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Good Highways and
Jlore Truck Service
To Cut Food Costs
1 T. White Urges on Farm
^ Need of Better Roads
to Get Goods to Market
Quickly and Econouiieally
?y Windsor T. White
Choir***, Motor Truck Committee
National Automobil* Chamber
of Commerce ?
"_f_tor highwny transportation ha.
Jln to such vast importance in th.
__?__-_ vears and has so well demon
S31 Its value and efficiency that ii
-..?on official public recognition in
_!_i-T_f our states But this activity
?S Bi?ceed to develop in a sound, eco
Hie -.87 on.? as good road pro
??___ are developed. While there arc
??ales of motor transportation sue
,*#?_._? in territories with undeveloper*
?_?_?_ a*eh territories, m comparison
?*_ the thousands of motor true!
?Vrt??,?i<f?i,te?t wa8te! in/h_
, ? v.?_11b* o? that prime necessity?food
5?2_? in our presf-nt transportation
Mr. W. T. White.
methods. Of what avail is it to grow
"two blades where one grew before,"
by using scientific method- and machin?
ery for production, if we are to retain
our antiquated marketing machinery?
What eood will the consumer derive
from this increased production if it is
not p.sced at his disposal? Herbert
Hoot-f, former Federal Food Adminis?
tra,*-, has said that 50 per cent of the
perishable food produced on the farms
in the United States never reaches a
market Hundreds of millions of dol?
lars are thus annually wasted, and
why? Just because the present method
of transportation, which is adapted to
our present road system, is so costly
that it does not pay to move'this food
iron, the farm to an area of consump?
tion. And this waste will continue
until yon and I and the public at large
re?oirni-e this fact. We all are payinp
for something that we are not getting
and the sooner we realise how 3hort
sighted has been our road program
the sooner we will get all that We an
entitled to.
Dr. Eugene H. Porter, Commission*;}
of the Division of Foods and Market;
of the New York State Department o.
Farn_3 and Markets, in advocatinj
good roads, has said: "A very largf
saving in the cost of transportation
and distribution of foodstuffs can be
effe?ted by the establishment __", motor
truck routes to bring food fiirectly
from the farm to the market in the
city, but befcre these routes can reach
their highest efficiency it is absolutely
e?sential that we have good roads.
"It is .aid that New York State has
18,400 miles of surface highways, and
79,398 miles of unimproved rural roads. ?
While the state has a much higher per- |
centage of improved roads thar. i. com- |
mon for the United States, they do not |
benefit the fanner as much as could i
M desired. While much attention has !
heen given to the good roads which !
parallel our transportation agencies,
the roads important to the farmer and
which run at right angles to the main
highways should have received more
attention than they have. If you could
we. as I have seen, in hundred. *of
iO-Ujtiei the practically impassable
condition of some of the important
country roads, and if you could know
the large overhead cost that such roads
mean to the consumer through higher
'ceo prices, you, as I, would moat
earnestly advocate th? expenditure of
public fa?ds for so worthv a cause."
"HJ? h and is one of the most pros?
perous agi-cultural areas in New York
?ta? It is not exceptionally fertile;
? fact, it may be said that it is fer
?M because man has made It so. There
_r?_m?,riy areas in tho state that are
Ii j? moTC Pr?ductive than is Long
?land, bat which are far less prosper
???. if you could take a trin over the
wand yon would immediately know
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the reason why the island farmers are
famous for their produce and financial
independence. A well planned, well
constructed and.finely maintained sys?
tem of roads ?3 the greatest asset the
Island has. Every evening one can see
: hundreds of motor trucks, from two to
five-ton capacity, rolling over these
roads, bound for tbe New York City
: market. Here is no 50, nor 40, nor even
? 10, per cent waste. Every pound of
v.-'nolesome food is brought to market.
More Country Produce Is
Brought Into New York
Every Daiy by
f?te Trucks
Than by Any Other Make
See the Velie at the Show
GAREND AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
?v #*M Broadway, ?t 02nd St., N. Y, Hum? Col. 6699
While In other rural districts the '
farmer "drives a lloundering team ;
through a sea of mud or wcllnigli in.- '
passable snowdrift, or chokes with the
dust rained by his team if the road is
dry, the island farmer carries a greater
load, makes about, four times the speed, |
i and is more comfortable in driving hia
: motor truck over the good highways.
