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Show P.OAD LEGISLATION OPPOSED tngineers, Dairy Farmers, Fruit and Vegetable Growers Making Vigorous Vigor-ous Protests. All Industry and a great portion of lie agricultural interests of the coun-lj coun-lj y are up in arms against the hasty ind ill-advised legislation already en-Kted en-Kted by a few states and pending in Others which threatens to strangle oue iif the nation's most essential industries, indus-tries, motortruck transportation, says a writer in an exchange. The protests come from highway engineers, dairy farmers, fruit and vegetable growers, grain belt shippers, all lii es of industry and commerce and other operators of motortrucks and their patrons. They say Increased license fees aud restrictive legislation have been effected ef-fected without sufficient Investigation and without conclusive evidence. A sensible solution Is being worked out by ihe state of Illinois. The state highway department has under construction con-struction an experimental road con-ta con-ta tig IU test sections, each section di.Verir.g from the others in design. |