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Show " f&EALTH AW LIFE ttqi ARE PROTECTED '.:Mm "The motor truck is principally the alR Jesuit of Hi demand for a moans of .V.S9 transportation in lino with the pres- hjjf ent-day standard of business eHldon- 1.JLaJ k c says August Becker, president of TM I the Lippard -Stewart Motor Car com-" com-" :M f JKiny of Bufral' N. Y., "but a potent ' W f influence making itself felt along this ,jg I same line Is none other than the ag!-Ihm& ag!-Ihm& t tatln favoring better conditions from j""lf a humtlne standpoint. drvSR "U nas been recsnlzed that one ijmh of the first stops toward real s'anlta-leijpj: s'anlta-leijpj: W t,on was the elimination of the com- nioner sources of contamination, chief among which was that due to the filth d necessarily accompanying the use of horses, "Because it Is compulsory to house norsos near a merchant's business cs-iabllshmcnt, cs-iabllshmcnt, the impossibility of cleaning up the thickly populated sections sec-tions was evident. The only alternative alterna-tive was to make the existing conditions condi-tions as healthful as possible. But since the advent of the motor car for delivery purposes It has been possible for municipal authorities to make closer regulations in regard to the location lo-cation of stables, with the result that motor equipment has been adopted time after time on account of an absolute ab-solute necessity. "It has long been said that business is cold, that it is without feeling, but experience has demonstrated that the sale of a great number of Llppard- Stewart cars has been influenced by the realization of tho cruelty to which borees aro subjected wheu they work under tho extremes of weather conditions. condi-tions. "It frequently occures that the distance dis-tance to bo traveled In suburban de-hvory de-hvory Is so great that drivers must put In long hours to cover the route by horse and wagon, yet the quantity of goods to ho delivered would noi warrant an additional truck. "The employe complains, but the employer, though anxious to remedy the evil, cannot, in fairness to himself, him-self, obviate the trouble. However, just as soon as the ability of the motor vehicle to traverse the same territory came to his attention the solution of tho problem made itself evident, and I today a dellveryman with a suburban route can do his work in a nlno or ten-hour period with tho same regularity regu-larity as the mechanic in other lines of trade." |