The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-15
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non. y. T., Jan 10 1921. Rdho
Leader From time to time 81 Vat
x aave rrad with Interest sarlou
news items and comments Ia Tn
Leader conoarnlne the se7y impouan
question of motor trucks and ,hel
relation 20 road wear.
u seems that ihere is a marke.
tendency on she gags ~ legislature.
noi only in and around Guthrie an,
she state ot Oklahoma. lus in other
paris 81 iha coanR as Well to fcel
that largo capacity motor trarks d,
virtue II thelr Size. are destructive
10 The reads. They seem 70 fecl ,hat
they are serving the best interests of
thc country by islaylng restrictions on
'he size of the motor sransnur units
u ovnrred TO me- hat most pocplc
fan 10 realize than motor tranaror.
tation Is now recognized sconomic
necessity thar there is definite 10
crcaslne amount al material that
must be shipped hy truck and cannot
be diverted % other agents THE
roads ~ today have already failed in
heir effort TO so4oft the preHan,
traffic What s3l he the slluas ion
ten Years hence q men IA responsible
positions continue 10 looN nlon the
trohlem shroush suloSed glasses z
anyone. a. an familiar with the his
tory of commerce knows that laws
iavorng shors SIGHTED restrloi iona
cam at lscst he nut temporary.
Dld the absence ~ mammoth piers
and aeea ohannem prevent The De-
pelopmens ~ the ooean greyhound 81
commeNeg nid the absence of some
thing better than iron strips nailed
20 wooden stringera prevent the de-
velop,nens Of our present day i59.top
locomotive having single pair ol
drive wheels thar weiah more than
the entire first steam crriner nld|
steam railroad interests finally pre-
vent the securing of rishts ~ way"
for the much needed inienrimn troll
leys The flying ship has become a
thing Of commerce that literally
shriui,s the map 81 the world VIII
rs development cease because Of the
scarcity u landing flclds at convent
lent points across The eafshH surface
DId the early opposition 10 the horse
less carriage upon orr turnpikes pre-
vent the present horselass age1 No
And can the development OF the
present day motor truck which is ypt
IN "lner trousers hc checked hy
men who cannot read ihe clear hand
writing upon the wall ,Aat new
, och has daanedg
Unlike other hietory making inyen
ions the present gas engine ~ not a
for sometime autiQuaied |
,ui acts as tho most powerful ally !
o the railroads that has ever been
ireamed OF " is eliminating the
Improbable branch lines and main
inc short hauls and bringing freight
rom isolated seetions In manner
hat Vanderbilt, IiIl Or Hartman
iad never even hoped for
II the present railroad systcans
Fere relieved OF terminal congestion !
nd the unprofltable short hauls
hey could take care Of the demands
i today with their present equip
tent.
II ~ gratifying 70 note that con
iructivc minds are coming 10 see
10 modern motor truck az q solution
/ the form Of an evolution that viii
q felt By every family throughout
he country as great an evolution
I'D having as far reaching an e.
'ct upon the life og each individual
J did the Introduction OF the steam
nRne
II Is known by the pec-le that all
lost 50 per cent Of Americas per
liable farm products are absolutely
Ist because Of Inadequate franm10rt
.ciliiies Does these 10 million
sople Of the United States stifl hold