The sun., 1919-06-15
FIRESTONE BUREAU
AIDS TRUCK SHIPPER
Has Concrete Data on Motor
Express at It's New York
Office.

Uncle Sam intends to take care of
his doughboys as they return to civil life.
He is determined to give them every
possible assistance in securing profitable
employment and comfortable living.
Many agencies are already at work to
this end.
Among others, Secretary Lane of the
Department of the Interior has come for
ward with a plan to place millions OF
returned soldiers and their families upon
small farms carved out of the public
domain. The success OF the project is.
he frankly admits. largely dependent
upon the state of the highways and the
methods of transport available.
II can see the making of a new
America" says the Secretary, "a nation
Of farming communities and small in
dustrial centres for each will have its
own creamery, cannery and other means
of taking care of Its surplus products
These farming communities will be
populated largely by returned veterans
comrades in arms comrades in peace
the material. political and spiritual
leaders of these communities These
centres must be developed and tied
together and made easy of access by
good roads over which the most eff
cient of transport will move goods to
market"
Other things being equal If the SOL
der farmer can be- sure OF improved
facilities for getting his products to
market, the reconstruction problem is
well on it's way to solution so far as
he is concerned. when he accepts Uncle
Sans farm Offer
During the war. at home and abroad.
the most remarkable showing in trans
portation was made by the motor truck.
II developed unsupported utility and
stood up under the most gruelling tests.
Even its most sanguine supporters were
astounded.
Furthermore, its comparatively new
development-the motor truck express
has been justly characterized as the
greatest single advance in the history of
transportation since the coming of the
Iron horse"
Rural motor express is already a
reality-and far beyond the experimental
stage. Far sighted business men every
where have been watching its evolution
closely. One of the first to see the hand
writing on the wall was Harvey s. Fire
stone. The Firestone "Ship by Truck
Bureau. which bears his name as sponsor,
is evidence OF his substantial advocacy
of the new way In transportation"
From the farmers standpoint II has
been proved that motor truck express
service conserves man power, encourages
intensive farming. facilitates traffic for
the farmer. market and consumer. and
enables him TO market better food in
better condition and at better prices. In
peace, just as in war. these truck lines
are the avenues of supply and distribu-
ton.
The Firestone ship by Truck Bureau
has conducted a searching investigation
into all phases of the motor express
proposition. And II is now prepared to
give the shipping public definite and re-
liable information about motor truck
routes, schedules. companies operating.
tonnage capacity OF trucks in service,
rates. comparative costs, &c,
The local Office OF the bureau Is at
1871 Broadway. New York city. where
a large fund Of data and information is
on file and is being constantly aug
mented. Shippers and all others inter-
ested are invited to make use OF these
facilities without charge.