Have you ever compared the farmstead :
on an improved highway with one on
a dirt road? Why in the former are
the buildings in so much better shape, |
j the fences up and in a state of repair, j
; the fields .pic and span, the house '
j and grounds well kept and hedges I
i trimmed, while in the latter the build- j
ings are unpointed, . t'.m neglected,
i fences are down, fields un kept and house !
land grounds dilapidate,'1 Strange as j
lit may seem, the difference is caused'
i by the road.
The report-of the joint Congressional
I committee of 1914 showed that the ?
average cost of transportation a ton-!
mile on the highways of the United
States was 21 cents. A reasonable im- j
provement of ull roads, at a cost!
somewhat less than macadam construe- '
tion, it wa_ estimated, v/ould reduce ?
the cost eight cents a ton-mile, while!
rock surfaced roads, engineers stated, !
would "cut the figure by two-thirds.
Such a saving as this is sufficient in it?
self to justify a? almost unlimited ex?
penditure for road work, since not only
does such a saving find direct reflec- ?
tion in tho cost of goods of all kinds !
to tho consumer, but it also stimulates
the market for all kinds of goods.
The benefits that follow in the wake !
of good roads, as demonstrated by im?
proved farm lant.s and buildings, shi.t
lessness changed to progressive activ?
ity, better schools and churches, more ,
intimate social intercourse, greater]
civic interest and better living condi- |
tionB, are of incalculable value. i
Tire Men Take Part
In Truck Conferences
Prominent among those to par?
ticipate ?33 the s?iow week ?highway
transport conferences will be ?- V.
Norton, Robert C. Hargreaves and
Raymond Beck, all of the B. F.
Goodrich Rubber Company.
Mr. Norton is the author of "Mo?
tor Trucks of America" and "The
Motor Truck as au Aid to Business
Profits."
Mr. Hargreaves was founder and
secretary of the highways transport
committee of the Council of Na?
tional Defense during the World
War. Me will lead the discussion on
"Smoothing the Path for the Motor
Truck" at Tuesday's conference, and
will initiate the discussion on '"Con?
structing Roads for Motor Truck
Traffic" next Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Beck, who acted as field engi?
neer of the highway transport eom
mittoo and chief of the Goodrich
Travel and Transport Bureau, will
take part in the daily conferences.
Dead Weight Eliminated
"One of the fundamental reasons
why the Maxwell truck has been so
successful is because it is hauling
about 1,400 pounds less dead weight
than any other truck of like capacity,"
is tho statement made by L. C. Free?
man, executive engineer of* the Max?
well Motor Company. "The Maxwell
chassis weighs 2,385 pounds. The aver?
age weight of other trucks built to
carry 3,000 pounds is about 3,700
pounds."
Track manufacturer? are turning out modeln for faat and competent delivery
work on pneumatic tire?, auch aa the Federal who?*? here.
15,000 Maxwells
Ar Work in AH
Lines of Haulage
?a Agriculture Particularly
This . l^-Ton Vehicle
Has Proved Itself Out,
Makers Report
With 15,000 one-and - a-half-ton
j Maxwell trucks in daily use, suf
I ficient data have been accumulated to
j slump this as most economical and
consistent. The first Maxwell truck
was not produced until 1917, and with
the eighteen months of war that fol?
lowed there was little chance for suf?
ficient production to make it the pre?
dominating figure it is to-day.
There arc two classes of haulers using
Maxwell trucks?one, the man who is
just' deserting horses. He is desirous
; of making his first step an economical
j one. The second class is the man who
has been in the truck division for sev
! eral seasons but wtio from using
, heavier vehicles has determined that a
i t.on-and-a-hall' Maxwell can carry his
i capacity loads and costs less to operate.
Both the foregoing classes upon en
: tei-ing the Maxwell ranks become
j charged with a sense of appreciation
! and enthusiasm. Tho Maxwell truck
! department, at Detroit, is constantly
\ in receipt of letters and especially
j photographs showing trucks answering
? the call of every demand in the field
of agriculture and general transporta?
tion.
At Watertown. Mass., and many
other pluces the Maxwell is the back?
bone of the city lire department. In
various cities scattered over Missouri
and the Middle West, police patrols
maintain law and order. Uncle Sam
has a fleet of these sturdy one-and-a
half-ton vehicles hauling mail at Bir?
mingham, Ala., and many Western
cities.
Lumber mills, coal mines, oil fields,
gravel pits, machinery houses and
every branch of the commercial world
have furnished photographic evidence
of the prowess of these lightweight
trucks. But it is in the realm of the
farmer that it is most prominent, at
least in point of numbers.
The most convincing demonstration
of its rural value was brought out in
tho recent national motor truck de?
velopment tour when the Maxwell hung
up a record of economy and perform?
ance through the rich farming districts
of seven Middle Western Btates.
