Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-28
USEFUL OPERATION
 AUTOS AND TRUCKS
 WILL HELP IN WAR
Motor Vehicles Relieve Rail road Congestion and Fa-
 cilitate Business.

"The greatest need of the country today is increased tranportation-of that there is no doubt This urgent need cannot be met by the curtail- ment of the legitimate use of auto mobiles and motor trucks" says M. l.. Pulcher, vice presidnnt and general manager of the Federal Motor Truck company.
 The engagements of America in the war must eventually result in the most careful coordination and CO., Operatio between all classes of trans portation--this should come pust as soon as possible too.
 But this does not E,ean, am sure, that rigid rules as to operation of trucks and automobiles should be put in force unless necessary.
 Manufacturers with a full sense of patriotic duty are the last to want the country's chances of winning the war jeopardized and they have been the first to suggest and to put into operation a conservation of materials and fuels when found that this was essential to the end sought.
 No one can consider it extrava- gance or selfishness. however, on the part of individuals or firms to pur- chase and operate their own automo- piles and trucks. It is we'll to take a sane and conservative view of things and. by doing everything to help yourself. be happy and prosperous, if those purspuits do not impair your country's chances of success, You are rendering a patriotic service.
 There is every indication that busi- ness will continue to be good, for the duration of the war, and after wards. When we spend $500,000.0 per month for necessities and luxur- ies under ordinary couditions-and that increased to a billion month with war materials added-all spent within our country. it means that our farms, our mines, our factories, our commercial establishments, will all have to work to full capacity.
 This activity all along the line, will l know, be aided by the automobile and truck. transportation. The use of automobiles by business men, statesmen, engineers--helps to speed lp the work. The pse of trucks by business firms gets the material on the spOt-and hastens delivery of finished product.
 the congestion of tracks would have been- snearly more calamity than it has been the past year, if there had been no trucks to facilitate de- 4iverfes. a
 The efficiency of the truck in both business and war is unquestioned. It is dOubly valuable to the nation as a means of defense in hauling edibles and munitions for the army. Recent developments have proven the truck the most mobile of all transportation facilities. This is shown by the large number of firms which have estab- lished, because of the inadequacy of other means, inter-town communiea- tion by truck, often making shipments of from 10N to 300 mics by them.
 Another big saving accomplished by trucks is the number of horses that each one releases for the cultiva- tion of crops. As firm installs a truck in it's delivery service several horses, varying in number according to the job. are placed on the market and these are available for farm work Thus the motor driven vehicle has come to mean much to all of us either directly or indirectly The whole nation acknowledges it super usefulness. It is a fact too. that the majority of autos anf trucks employ ed usefully. Let us all make resolve to use our influence to make then more efficient in tha conducting o business and national pursuits. IT that way we can help the country te win the war and establish our owr and the worlds happiness.
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