Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-22
GERMANYS WEAKNESS
AMERICAS STRENGTH
I,irn stress on Notor Trucks ~ a
Means uf Transportation bur-
Ing i'son-iructiun.


man high military critic. std "tIr.
circumstance are uoW such that size.
crHsfui defense can only hc our ann.
For thcN tthc allies ana Americana
can trhnHivr reserves tll over the
iruni hN means ut committee, uumhvl y
~ motur vehicles liut Huch wealth
. vehicles ~ dcut,d the German ,um.
maud "
While a. about the same time a
IctuTncd American officer stIu. 'rIv
altsuturnt ~ var uct"ssI',ts Wt-
something like ihIb S,Nvu|b PR
cent transportation. 20 prl cent tu.
dustry ANA 10 per cent men \ud
thar tcfvttrd MOI merely tu the hiu.N
tuiok service n France. but 60 our
whole truck transport r,Ttrul 90.
Guiding ever, truck ia anN iutm OF
service here ai home
THIS confession uf the enemy iH
fun proof of the prime luporlau,r ut
the motor uuCk iu deciding ih'
world struggl" The realization ct
this fact. Which hdA been sp you.
'iuHlNcly ptolcn IN the s'rcs amt
struggle nf war. equally proves tht
TRUCKS are ~ equal u NOT muir uu
porthncc during the gigantic recon
strucIun period which W' ate just
entering into, than during m Ntl
times
when the world war WAS started
most Of the European powers sent
men To this country 10 buy horses
ana mules This Was kept up so CON.
sistrutly that at the time our own
nation was drawn into the stiut gir,
our government aWukc Co the hci
that We could not depend uu the Old
time army mule ns "A means of trans
pOrtation. fur the simple fact mat
there were none to hc had llut
something had To- hc done ana done
AT once II was true that The guN
crnmcnt had had some t"ss mti'
with trucks but the results ohtnlucd
were not conclusive that they ,uuId
de- successfully what waA Nitaty nee
csssary To he done FOR cungcstri IA
transportation, both Over mere 49,
we'll as over there
In this trying hour ~ need the
government called u meeting "t the
heads Of the motor truck builders
e our country, explained the s,tua
tion to them and put the problem
with all It's new phases squHrrN up
10 them Then the skilled ems slnc"rs
four truck factories. working ia
close o-opeiHtiun with the goNrtn.
mont exportH. turned out in lt-' than
~ months the answer to the biggest
transportation problem the world
has ever known Ana II worked.
II worked 30 successfully that not
only did u provide n remrdy To tahr
the place of the horse and mule a.
u means of transportation. but II also
proved that the motor trgoR cuuld
move at tho aamc cost. thtcc iim"'
the tonnage, four times the distance
and AT The same time operate In run-
ditions and circumstances under
which u horse or mule could not live.
The heads ~ our big industries are
hi. men ana they are the heads hc-
cause they are hlg men. rhoy
quickly saw the wonderful rcHultS
that could be obtained from this new
and wonderful factor. In the trans
portaUon problem that wcrc sudden
" hurled on them and what IN ia"
result There are now In opcrttiuuT
all over the country motor truck
trains OF fleets operating between
the big cities They were originally
nut In To relieve local congcs,cd con
ditiona of freight that the railroads
could not handle. liut they are All
sorbing more and nv OF this hnd
~ work every dl even when
freight conditions are constantly be
coming more normal. why X ths'
because II hns been proven that IN
tho handling ~ local freight that ia
within q radius of from 10 tu 20
miles. that trucks can operate more
quickly and more economically than
trains
In other words. the stre'~ of war
times. which has developed this n"W
factor In the transportation world,
has proven ConclusiveN that trucks.
from n local transportation stand
point, can he operated cheaper. fast.
er and Win better rcsilts generally
than either horses. mules or trains
THIS fact ~ conclu-iVrly established
hy motor truck statistics which FUR
nlsh us with the astonishing figures.
showing that more motor trucks
were made aud sold Ia oar domestic
induatrioa during the past - month
than had been heretofore In the
whole past history ~ this country.
Tms ratio can very cusily De 's-
~ far ~ We are concerned
locally Tilk TO the men win cur
hw local companies EVcryth.ng
was transported hy trains
or teams up tn the last year.
Hu, these conditions had to b."
changed Mcn wcre called out ~
business lie for military work con
stantly ana teams were costing sn
much 10 feed that they could not hr
sucCrssfully operated Also. u team.
load was NJ "a maximum } 800 pounds
ana 10 miles round trip w',S "a DAYS
work Hut we did no, have the teams