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Show If PRODUCTS FLOW : FROM LAND TO MEN Lt produce flow smoothly from i ,.. j t0 n1en," summarizes the United Estates department of labor's point of view in offering a solution of the high cost of living problem. I ,.ThC farm community," the depart Lint's report says, "should be linked Kith the city market. Railway, water vav and motor truck service should t'heffectn eh coordinated. Farm pro-llacts pro-llacts such as milk. eggs, poult rv, fruit Bsnd vegetables can. on 75 per cent of bihe farms, be carried in small contain i F-s and sent direct into the cities by track thus relieving the burden on the railroads " 1 I Upon reading the report the que ItiOD which naturally arises is. are the iifzrminc ronimunit iea awakening to the teed of doine their share in creating the channels by which their products ILay flow smoothly (torn "'land to I n arrav of facts and figures is f.brouch' forth h K. Fair, director of 'the Firestone ship by truck bureau at Akron Ohio, to suppoi his affirma-(tive affirma-(tive answer. The bureau, -which has Lixtv-three branches in the United feutc-s, keeps in touch, throuch these ! Branches and its special investigators, Tith all matters affect inc. the motor truck and Its usee. I "Motor (rucks on improved high-j ways,'' savs Mr Farr. "offer the farm-' er! of the nation their best opportun-! opportun-! BbT ' starting products on a smooth-Kowlng smooth-Kowlng movement trom 'land to men.' Ljlnd tcvlay the United States is carry-1 juj on the bipgest highway improve-; f. jcent campaign in its history and in j tie history of the world At ihc rame Kmc the factories are turning out an iccrcasingly large number of motor Kicks, most of which will go to farm-' Er! or into the service of farmer- It would appear 'hen. that the farmer is awakening full to his opportunities in r lb is respect, e is simplifying hij end cf the distributive ssteni by making it possible to speed his products to market the re h-. ) sening Hie number of agencies through whose hands these1 products will pass with the conse I lPent narrowing of the circle of those' bo miirhf be tempted to add to ihej (price which will be paid by the con j '"Figures recentlj announced t the t International Shipping Digest j-how Itha'. during itn current tv live months LjJT.VOfia.rMiO uiii i,,- i -p ended on road impromnents and toaintcnanee of ro3dr in 'he I'nited States. From re-i liable sources it Is estimated that In! Rhe same period the country will manufjK nice isnia'.n motor trucks. I "I' is significant that the states flrtlch will spend most freely for bel-Htr bel-Htr highways and which manufacture ft depend upon to buy the most mo-I mo-I tor trucks are states in which farming 'is predominant among the occupat ions. I. "It is estimated that Kansas which jvill spend I8.0C0.0OO on bettering its loads, will buy 20,000 motor trucks in I Ithe same period "Minnesota has a road-building pro-! Ipam calling for the expenditure of 11.127,986. As an Illustration of vhat 'the farmer in this great state thinks' 3 if the motor truck might be cited a I jatc-ment recentlj issued by the! Morthwestorn National bank in Min-' 3 R?118, ,n wh,cn u is Baid ffrucks In large numbers, intended for , mediate use In marketing grain, are, lag sold to this large buying class Mhe farmers), and elevator scales in pany places are being revamped to commodate the growing fleet of I iinners' trucks.' I "Iowa, potential buver of manv mo- 'nicks will spend $20,498,534 on ter highways. ' "Thus it goes In the Tanning com-1 j "Sanities the coming of the motor mck has made the era of good roads U1K give way to the ,-ra of good roads . pQstruction. The farmer Is doing his share, to the best of his ability. W' QKlng his coniniunifv to the citj parks'. ' |