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Show no INCREASED DEMAND FOR MOTOR TRUCKS "Many people may have wondered why then- I? such an increased ouylnc of motor trucks among wholesalers and retailers, ' says L. D. Foreman of ihe Intermountain Motor Car company. ' This is easily explained by the fact that the rapid turn-oer in wholesale and retail trade Is out-stripping the increase in current production a evidenced evi-denced by !;il-r-' depleted stocks all over the country. "Because production cannot catch up with demand, the merchant has to receive more shipments of goods In smaller quantities to prevent his stock becoming entirely sold out. Such in-1 in-1 f a 'I number of shipments naturally natural-ly Increases the railroad's rolling stock necessary to handle the shipments at a tlmo when rolling stock is at jl premium pre-mium to move the country's agricultural agricul-tural crops. "To protect himself, as much as possible, pos-sible, the wholesaler and merchant are adding motor truck equipment to not only mr et more incoming shipments, but in transporting from longer distances, dis-tances, such as hauling goods from ( transfer points, instead of waiting for the goods to be reshipped in cars near branch lines to points off the main line "The eagerness and sustained buy Ing capaolty of the ultimate consumer appears to be the explanation of the continued expansion of trade, was the statement made recently b a member of the federal reserve bonrd at Wash-lngton, Wash-lngton, D. C. Consequently this rapid I turn-oer has made rapid transportation transporta-tion methods necessary to keep up with the demand. "This increased use of the motor : truck along similar lines is seen in i the manufacturing field, where factories fac-tories whose storage of raw material Is i pretty low, cannot wait for railway shipments, but install overland motor truck trains to keep the supply of raw materials up with the productive ca pacify of their plants." |