The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-04
GOOD
 ROADS WEEK TO
 : BE HELD SOON
May IT to 9 Set As Dates For National Ob-
 servance

The fndorsement and coop peration of various organizations and public officials, including the National
 Grange, National Automobile Cham ber of Commerce, Federal Board of
 Education, William G. McAdoo, U. s.
 Senator Capper of Kansas and U. s.
 Senator Townsend of Michigan has
 been enlisted in support Of the Ship
 by Truck-Good Roads movement,
 which will be nationally celebrated
 during the week of May 17th to 22nd.
 The direct object of the campaign is
 to create public interest and promote
 legislation on the vita1Fy important
 question of national highways, which,
 if favorably acted upon, will result
 in better roads, which will in turn
 serve as a stimulus for progressive
 truckmen to organize and operate a
 system of motor transports, utilizing
 the heavy duty trucks for the longer
 hauls to a, terminal, from which point
 smaller trucks could serve to distri-
 bute.
 The first organized step in the Ship By Truck-Good Roads movement was
 made about a year ago, when ship by truck bureaus were established in siXty-f1ve cities of the United States. The purpose of the bureaus was to bring together the shipper and the
 trrckman, to serve in the interests of both and to protect the shipper from interruptions truckmen who seek to operate 3, motor transport system without Knowledge of equit able rates or the practical roadways
 Maps showing the locations of tra- versable roads are available at all times at these bureaus. This service alone has been of inesti1na.ble value to hAf eJo a1,d eIx, h l served to encourage both to redouble their efforts toward bringing about | the recognition and acceptance of the Ship By Truck policy as the most practical for short hau1s. The Ship By Truck movement is not intended q as propaganda to inspire a compe- | tition with the railroads. On the con- trary, the plan as outlined is di-
 rected and intended to assist the rail roads, which is evident from the ad- vocation of shipping by truck on short hands only, as incorporated in the campaign slogan, Ship By Truck | for Short Hauls,''
 That the National Grange has promised to support and cooperate in | the movement in conclusive proof l that the farmer has vis1aHzed the | possibilities of shipping by truck as | applied in his particular case. With a 1 trucking system established, arrange nents could be made for a daily or 1 weekly call, by the truckman, for the products to be marketed and the far mer's time and the use of his team of horses could be utilized for work
 about the farm, whereas, formerly everything remained at a standStill while he himself conveyed his product to market
 nd nf | the Federal Board of Education has been enlisted to the extent of their
 conducting a Ship By Truck Essay | contest, which is open to all high l try, County, State and National prizes are offered, the National prize be- l ing a four year scholarship in any college or university in the United l States.
 | One of the principal events pro- l grammed to inspire interest in the l Ship by Truck-Good Roads campaign | and to assist students in their essay efforts, will be in the showing, begin | ming May 1st, Of 8. motion picture,
 Ship by Truck in nearly every city
 of the United States This film has
 been especially designed to bring to i the general public the economic ad- | vantages of the Ship by Truck plan and the contingency of the success of the movement upon concerted ac- Ition which will bring about the pass
 ing of a national highways bill, which l would result in a efreckerboard o1
 roadways, North and South and East and West.