The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-01-15

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> strict the motor ,r-scAs ccenomlr de
= velopmens or to restrict ecoaomt
s road buddhist
: Tho Inadequate present day over
land moier haalaee comunles q
eratiax upon railroad sch~inl.s has,
already hreash, many market chang
. %.
There ARE close 10 Is concerns 90.
erailrg Trucks an is rcsuiar rnsea
passing ,hroagh Ne~ Yori, Ssy
Seattle sposaae. Portland ana rn.
coma. in the extreme nafthwesi are
elIso Win motor truck ,rAnspor,
companies i.Ncwlae the states ~
Nevada. Arizona Utah ami Colorado
arr cqne,pcd eseu 10 Gre carrylnx
fleets rhe south TODAY irauAly al
knowiesises it's great oconomic haudl
cap in having to use lisht capacity
tracks or no trucks. due bad roaAa
Tremendous tonnage AZ farm pro
duoss and manufacturer sooda salh
er'd :hroash This mealnm dlrnuy
from the farm and factory has beer
a great assistance 90 The raIhoads Al
ready hut The motor truck will daily
have 20 handle thousands ~ tons
more IN every state hsforc There Is
any nereepible RELIEF
Iias the fmall s.uAcli> tml, held
this lntercHy and suburban field
against ihe economies 81 he lar,e /
capaci.v truck for this purfnAcg Not
any more than the old t,ye Is ION
lsos car and the 50 ton engine has
hcld out against tho sO.ion box tnr
with lis accompanying ls0tnn cngine
The inexorahle law of eommericall
economies ,akrs care of such mat
tors in ne effort tao luy dividends
- The very Legislative MoHkhnlAsra
Nsho persisienlly refuse to Mlld u
substantial base for lhe truck ihat
laNa the golden ems
The day win come. regardless ol
opposition, when the staica Wis, held
nut for restrictive truck iessaistlan
win aWaA sn to flnd lh-, thelf bac,,
wari l.nn ,s,~ .,ip,s state years
behind those ! la taced sae situation
sqoareiy and promptly adopted meas.
ures
The gns engine with its wonderfully
compact power plant suddenly places
the world ia an entirely new ora
and the sooner every individual aicaa
up to The window and looks toAani
the horizon with clear vision. Just
that much sooner viii va al vet
Down io work and prepare 10 meet ihr
lrrcstlhile force plainly ylaibie.
We have gol TO stop demanding The
greatest possible stretch of roadway
for each dollar expended and insist
unou lees mileage with the beet of
sub grades obtalnahle And the gov
crnmont must back and control each
progressive step IL Il Nv going TO be
dome intelligently and economically.
Roads OF today are different
problem than those OF yesterday and
30 man can foreirll the definite re
qulremrnis Of the roads Of tomor :
raw.
The prophecy Il well founded that
within the next ten years The motor
ruck viii be a direct auxiliary 10
he main railroad lines throughout
ne country and that the railroads
s4i not only refuse to briid further /,
Dreno hes. but viii have abandoned
hose not showing a profit.
IN place of these branch lines mo.
o. iru,ass viii act aa direct feeders,
vast TONNAGE syftcmatical
i and ltcrail converting every farm
rs and manufacturers gate into a
oadlnR station
The railroad will then be III po
ition 90 put all IT'S finances aud on
l'ges into the problem of handling
he tremendous volume of freight dc =
ivered daily from these thousands :
4 far reaching trucks.
Sooner or later many apparently :
omrlex nationeJ issues. golicics and
laiforms Will DC built GROUND the
ighways and the motor trucks and
he sooner every voter Incomes IA
ALTAR abth The basic economic prin'
les OF commercial Advancement just
nat much sooner viii we realize the
ing wished for agricultural and snm
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