Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
Urges USE AUTOS
! TO GET CHEAPER FOOD
People Should Take Advan-
tage of Natural Highways,
\ Saws Commissioner O'Neil
FARMER TO CONSUMER
Transportation Reduction Is Big
Factor in Situation-Suggests
signboards to Bulletin Produce
HARRISBURG. Jan. i6.


70 ,be people of Pennsylvania utilize
,he states natural highways In the
,ransportation of foodstuffs and other
supnljes. using to practical advantage
.ha hundreds OF thousands of motor
vehicles, they can save much of their
,ronortionate share of the nations war
debt. according TO an idea advanced
nv state Highway COMMISSIONS j.
Denny O'Neil. He pointed out that
,his state possesses not only one-tenth
N the men OF the land. but that its
resources exceed tenth of the wealth
of the country and that the states war
burden will be heavy. He SAID
"pennsylyania has in the nelghbor'
bood of 325 600 motor vehicles. OF this
number the majority are pneumatic
,,red cars. but not so-called pleasure
cars by any means. i presume there are
n total of 10000 trucks in the Stlte;
Nearly 10000 cars are oil the so''u-''ieu
~The number Of automobiles owned by
farmers of Pennsylvania will run close
TO the $4,000 mark. -..
found in this great number OF cars or
ali classes, Pennsylvanians have 1t in
their power to decrease the cost OF rams
portation, particularly of foodstuifs.
BUY IN COUNTRY"
"Tbe car owners OF Pennsylvania,
when they motor into the country dis
trlcts on a pleasure trip. shouid ,are a,,;nn au,
of actual production and make their
purchases Of farm, products. ,,,
Il think it would be splendid idsa
srect n bulletin board in front of theii
homes, on which to tell passersby just
what they have to sell. Motorists pass:
ng by could scan these boards and II
desired articles were posted: could &C
IN and bury them. The farmer, Of
course, in fixing the price of his prod
ucts, would bear in mind the fact mat
he was saved the cost of transportation
10 market, making n reduction to fit that
condition. IN these days of perfected
Automobile machinery. the motorists
range is limited only by his own desire
as to the distance he wants 70 go con.
seuuently, while the farmers close 70 the
congested districts may not be able 10
supply produce at prices cheaper than
may be had In town, the car-owner, u,
the course of his average journey, Woulu
find conditions he sought-and the ilrm
perfected automobile machinery en-
ables the farmer to pick his own market.
tcmobiles will go only to the farmer FOR
their Droducts, he will be saved the an
noyance and cost of going to market IN
many instances and will be able TO dt'
vote more time to production.
Z WIDE FIELD FOR TRADEsMEN
"A wide field is open to the honest
tradesman, who will take his one or
two.ton truck and gather up farm pro-
duce He will be able to sell more of 1t
at less cost. John Jones. with automo-
bileless neighbors on each side or MIN,
will cut their cost of living IL he remem-
bers their needs when making his own
purchases and permits them, through
his own careful buying, to secure goods
direct from the farm at less cost than
possible in town.
highways of the state being put to
these practical uses. | see regular
transport trains operating between the
towns and cities. Il see the city man,
who has taken his wife and children out
for an hour or two's ride stopping at
a farmhouse and making his food pur-
chases direct from the producer. j see
the Government mail trucks collecting
foodstuffs and bringing them by parcel
post to the towns. l see permanent
thoroughfares Of sufficient width bear
ing a great portion of the burdens now
being borne by the railroads And see
an end tL great waste