Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-19
MOTOR TRUCK
ADVANTAGES
Garford Official Explains
Benefits to Be Derived From
Vehicles For Hauling
BY II. Il. TAYLOR
President r. e. Taylor Corporation,
Eastern Distributors Garford
Motor Trucks.

The young man of twenty-five we'll
remembers how as a boy of ten or
twelve he would go miles to see a
"horseless carriage" propelled all by
itself by steam-"just like an engine
on the railroad" Then, two or three
years later. came the invention of the
motor that could use the explosive
force of gasoline vapor as a motive
powe, and the adoption of the electric
spark to ignite the vapor.
From that moment began the great
industry which to-day stands unrivaled
in the history of the worlds inven-
tions. The marvellous accumulation of
motor vehicles shown at exhibitions
bears evidence to the avidity with
which the buying public has responded
to the appeal of the motor car.
To-day the man who does not own
an automobile or motor truck is lying
awake nights trying to figure out some
way he can own one! IT is the
realization of mans (and woman's)
fondest dream to fly smoothly over the
face of the earth with the speed of the
ostrich and the comfort of ones own
home!
Deluged With Orders
Those who started the manufacture
of motor vehicles in the beginning
thought that perhaps comparatively
few of the wealthier people would buy
but not one of them ever dreamed
of the perfect deluge of orders they
would shortly receive.
In fact the whole motor car busi-
ness became so suddenly the frenzy
that makers have mad no chance or
time to do more than crowd their fac
tories to the utmost and turn out cars
as fast as human hands could make
them.
And the one thing that impresses
the cosmopolite who has visited the
great show just over is the supremacy
of the United States in the production
of motor vehicles. There was a time
when the French car had precedence,
but that has long passed. To-day
there is no car produced the equal in
any respect TO the one made right here
in this little United States of America.
We are now getting time to put on
the little finishing touches that so ap-
peal to the imagination of the buyer
the frills and furbelows of the trade,
as it were. Just as the unbeautiful
though practical dress of the peasant
woman becomes a Costume" when
enriched with trimmings and "sich, -
so the bare chassis has now built upon
it most wonderful creations of luxury
and beauty.
How About Motor Trucks?
And while this show was purely an
automobile show, no businessman
could visit it and not have the thought
enter into his head, -''If a machine is
so good for myself and family to ride
in. how about motor truck for my
business?" That is the inevitable con-
clusion of the practical man of to-day.
It is now no longer question with
the businessman as to the superiority
of the motor truck in all sorts of haul
ing, in point of economy and efficiency
|, over the horse. Our statesmen no
longer need to present arguments of
that kind. II a green" salesman
starts it. the prospect says "Oh, cut
il. / know all that What 1 want to
know is what your Garford can DO!"
The one great obstacle to the prog
ress of motor truck supremacy is the
fact that the average buyer of one
puts the man who had been driving
his horses on the seat as the motor
man. When he himself bought an
automobile he realized it was an i'm
possible thing for him to drive it until