Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-07-23
HEET OF TRUCKS IS COMING.

50 = : 81
will arrive in Manchester at 10000
O'Clock on Thursday, August 7th, for
the purpose Of giving actual demon
strations of the various types of ma
chimes. The demonstrations will be
given on the Fair grounds, and ev-
erything will be free. The local COM
mittee on arrangements consists of F.
e. Dutton of the Farmers & Merch-
ants Bank, c. G. Yoran, secretary OF
the Commercial club; P. M. Cloud, F.
H. Arnold. j.. M. Jones, and E. w.
Williams.
One of the chief attractions on this
occasion will be the Jackie band from
the Great Lakes Naval training sta
tion. This band was in Manchester
during the first Liberty Loan drive,
and made decided hit here. In the
band are several Iowa boys. II you
are not interested In the development
OF the motor truck industry, you GER
tainly will want to hear the band,
one OF the very best organizations in
the country.
A 60-day tour through Illinois, Iowa.
South Dakota, North Dakota, Mime
sofa and Wisconsin, over a route 81
900 miles long. to prove to the coun-
try the efficiency OF the motor truck.
There will be 20 to 25 factories rep
resented In the topr.
Tour is under the direction Of the
National Association Of Motor Truck
Sales Managers.
Only one truck entered from each
factory.
All trucks will be pneumatic tired.
Trucks will range In size from one
to two and one-haf ton.
In order to demonstrate the trucks
practicability for farm use there will
be truck body In the tour capable
of carrying wheat. corn, oats, pota-
toes and other small crops. There
will be q truck with bed designed
to carry loose hay. There will be .
truck body to carry hogs. cattle, etc.
In fact, a body for every farm pur-
pose.
The tour will proceed slowly, COW
ering on an average Of so miles
day. stops of from an hour to two
days being made in the towns en-
route.
Numerous demonstration loads will
be carried. A truck will carry load
Of hogs to town for farmer, show
ing him how quickly it can be done
thus saving time which is vital!
needed on the3iarm. The demon
stration will also show at what .
low cost for upkeep farm produc'
can be moved.
To quote member OF the National
Association OF Truck Sales Managers
Eve have organized this tour solely
to show the farmer the benefits to b'
derived from the purchase Of pneu
matte tired truck. Time means mon
ey on the farm, as in every othel
industry. There is labor shortag'
and consequent speeding up OF al
farm activities to fill the gap Trucks
are not essentially city vehicles. The,
are being purchased by the thous
ands by farmers. We are runnin,
this tour on schedule time and Will
the assistance of the newspapers ant
farm periodicals we will keep eacl
city and vicinity informed as to JUS
what time we will arrive"
The Department of Agriculture II
Washington Is deeply interested II
the tour and is cooperating through
agricultural colleges and county ag
ents. Moving pictures will be taker
| en- route and will be exhibited al
over the American continent to show
the value OF the truck to the farmer
A Jackie band has been donated b.
| the government and by this act th'
Washington officials have put theil
stamp Of approval on the tour.
There will be a representative 0
the Chicago bankers on the tour who
will discuss with the bankers enrouts
the proposition OF financing truck
sales and keeping the paper" in the
home town.
A train of trucks a mile long will
be a novelty. So also will a train O
trucks all equipped with pneumatic
tires