Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-05-30 | Page 19 | R. R. Strike Was Truck Lesson

Rl STRIKE IS TRUCRJSSQN Awoke Businessmen to the Qbvious Advantages of Equipment "The brilliant performance of the motor truck In relieving congested transportation conditions during the recent strike of railway switchmen was the finest demonstration of the wide range of adaptability of the truck since the days of the world war" said E. A. Williams, Jr. "The lesson taught by the strike has given a tremendous Impetus to the truck industry," be said. "The shipper who had seen the obvious advantages of employing trucks, particularly for the handling of short-haul and perishable perisha-ble shipments, was given a broader vision of the extent to which he may utilize this great arm of the transportation transpor-tation system which is only in the infancy in-fancy of a career of vast usefulness. "Trucks were used for every type of transportation during the strike. Its possibilities never were exploited so fully before. "Business men, even those who used trucks on a vast scale, had never before be-fore realized what a truly powerful ally the truck has been to the railroad. rail-road. Business men also learned another an-other lesson That was the lesson of good roads. In every section of the country affected by the strike, newspapers news-papers commented on tho manner in which the truck met and mastered a critical situation. But they bewailed the fact that while the truck held up under the strain, the roads failed to meet trucking needs. Certainly the difficulties encountered by truck drlv-j drlv-j ers who, were hurrying with food supplies sup-plies and other commodities billed to districts blockaded by railroad embargo embar-go orders emphasized the necessity of good roads. "While the business man plans to take advantage of the lesson he learn-jed learn-jed from the truck during the recent strike, it is to be hoped ho will plan also to renew his agitation for the development de-velopment of a better highway system throughout the nation."