El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
NOW Or
HAVE No TRUCK
kirkpatrick Sounds Warn
ing to Business Men Who
Have Deliveries.
BY j. W. KIRKPATRICK.
President Tri stnte Motor Co

In a hundred ways the motor truck
is a blessing. It makes possible bet
ter wages for the driver-he can
eoyer in one day five times as much
road as with a team, and haul 10
times as much weight
The motor truck does away with
cruelty to animals. The man who
stalls his truck engine does not get
out and kick the engine-it would
hurt his foot. He must scratch his
head and think and discover what
foolish things he has done
The motor truck adds length to a
city's streets.
In any great city Of the United
States today the carrying on Of bust
ness would be impossible If horses
took the place Of gas engines and we
went back to the condition OF a little
while ago.
Swift motion and high carrying
power make. room in the streets-the
motor truck is a blessing in that way.
And incidentally the man who sticks
to the old fashioned horse team be-
cause II IS easier or he lacks energy
or does not realize facts is a citizen
lagsing behind He is neglecting his
duty, getting In the way OF others.
The motor truck conquers the Slip
pery. streets Of winter. and their
cruelty. 1t conquers the dreadful
heat OF summer, and Its suffering for
horses. The motor truck is safer
than the horse drawn vehicle. for Il
can be stopped instantly-and the
driver does not 60 to sleep on his
load-he dare not.
The motor truck means precision in
business IL means that you can go
where You want TO-. when you want
to, and get there and carry your load
II means that the big manufacturer
or other business man, II he chooses.
can even achieve independence Of the
railroads.
The motor truck means vegetables
delivered early and fresh to cities.
The truck farmer with his motor
truck no longer has his vegetables
packed and dragged along for hours
IN the summers heat and dust He
jumps on his mot u Is. %, 80 miles
outside OF the city, starts and Is in
the market with his load fresh at
the hour that suits him And when
he is through with his selling he
goes home. and has saved a day for
more work on his truck farm.
The fact that we want to impress
upon you today Is this: II you are
among those that realize the value
OF the motor truck and its necessity,
and are planning to get One-hurry
up a0OuL It
One OF the biggest makers OF trucks
IN the United States recently pub
lished a telegram addressed to q big
Chicago firm. It said: I've shall
send those trucks as fast as possible,
but please take them gradually and
be satisfied. 1t is not possible for US
to fiji our orders"
We can name you half a dozen max
ers OF important trucks that will tell
you the same thing. II you give an
order as this Chicago firm did, for 80
trucks-or even for five or for two.
The government is using up the ca
pacity OF the truck manufa cturers.
This Is an excellent thing for the peo-
pie In the long run For the trucks
that the government Is buying now
for war II viii use. IN peace. for Its
postoffice and other work and save
money and give better service.
But for the moment the govern
ment demand for motor trucks means
that II is extremely difficult to get
most. II not quite. impossible to get
any good truck in a short time. as
government orders increase.
Autos Also Scarce.
What IS true Of the motor truck
Is true also Of the ordinary auto
mobile, because the government is
using the automobile factories to
And the patriotic manufacturer,
whether at a loss or q profit. neces-
sarily says to the government. Your
needs and your orders come first"
Some trucks are still to be had,
manufactured before the war broke
out, or put in hand and now approach
ing completion.
II you want q truck now. or are
going to want one in the course Of a
year, or during the coming slippery
winter, put In your order.
Il viii be too late presently.