Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-10-17 | Page 24 | Motor Trucks Aid in Works

IOT0R TRUCKS AID IN WORKS Expert Tells of Good Being Accomplished By Trucks In United States 'Present business conditions deniitnrl the use of llio motor truck for transportation trans-portation so Hint production can be pi up on alWthe COmmodltioa and ne-i mi.. ', i. rrsj.in to the business and social lite of the nation.' says ! H. Pratt of the Great Western Motors! company. "Transportation is the very life, blood "I Industrial America. Without' ii we ..in m.ikf- no progress toward' keeping abreast with the countrj s demand de-mand and can help in no way to eliminate elim-inate the shortage of commodities that' has a big bearing on The present )hk' cost of living. "For example, take the following ex-1 tract from a letter written recent Iv by. n prominent mi nufacturer In the middle mid-dle west, who says In pari A aru experiencing great difficulties as ap- idles to the transoortation situation, and i be railroad question Is ihe irltal one to be consldeied as applies to Mo necessities of life, business progress) ind employmeui and th- reduction In the cost of living' "In surh a situation the mutoi truck Is the only logical transportation unit 'li.it can he efficiently and satisfac-j torily employed for the reuson that it' can be put into use the moment It Is purchased. n necessary advunccdi prepaiHllons as to Its operation or right of was n necessary Its adapt- ability to any haulage or dellery dc- mand enables it to fit right into a1 I transportation situation without anvl unnecessary loss of time. "Take the case f a piominent lum-' hi i- manufacturer In Wisconsin, who' .ns The question of lumber trans-: portatlon has been a great problem rj few box cars are being furnished and it is only by getting a few opt-n cars that It is possible to keep up the! Shipments at all, and a good man) of the planing mills have had to shut' down bei-ause of inability to ship thefr products This -dt nation appears to be i growing worse. The railroads are short I of motiVf power and are unable to nipvc prompts the cars which they do have and they have nowhere enough) cars In this part of the country to j handle the business. The situation Is' serious nd likely lo get worse. j n every hand we are conftoniod v,lth the Statement and faol 'hat v e I , can see no possibility of reduction Int prices until It is posslhl,. to Increase I production, to even Keep up with tho present demand. The present demand Is foi actual, consumption of commodities, and in most cases it is a uecess-ary consumption consump-tion for th- life of the nation to proceed, pro-ceed, and If transportation is held up It means that consumption must be reduced, re-duced, and it is right here inhere the motor truck fits in so admirably Practically Prac-tically every manufaoturei who hauls or delivers either ray, materials or finished products bus had to invest tr mntoi trucks to keep business. It is Just as necessary for a factory to have the means of disposing bl Us Roods as It Is to have equipment to manufac-i t m r l hm." I