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Show AUTO TRUCKS IN CASE OF STRIKE. Some cities had prepared to escape tho worst features of the railroad strike, had It occurred, by resorting to a greater use of motor trucks for transportation. We are Informed that when fear of a strike was at Its highest, plans were practically formulated form-ulated for making Cleveland independent indepen-dent of rail transportation so far as tho necessities of life aro concerned. A preliminary survey showed that the city had supplies to last, variously, from one to twenty days, tho shortest period being for milk and the longest long-est for meat. Cleveland produces seventy-five per cent of Its flour and the raw material, wheat, comes largely large-ly by boat. Mayor Harry L. Davis took the lead in calling for a volunteer mobilization mobiliza-tion of motor trucks, to take effect in case rail transport stopped. It was found, according to the Cleveland Automobile club, that paved roads reached practically cvory dairying locality lo-cality which serves the city. The latent meat supply, within trucking radius, was estimated as sufficient to last for two months. In the matter of fresh vegetables and fruits there was never a moment's anxiety. Paved highways havo so stimulated market gardening In tho vicinity of Cleveland that the city Is actually an exporting point for vegetables, vege-tables, rather than an Importing point. Most of these gardonors have greenhouses and roach tho Cleveland Cleve-land market at least onco dally the year around. The day may come when, with Improved Im-proved highways- and greater efficiency effic-iency In motor transportation, the country can go through a railroad tie- up without complete industrial paraly. sis. |