The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-03-06
POSTAL MARKET
PLAN OF SOLoN
Congressman Kelly Would Utilize
Motor Transports.
TOUSES SCHOOL HOUSES
'Pian1 Contemplate Having Automoblis
Trucks Not Now Used by Army
to Carry Farm Produce to
School Buildings For
Marketing Purposes.

Marketing Purposes.
Washington, d. C.-Congress an
p%ropriated $300,00O a year ago for the
purchase and operation Of q few motor
trucks by the postofice department to
carry market produce from the farm.
Ing regions into some Of the chief
cities OF this country. Those trucks
have earned more than 5 ,000,O 900 for
the government.
The other day a case Of eggs was
delivered by m Of these postal trucks
to the branch postof1ce located in the
Park View school building, In the ma
tional capital. TheN Park View school
building is the only public school In
the United States that Is both Z COM
munity center and a postofice. The
people of the district have employed .
community secretary and assistant,
who likewise have been appointed 40
postmaster and assistant postmaster.
When that crate Of eggs, ordered by
the postmaster-community secretary
from a Maryland farmer, arrived BY
p%ostof1ce department truck, they
were distributed in quantities Of one
dozen to patrons of the school at 20
cents per dozen less than was charged
at the nearby grocery.
II Washington households can
be saved 20 cents a dozen on tho
cost Of eggs, then millions Of
households In all the towns and
cities Of the United States can be
saved money by a further use Of
p~ostoffice department motor truck
lines. Here 10 one way Of bring I
Ing producer and consumer to-
gether without the assistance OF
the food profiteers.
That is the conclusion reached by
Congressman Kelly of Pennsylvania,
n Of the small group of progressives
in the house who will stand shoulder
to shoulder with the three Nonparti-
san league members in their struggle
for an intelligent and permanent re.
construction program.
I'VE have q motor transport service
In the army, which includes 100000
motor trucks" Kelly said. Some Of
these trucks r worn out, Of course,
but there are 10000 new ones thai
have not even been delivered from the
factories, and we will have all Of
these to use after peace is finally
signed. The entire motor transport
service should be turned over to the
~postoffce department and distributed
the country, to nationalist
this system of motor truck routes.
From the start, the trucks now oper.
ating here have made money for tho
They would bring In
many millions Of dollars in operative
profits II al Of u trucks released
from military service would be put on
this work.
Provides for Soldiers.
"Two-thirds, at the least, Of the
men now In this army motor
service would be glad to stay In
government motor service under
tho postoffice department. That
10, providing the wages and condI.
dltions Of work, were made salts
uOVkOTys IuAS VIII @JI0v0 W DIG "
done for our returned soldiers In
any event."
Kelly thinks that the FIRST effect Of
this establishment of q national farm
to-city trucking service would be to
make every city follow the plan
adopted in Park view-the placing Of
postof1ces In the school buildings, and
the hiring Of community secretaries
to take charge Of the ordering Of par
cells post shipments Of butter, eggs,
fowls, fruit and vegetables for the peo-
pie Of the neighborhood.
Would Help Roads.
He points out that the use Of these
trucks will cause q certain degree Of
damage to the roads. and that the
federal government must enact q law
providing for federal rebuilding Of
roads. For this purpose he intends to
introduce q bill requiring thatlth earn
ings Of the postofice department truck
routes be used for federal road cor.
s~truction.
Kelly finds one faw IN his own
plan. He does not know how the
farmers are to be organized SO that
they will sell their produce through
the community centers.