Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-14
MOTOR TRUCK DUE
TO PLAY BIG PART
Will Save the World from Famine
II European War Lasts q
Long Time.
TAKES THE PLACE OF HORSE


The motor truck will save the world
from famine II the great European war
lasts as long as Lord Kitchener thinks u
win.
The reason Is not far TO seek In spite
Of the record harvests in the United
States last year. high prices have been
the rule on account of the enormous de-
lmand from Europe. Wheat. which In
times OF peace would have sold around
90 cents a bushel on account Of the enor-
nous supply has been sold all the way
from si1o to ti.45 a busheI. and prices are
stil mounting. Corn Is also going up IN
price. and with u will be dragged the
cost Of beefsteaks and other meat foods
that are considered necessary 20 the
American diet.
But what has this to do with the motor
truck7 Only this. that the work Of the
100000 horses and mules at present In
this country can be better and more eco
honically performed by motor trucks.
These animals eat a lot OF food that
could far better be employed in the fat
tening Of sheep and cattle.
Land Going 90 Waste.
Il il an economic shame that 10000 900
acres OF the best farm land OF the United
states should be devoted exclusively 20
the raising OF feed for horses and mules
when the number OF farm cattle and
eheep Sc diminishing at the rate II is and
this fact is sharply reflected in the high
cost OF living. During the period from
100 TO 1910 the number OF food and dairy
cattle in the country decreased by no less
than 5.s5s.is4 animals. or nearly 10 per
cent Of the total IN 1910. During the same
period the population increased from B.-
set.S7s 10 s7.o2S.i s7 people. II the number
OF food and dairy cattle had kept pace
with the population, there should have
been an increase Of about 100000 OF these
animals That n 10 say, the country has
about 2s.50o.0o0 less cattle than are neceH-
ssts, 10 maintain the showing Of 1900.
The war in Europe is causing the United
States 20 be drained Of food supplies at
an alarming rate But at the Same time
II has proven beyond the shadow Of a
doubt that the motor truck IL the most
dependable and economical form OF trans
portatlon there IT, II has given an Inn
pesus to the manufacture OF motor trucks
that Is unparalleled even in the most
Spectacular periods Of the brilliant his
tory Of the automobile Industry. At one
fen swoop II has killed the prejudice of
And besides furnishing this valuable and
impressive object lesson. the war IL fast
providing the economic situation which
win accomplish more toward the Danish.
nient OF the draft horse than fifty years
OF peace and peace propaganda.
II will not be surprising II on the menu
Of next year will be many dishes made
from horse meat. Horses are not bad
eating. and in several countries on the
continent OF Europe they, have long
formed a staple article Of diet.
At Auto WIN Come Into own.
II tho United States has to feed the ma
tons OF Europe next year while farmers
OF that unhappy continent are soldering
AZ the front, Il 10 obvious that II will be
much too expensive LUXURY 20 feed a
horse. II viii be far cheaper 10 keep a
motor truck or an automobile. which AZ
least doesn't eat when II isn't working,
and which is far more economical 70 OPP
erato II advantage can he taken OF the
dlstance-covering possibilities Of the ma.
,chine In a days work.
There are many who win deny that the
horse can be replaced entirely or even
largely by motor trucks. This undoubt-
edly was true up 20 . couple OF years
ago. but the efforts OF Uncle Sans eff
Gent army officers have swept away this
last objection 10 machine transportation.
For. At the instance Of the qnarternas-
ter corpa OF the United States army.
there has been designed and perfected a
motor truck that drives. brakes and
steers on all -four wheels; and by virtue
of these qualities can go practically any
where four-mule army escort wagon
can 10. Uncle Sans army has already
large fleet Of duads. az the unusual
motor trucks are called. ana nearly every
steamer sailing from New York carries
consignment Of auads 10 the European
fighting armies.
Relates Hersa Ar9umentu.
The objection OF the horseman that the
motor truck would not 20 through mud.
sand. deep snow and over unusually steep
hills Is completely refuted by the per.
formances Of this wonderful truck.
On the rough and sandy trails OF Death
Valley. under a sun that is not exceeded
IN intensity by the midday orb Of the
sahara. a quad truck Keeps up a steady
schedule and incidentally is making FOR
~ owner a profit OF several hundred dol
lars month. This truck has replaced
pack mules
OF the troe-cSsered slopes OF northern
Minosota. In the great lake country, the
tnermometer usually averages from thirty
20 forty degrees below zero during the
Ereater part OF the wintsr. The hills are
20 steep and rough that six-horse teams
are used TO Transport supplies TO the min.
ing CAMPS. a quad truck Is doing the work
q two slS-hoFse teams. and doing Il
better and mere dependably.
Quad Track Superior.
These are duties that hitherto have
bsen denied 20 the motor wagon ana given
20 horses. not particularly because ths
horse was economical. but on account 81
ne fact that the motor truck OF yeseer.
say simply could not handle the SOB. The
quad motor truck. however. which n
proving a triumph IN the war in Eurone
end IN peace In America. Is capable Of
doing practically everything a horse can
90, and = good many thinEs a horna can.
not do. such AZ providing a deilvery
radius Of 100 miles or more from a town
ipio the suburbs and farming district al
around w.
4 is the Inevitable that one effect n,
~ European war win be the hreed,ns
pr fewer horses and more cattle, ana ths
manufacture and adoption OF more and