The nonpartisan leader. [volume], April 12, 1920, Image 12

About The nonpartisan leader. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1915-1921

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Rescuing
the Waste
Trenders
HE Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
a* vital service by giving
multiplications of value to that portion
of the crude oil left, after gasoline,
kerosene, and lubricating oils have been
extracted, through the production of
innumerable by-products, each supply
ing a definite need.
Thus have been developed products
such as Parowax, which serve such use
ful purposes as a protective coating for
cheese, meats, ana sausages for match
ends for water-proofing milk bottle
caps, ice cream pails, and paper drinking
cups and for sealing preserved vegeta
bles, fruits and jellies against bacteria,
ferments and mold.
These are but a few of the uses of one
of the more than 2000 products manu
factured by the Standard Oil Company
(Indiana), covering needful commodities
from asphalt to candles.
So vast a program could not be carried
out except by a highly specialized organ
ization, developed to maintain numerous
contacts with the world of production
on one hand, and with the consuming
public on the other.
It was the need for such a specialized
organization which led to the great de
velopment of the Standard Oil Company
(Indiana). No single function of this
great organization has come into being
without a definite call to service..
Today the Standard Oil Company (Indi
ana) is big only because the need of its
service is great because the ways in
which it is able to serve are continually
multiplying as the complexities of
modern industrial life increase.
Standard Oil Company
(Indiana)
910 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, HL
Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers PAGE TWELVE
BY F. H. SWEET
INSURANCE FURNISHED
IF PATRON DESIRES
"It costs 25 cents a coop to ship
chickens, while milk and cream are
hauled at 2% cents a gallon, the emp
ty cans being returned."
The association pays its members
for all goods lost or destroyed. Where
the shipper desires insurance against
loss, the charge for hauling cream is
4 cents a gallon if the shipper is will
ing to assume the risk the same charge
is made for hauling cream as for milk.
In case of loss all cream shipments
made at the milk rate are paid for on
milk basis. If the shipper pays the
4-cent rate, all losses are settled at the
market price of cream. Thus far dam
ages have been paid out of operating
revenues, although it is believed a
safer policy would be to create a spe
cial fund to provide for such expenses.
Another good plan is to take out suffi
cient insurance to cover both trucks
and goods in transit in case of loss.
The members of the association who
live along the route have constructed
loading platforms at their front gates.
The association operates one four-ton
and one five-ton truck. These make
daily trips.
This truck line is of valuable assist
ance to its members in the purchase
and sale of produce and supplies.
Members notify the secretary of their
needs and as soon as enough orders
are on hand he buys at wholesale in
large amounts in Norfolk or Rich
mond, thereby reducing the cost ma
terially. If an individual wishes to
make his own purchase he can have
A Truck Line From Farm to Market
How Southern Farmers Co-Operated to Reduce Their
Transportation Costs
Rail-
OULD we do else
road service was un
satisfactory, distance to
market was too great
for horse travel, and
local charges for hauling
by. motor truck were unreasonably
high. In self-defense we organized a
co-operative association to do our own
hauling."
Thus the secretary of the rural
motor route of Lynchburg to Norfolk
and "way stations" answered my
query of why the association was
formed.
"We incorporated our association
and capitalized it for $5,000, selling
200 shares of stock which had a par
value of $25 a share," he continued.
"Each member is obliged to own at
least one share of stock, but is limited
in his stock purchase to 20 shares. We
bought a four-ton truck, which oper
ated over our entire line for
hanling
milk, cream and other farm produce
to the cities, and feedstuffs, seeds,
salt, fertilizer, machinery and supplies
for the farmers along the route. In
this way we were rarely without a
load in either direction. We got office
room and clerical help, where supplies
were received to be hauled to the
country.
"No attempt has been made by the
association to earn dividends. Rates
are made with a view to meeting the
expenses, providing for depreciation
and accumulating a surplus to be used
as working capital.
"The rate on first class goods is 15
cents per 100 pounds. The first class
includes apples, axle grease, baskets,
butter, beans, buckets, cantaloupes,
fish, groceries, harness, hay, machin
ery under 400 pounds, stoves, etc. Sec
ond class articles, such as axes, are
hauled for 12 cents per 100 pounds.
Calves are hauled to market for 50
cents apiece, while live cattle and hogs
are handled at 50 cents per 100
pounds.
the supplies delivered at the receiving
station, so that they may be hauled by
truck to his farm. The motor service
is of incalculable value to the mem
bers during periods of rush work.
When machines break they are able to
telephone to the city for repairs and
have them delivered by the truck, per
haps the same afternoon that the acci
dent occurs.
The association also aids in selling
produce. One member had 1,500
bushels of wheat which he wanted to
sell. The local miller did not want to
buy. The owner was too busy with
other work to haul the wheat to the
railroad, so he turned the marketing
oyer to the secretary of the associa
tion, who sold the wheat in Norfolk
and delivered it by the club trucks.
GOOD OPERATORS
ARE ESSENTIAL
Competent, reliable and honest oper
ators, who will make trips in the least
possible time, are essential where the
rural truck route is to be successful.
The plan of the association in question
is to have both the driver and his
helper qualified to operate the ma
chine, so that the helper can replace
the driver when necessary.
The experience of this association
suggests a solution of hauling and
marketing that is adapted to many
farming sections which are located
within truck reach of a desirable city
market and which are favored with
permanent hard roads.
Those who organize such associa
tions are advised to study carefully
their local conditions, so as to be sure
that there is enough year-round haul
ing to justify the establishment of a
truck route. They should raise suffi
cient funds at the outset to pay cash
for a truck. It is cheaper to operate
a four or five-ton truck than it is to
run one of two-ton capacity, provided
there is sufficient tonnage available.
As a rule the new association will
not go wrong if it begins business
with a larger truck than it really
needs. This will allow for expansion
and development of the business,
which is sure to follow in a well-se
lected territory. Trucks of only stand
ard make should be used, as under
such conditions repairs will be easy
to get and the overhauling of the
truck will not be beyond the ability
of the average mechanic.
FARM MOTOR TRUCKS
At least 50,000 farmers the Unit
ed States now possess motor trucks,
according to a special report sent in
by the 35,000 selected government
crop reporters. The actual number is
probably several thousand in excess of
this figure.
Of the number reported Minnesota
has 1,225, Wisconsin 1,465, North Da
kota 501, South Dakota 1,708, Ne
braska 2,739, Kansas 1,732, Iowa
Montana 359, and Washington
Trucks used for general custom
hauling were not included in the sur
vey.
PAID TO EAT
In certain parts of Arkansas owners
of goat herds, instead of having to
pay for pasture receive 50 to 75 cents
per animal a season. The explanation
is that the goats-are valuable in clear
ing land and thus preparing the way
for grass, cattle and sheep.
The angora goat averages about
three and one-half pounds of mohair
and this brings from 50 to 75 cents a
pound on the'general market.