Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-22


since his retirement, and that in any
general way they would be glad to
give him recognition IL unquestionably
true. But Il 10 hard to believe that he
would prove Q candidate with q future
rather than With past II tho issues
OF his four years should be revived BY
. nomination next year. The mere fact
that nobody had the temerity to offer
such a suggestion while Mr.. Roosevelt
was living ought to be enough to show
that It 10 an aftertbousht now.
Mr.. Taft II now engaged in just tho
work Of his talent. He Ia a scholar, a
writer. an advocate. an intelligent
American and even world citizen. But
no 10 not q man Of great political saga
city. nor Is he q natural leader OF
men. 1t is much more likely that he
will be dominated by others than he
Will dominate them when the test
comes. and that is what determines
leadership.
DON'T PENALIZE MOTOR TRUCKS.
tCedar Rapids Gazette.l
Governor Harding, in that section of
his message to the Legislature devoted
~ ehS ASehuS quChliOu, cxpTtSSeu tH5
opinion that 1t would be feasible idea
to penalize motor trucks utilizing i'm
proved country highways by demand
ing higher license fee. The motor
truck that goes on the public highway
to haul freight for a fixed charge and
as revenue producer to the owner
should pay a motor license common
surats with the wear which such We
hicle makes on the public highway"
were the governors words.
The governor errs. both in the inu-
endo Of his premise and his conclusion,
In the first place, the kind OF roads
that can be damaged by the trucks that
may be used commercially over coun-
try highways 10 not the kind Of roads
we want in Iowa. Paved roads, prop
erly paved. are not damaged by motor
trucks Of less than enormous weight.
II les hardly probable that trucks
loaded to . capacity Of many tons
viii utilize the roads under debate.
Even X they did. hard -surfaced road.
correctly laid and properly maintained.
would suffer only the damage incident
to ordinary traffic. damage that al
wayS must be contemplated In plans
Tor upkesp.
Lieutenant Governor Moore does not
agree with Governor Harding in that
he thinks one Of the very purposes for
which we seek hard roads Is the i'm
provement OF transportation other than
railroad. and that to start out by pom
aTizinG motor trucks would be to put
an unnecessary tax on something for
which we are endeavoring to tighten
the burden. Mr.. Moore Maintains that
the motor truck. coming daily into
more prominent use by farmers. will he
the foremost means by which the
farmer win market hts produce as soon
as we have roads that permit It's use.
It Will aid In tho delivery from the town
and city to the farm, as well as tho
delivery from tho farm to town. It's
prime purpose will be to facilitate
commercial communication between
points and districts connected by the
hard road. II viii stimulate the rails
ing Of produce needed in the city. and
the easy transportation would ennblo
tho producer TO market his stocks ut
less expense and lower prices-unless
such hindrances a. tho governors pro-
posed license prevented.
And produce IL not the only item
to be considered. Take the example OF
a Jones county farmer. This farmer
wished to load some hogs in Anamosa.
and ne wanted to avoid delay. He dh
10 with Ford truck. IN one day. with
Ford truck. he hauled carload Of
hoss to Anamosa and sent them on
their way to market
On . paved road the motor truck
would be Of almost incalculable bene-
fit to tho farmer. The permanently
improved highway opens up IT. district
to exactly the sort Of added transpor-
tation advantages that the governor
would tar. The idea b wrong. Motor
trucks should not b penaliscd.