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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1920)
r !.' i i f 1 IR TRUCKS FOR MARKETING ' FARM PRODUCE Already 600 Motor Trans 1 port Lines Established - Means Enormous Sav- - inglo Consumers.. - j (Reprint tom Nw York Tlmtei, June , 1020.) "A new and scientific method of marketing is a ""problem that sur passes every other economic devel opment in its importance," declared Congressman John M. Baer of North Dakota in a recent-speech in the house of representatives. Inves tigators have protested for some time that the trouble, lay somewhere between the farm and the table. Ac cording to congressional figures the people of the United States have been paying more than $500,000,000 a year in excessive costs for trans portation of food. The chief of the bureau of food and markets in New York City produced figures to show that two-thirds of every dollar is paid by tlie consumer to the present system of distribution. , " In this connection an investigator, Muriel Bailey, for the Panamer jran union, lifted this burden from the shoulders of the farmer and the consumer. There are now 600 mo tor truck lines ih operation not un der the jurisdiction of the govern ment, and more than ISO of these are in California, it is said. Rural Truck Routes. -"Certain states have already been mapped into districts, and each' dis trict mapped out into rural -truck routes," says the writer, "and ovef these dozens of lines are running, making mc-ux-y for themselves, for the farmers and for the little vil lages around the central cities. These truck express lines send big motor trucks out on a regular schedule to cover a prescribed route. Anyone on any of these routes can have any thing from a package of needles to a tractor delivered to him from any pcint on the line, and, it will reach him on the day it was ordered, and when the truck arrives Jhe vegeta bles, grain, fruit, eggs, butter and live stock of the farmer can be load td and shipped away to market." The efficacy of the motor truck for Ihis task was recently tested in a demonstration which was undertaken hy the United States postoffice. "At 6 o'clock fine morning a motor lruck was loaded at Lancaster, Pa., with 18,000 eggs in crates, 1,000 chicks- a day old, .and, .started for New York City, 100 miles away." lays the writer. "At the same time , I similar shipment was- sent to the; , consignee by railroad. . It took the truck 12 hours to reach New York. Four of the little chicjes were dad ndnine eggs were . broken when . the goods were delivered at the door f the consignee. .Delays by Railroad. ; "The' train shipment waiT four days in reaching Jer6eyj City. It took another day -to send a notice to the consignee that the . shipment had arrived. He was then com pelled to send- his own truck to Jer sey City for the shipment. When it reached his door thousands of the eggs had been smashed and half the chicks were dead." ' One truck line of Cleveland; O., has in operation a fleet of 10 six-ton trucks. Last spring a large business developed in the handling of hot , house vegetables, and . later, ' when 1 fruits and vegetables began to come in the regular season, these trucks liandied 20,000 crates of berries, 25, 000 bushels of tomatoes and 20,000 bushels of apples, peaches and beans, while in the fajl during he grape season they handled 84,000 baskets of grapes an average of miles at ah, approximate charge of $7 a ton. . Another company in Pennsylvania lias been hailing potatoes 35 miles, " over mountainous joads. The motor trucks are carrying 115 bushels to the load in a little over three hours. It formerly required at least two horse teams. In a few months one rural express line, operating 157 motor trucks of all makes and sizes, hauled from Council Bluffs. Ia., to Omaha, Neb., 18,498 head of cattle. 1158,019 head of hogs and'37,130 head of.sheep. .. ' . Truck Exhibitions Recall Trip Hade By -First Pierce-ArroW Ship-by-fruck demonstrations which are being staged in various tities attest to the rapidly growing adoption of - the motor truck for intercity haulage." The widespread activities -cf the truck in this phase f transportation, says a Pierce-Ar-row "Motor Car company official, makes it difficult to realize that it was only nine years ago that the first practical and successful Inter city truck demonstration was made in America.' " ...,'.., " "At that time.' said the official, "few dreamed thS the day would come when thousands of-motor trucks would be utilized in ridding ili-nari rf nnf! of its most vex ing problems the transportation of less than, carload lots i over com paratively' short distances. Indeed, it was said that the motor truck as A then built was not reliable enough, staunch enough or econom ical enough to attempt intercity work. v ' ' "To disprove this belief, the Pierce-Arrow company put ,the first truck it built for salS-to a test that even today would demonstrate the worth of ajiy truck. This unit, the first worm-drive truck of American design, in the" spring 'of 1911jour neyed overland from cit to city throughout theeastern states. And Aen, to cap the climax, it was run, fully loaded, from New York to Boston." ; fieo Tracks Driven From Lansing Factory to Denver A caravan of 18 Reo trucks passed through Omaha' last week on their fcrav to Denrer. Colo. These trucks rere driven from Lansing, Mich., to .Denver for the Graham-Jones Motot; jeompany. ' - " :- -; ; .