Each truck in this groat convoy was
placed at the disposal of farms along
the route doing every kind of duty
from the grain field to the market.
The best proof of thfl impression it
created was tho string of buyers it left
in its trail as the tour moved on to
each new community.
New Stewart 2,000-Pound
Delivery Fillg Need
In announcing a now design in a
truck model, T. R. Lippard, president
of the Stewart Motor Truck Compnny,
say?: "Here is a truck the business
world has wanted. It fill? a detinit
domand. It is not a remodeled passen?
ger car, but designed as a truck by ex?
pert engineers. Thcro are no solid tlroB.
It travels on five-inch cord tires and is
intended for quick delivery runs?to
get there and back?and for the heavier
hauling from depots and warehouses.
"All useless parts are eliminated.
We are looking for real big things and
a great deal o? suc?e.is with ?.his
model, which wo believe is truly pro?
gressive in design."
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White Company Obtains
Largest Fire Truck Order
The city of New Orleans has placed
with the White Company, of Cleveland,
the largest single order of its kind
ever given to one manufacturer at one
time by an American 3nunicipality.
The order calls for twenty-eight
pieces of suotor fire apparatus, includ?
ing twenty-two combination pumpors
aisd hose cars of the most modern type,
three city service ladder trucks and
two chassis on which will be mounted
hose bodies and chemical apparatus al?
ready in the service^ of the city.
By reason of its size, this order was
competed for by practically every large
manufacturer of fire apparatus in the
world. Mechanical experts represent?
ing the city canvassed every claim set
up by the competitors for the business,
and it was upon the recommendation
of these engineers that the bid of the
White Company was accepted.
?hiele Show
Not Battling j
With Those Who
Boost Horses
But Let the Animal Jrana
port Men Put Out All
the Facts, Urges Cham?
berlain, of the Packard
"W? welcome the efforts of those
who are interested in the horse as a
source of power for hauling to place
the facts before the public," said R. E.
Chamberlain, freight transportation
manager of the Packard Motor Car
Company. "If they can provo the horse
to be a more economical, dependable
and reliable source of power than the
motor truck for the transportation of
freight this company probably will
abandon the manufacture of motor
trucks and venture into the horse
breeding field.
"Other than placing the facts as to
cost and operating data of our motor
trucks before American business m>n,
it is not our intention to combat the
move of the horse Interests. We are
selling transportation, not trucks.
When we go to a prospective customer
wo first make a survey of his business.
That survey and an analysis of it de?
termine the answer as to the custom?
er's transportation needs.
"The answer is not always more
trucks, our trucks, or any trucks at
all. in more than one instance we
have recommended rearrangement in
present transportation systems result?
ing in the elimination of wie or more
trucks or the addition of a horse or
some loading or unloading device.
"In the course of our transportation
investigations we of course have found
many business men using both horses
and trucks. In a very large majority
of these instances we have found that
costs on horses and wagon equipment
have been improperly kept, so that they
appear much less than they really
should be. We put these facts befor?
the prospective buyer. We also put a H
the facts as to motor truck costs be?
fore him as well as the work the horse
and truck will do. He gets the 'ton
mile' answer in both case and that is
the final answer.
"So that the public will really benefit
from the efforts of the horse interOHt*
this company suggests that all facts be
made known. Let tho horse people dis?
seminate real horse costs; we are do?
ing tho same for both trucks and
horses. Then the prospective bu>er
of transportation will get tht true pict?
ure.
"Wo commend tho purpose of the
horse breeders. We hope they will put
forth every fair eifert, then prove ex?
actly where the horse is cheaper as h
source of freight transportation power.
We will he glad to cooperate with their
representatives in vases of transaqrta
tion installation." .
New York Becoming
Better Motorized
Until recently at least New York
City had fewer trucks than nearly any
other large city in the ?country in
proportion to business done. At lart
I tho big mercantile houses are instal?
ling motor trucks, as well as the l&rp..
| Business firms. L>ocks are just be?
ginning to allow trucks entrance to
their warehouses and the use of other
facilities.
The motorization of Now York's
haulage is fast becoming a reality.
More Federal trucks, for instaicr,
have been sold hero the past year ?tnan
in several previous years, in spite of
the war orders and war shipment.;.
This is probably true also with most
of the other well known truck com?
panies.
Dodge Delivery Cars Popular
The repeat orders from firms already
using Dodge Brothers delivery can ai-<>.
an indication of the popularity of thl*
type of car as an economical and de?
pendable means of service.
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