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Show - Motor Truck Car For Road Work ltecent suggestions to Chambers of Commerce to lower food costs and lncienxc tho business of tholr city nnd ('(immunity through tho establishment estab-lishment of cooperative inter city nnd rutnl motor truck lines Is receiving favoi.ihlo comment pvorywhero, according ac-cording lo tho. 11. F. Goodrich Kubbcr company. "Motor truck lines will open up a inaikct for produce and stlmulnto production the foimer 10, ID or 20 miles out Is Just as closo to town ns the one nt the edgo of towns," Bays the Morion, Ohio, Chamber of Comineico. Tho business men In Marlon, and in every othor live town In tho United Unit-ed States, can afford and do subscribesay sub-scribesay 130,000 to 60,000 for the location of a factor yto employ not more than 200 to 2G0 pcoplo some 1,000 to 1.2G0 additional population," popu-lation," contlues J. A. Williams, secretary sec-retary of tho Marlon chamber. "Whats this subscription for and why do they subscrlboT Because they know It meann dollars and cents to thein in trade, in the value of tholr real cstato, in evorythlng. They can figure out, by the law of averages, what those 200 or 300 families are worth In groceries, clothing, shoes, hardware, theatre tickets, medicine and Vhat-not. If such a factory is worth $45,000 and It surely is, then a cooperative truck line putting approximately ap-proximately 100,000 pcoplo under their direct influence Is cortalnly worth much more, as an investment, not ,ns a gift. Tho Inter city and rural truck iln0 will do thnt nnd more- for Marlon or nny othor city. "Trucking lines throughout tho torltory trlbutnry to n city will benefit ben-efit not only tho business of that city, but will placo tho residents of tho small towns nnd tho rural districts dis-tricts on a par with tho fellow living In that city. It extends tho corporate line so far ns business Is concerned to a point some forty or fifty miles out In all directions. Such contact con-tact and sorvlco would pay any group of business men to operating a trucking truck-ing business nt cost. It will ninko the city n real center for business . for trade both ways. "Tho ern for tho small produce commission man Is hero and ho' will bo tho greatest boon tho farmer has ever had. Adequate irunspormtlon for shojt haul Btuff for tho railroads Is out of tho question, it has been for 8 or 10 years. hTo railroad for short haul traffic Is dono, absolutely done, ns short haul traffic and good railroading rail-roading can nevor be made compatible compat-ible tho situation for short hauls will grow more difficult as time goes on. I speak with some 20 years experience ex-perience as an L. C. L. e xport scho-dulo scho-dulo mnnfor a large railroad. The rallioa'd'took care of the shoit haul for the shlppe.' In a haphazard way as long as It could. Their day in this clafs of traffic has passed. "Tho success of Inter city and rural ru-ral trucking projects nil hangs on good roads. Wo havo got to make up our minds that wo h.vo to denl with gcod roads n a big broad wnj. broud enough to Include everything ' tho actual advantngeof a good sur- , face and tho Indirect advantage to property and business ami living." |
