. Bcrmlngham in Chicago Evening Post. Thnt traditional suspicion sus-picion thnt tho countryman Is tho 'logical 'log-ical quarry of the "city feller" still sits fast In tho saddle, nnd until) it can bo rooted out difficulties will be encountered. en-countered. N Demand of Farmer. S. V. Norton, a member of tho Ohio state commission appointed to push alt truck movements, says that tho farmer demands nnd is ntltlcd to-;nB .many assurances as the allies sock from Gcr-mn'ny. Gcr-mn'ny. Tho farmer's position, Mr. Norton says, is both scnslblo nnd logical. These conditions ho insists on : ' i Dcflnlto nssurnnco that produce lie sends .will bo sold. Reliable agents to sell It for him. "Tho fnrjncr," says Mr. Norton, "bo-II "bo-II eves, In mo first place, that tho market mar-ket Is overcrowded already. Ho does not want to engage In competition thnt will find him at a disadvantage; "Then, again, he Bays: 'It I cooperate, co-operate, who Is going to sell it for mo?' Furthermore, ho wants nssurnnco nssur-nnco that his stuff will bo sold nnd not turned back to htm, wilted and useless use-less except as fodder for plge. Big Questions to Answer. "Theso nro big questions nnd must bo answered to tho full satisfaction of tho farmer. It Is but natural that tho farmer wants to contlnuo to be his own snlenmau until convinced that depcndnblo capital can do moro for him nnd permit him to devoto'more tlmo to his farm." Mr. Norton snld that tho track horizon hori-zon Is full of prospects thnt largo and dcpcmloblo capital Is at work planning to tako advantngo of them, nnd thnt a solution of tho farmer problem Is not far distant |
