Evening star., 1921-09-11
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|FORM0T0RT TRUCKS
F. W. Fem Says Transporta-
tion Will Also Need Many
More Buses in Future.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star
TORONTO. September 9.-'eWorid eco
nomfc conditions have brought about
a readjustment Of commodity values
everywhere" declared f. w. Fem.
secretary Of the national motor truck
committee Of the National Automobile
Chamber Of Commerce. In q recent ad-
dress before the directors of the
Canadian national exhibition.
"A buyers market is at hand. Costs
must be hewn to the line. One of the
old, fundamental theories Of success
recognised today, therefore. more than
ever before. is quick turnover OF
stock: because this permits smaller.
margins of profit quick and economic
al transportation must be provided.
Pleads for Motor Transportation.
This is a plea, therefore, for the
development and the fostering OF mo-
tor transportation in the name Of
lower prices and a better knit Can
ada" continued Mr.. Fem. "Fullness
Of commercial prestige can only be
had when the people OF Canada are
awakened to the possibilities pre-
sented by the development of a mo-
invested in the improvement of your
highways will be pledge Of honor
to the future commercial greatness
and security Of your country. The
highways in. the provinces will al
ways be the main arteries for COM
merce and defense.
"The world Is just awakening to
the manifold advantages of highway
transportation. Evidence is to be had
on every hand. Farmers show a gain
Of 6S per cent in their Individual
efficiency as a result Of the adoption
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transportation equipment. The ex-
tensive utilization of motor trucks by
the eight railroads entering Cincin-
natl. Ohio. made possible the release
for the main line movement of the
railroads. which is their permanent
and profitable sphere Of operation.
66.s62 cars, the elimination Of 100000
switching cuts, the advancement Of
the freight movement 81 hours, and a
| saving Of 80 per cent in labor through
! tonnage.
Truck Factor In Distribution.
| almost overnight the motor truck
ffactor in the distribution of our ma
tion's food supply. Think of $500
head of hogs. valued at 100000. being
hauled into Indianapolis ~stockyards
in one day by 500 motor trucks. St
while Omaha, Neb.. received only
1S7, 900 in one year. In these times OF
high living costs the saving Of Al
cents per hog. or q total of $13.760 a
iyear delivered at the stockyard, is q
at st. Louis, as 1000 hogs are moved
across the Mississippi river each hog.
slaughtering day.
'"Ehe bureau of crop estimates Of
the United States Department of Agri.
culture discovered after an exhaustive
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motor drawn vehicles that the motor
drawn vehicle travelled 25 per cent
longer distance, made 1873 per cent
more round trips, carried 48 per cent
more corn. 80 per cent more wheat
and SO per cent more cotton. This
work was done at IS per cent, SC
per cent and 81 per cent of the ton
mile cost Of wagon-hauled corn, wheat
and cotton respectively.
'"The day OF the power farmer Is al
in answer to the dominion's cry for
greater production. For food will be
the greatest factor in world economics
for many years to come. It ts the
j main spring Of human action. The
golden age Of ample food for mini
mum of effort has passed.
| Car Company Using Busses.
"The decision Of the Milwaukee
Street Railway Company to utilize
motor buses in the extension Of its
services into new districts is per-
haps a forecast OF the possible trend
in this field Of operation. Hitherto
street car companies have frowned
on busses as nuisances to be driven
or the streets wherever possible. The
possibility Of using busses for feeders
to the regular car lines has not oc-
4 CURED to many operating ofhcials as
yet, but I safely predict that the
bus will be used more and more ex-
tensively by street car companies in
the very near future to extend theil
service into new residential and
manufacturing districts.
Does Toronto and the other major
cities of Canada fully realize what
the motor bus means to the principal
cities in the states. many Of which
have difficulties that are even greater
than yours? The advent Of the motor
bus has meant greater mobility. alb
sence Of car tracks, and the extension
Of service into residential thorough.
fares hitherto closed to the common
electric carriers.