- A Nebtaska inventor's automobile thief alarm utilizes the drive shaft -1 . - A J 1. U.ll . jHow to Replace Your Tube Right Wssy .Unexpected outbursts from inner tubes ordinate from sins of omis sion 1 ava commission, tsy em phasising the more glaring ones the B. F. Goodrich Rubber company be lieves it can save the motorist dollars that would otherwise be wasted. Haste in replacing punctured or blown out tubes is responsible, for a multitude of these sins.. The right PACKARD BUSSES COMPETING WITH RAILROAD LINES All Interurban Traffic in South ern California by Motor Is Prediction. Records for long-distance travel and continuous service by passengefr-b automobiles, probably unrivaled, are offered W theAR. G. Buses com pany of Los AngeJes, which; is daily operating a Packard car that has run up 346,000 miles, and several cars that have passed the 300,000 mile mark according to J. E. Hpyt, gen eral sales manager of the Packard Omaha company. ' ' Every car in its fleet of 52 Twin Sixes is expected to run its 270 miles a day, with from nine to eleven pas sengers, and from 500 to 800 pounds of baggage. Many of them , do 405 miles. General Use is Prediction, E. S. Goode, president of the com pany, has had such great success with his busses that he predicts that within ten years all interurban traffic in southern California will be by this means. Already he is handling trat- hc between; Los Angeles, Ontario,- Riverside, San Bernardino, San Di ego, Bakersfield and halt a dozen other towns, while by connection- with another bus line passengers can ( - J? H. Umaha vay to place a tube into a- casing is to first partly inflate it. IThen: it should be applied carefully, the side bearing the stem always being kept in sight. When it is in the ceasing it should be talced carefully and the fingers forced all around the tire to make sure the talc has been evenly distributed. A tube never should be inserted unless being partially in flated. ' ' . ' -r -' .: ' go straight through' from Los An geles to San Francisco. - ' .Run OnSchedule. On these runs the Packards keep regular schedules which , beat the time of all but one train, and of all interurban cars. The bus fares are slightly lower. Mr. Goode claims that to many of the- towns named he is already carrying from three to five times as many as the interurbans are.. The busses run ihJrains of from eight to twenty, keeping sched ule time, and the fact that they use the main roads, instead of sliding in to the "back doors" of the towns, he elieves gives him a great advantage over the electric cars. - , S Elgin Road Race to Attract Best List of Entries Since 1913 Chicago, July Elgin na tional road race on August 21 has assumed a national importance which has been absent from it since he discontinuance of stock car rac ing several years ago. This year's race assumes the importance of the real road racing championship of America and has, accordingly, brought together the best list, of entries for an affair' jflf the kind since 1913. Award of championship points by the Ameripan Automobile association has brought about this result. A Brazilian' railroad has met with success in experimenting with pul verized coal, blown into the loco motive fire boxes, as fuel.- The demand for Type 59 Cadillac, which it is difficult to "supply even with production volume at thchighest : peint in Cadillac history, is to be as cribed, no to any general economi6 condition, or any general shortage, , W any general reason , at all, but simply and solely to the utter goodness of the car. 1 . D'. - I., L- L 4 . Hansen Cadillac Co. " - - THE OMAHA SUNDAY PREDICTION OF 50-CtfJT GAS IS PURE NONSENSE Conference of Oil and Auto mobile Men Finds That v Shortage Is Only y Temporary. ' ' , Knprinted from New York Tribune, May - 19, mo, t At a recent meeting attended by representatives of the Society pi Au tomotive Engineers, the American Petroleum Institute and the Nation al Automobile " Chamber of Com merce th following " points -were brought out: ' - - , ' . , l 1 1. The present shortage and ncces-. sity for increasing the price of 'gaso line are the result of tod little dril ing last year and are,' therefore, only temporary, There may be temporary shortages on the Pacific coast and hereNand there throughout the coun try.'.' '-'' 2' Th ficiircs' show that nf th crude oil refined last year the gaso line irom Caen gallon was li per ent. In (hr eastern serttioo if vva 22 per ceni; on the west coast only. .i per cent, wnereas in tne tniawest, where production is biggest, 35 per cent of cisnlinp. was takn. f mm each gallon of crude oil. With the case ana west coast companies using the cracking, process so generally, used in the midwest section. 9orint increase in the quantity of gasoline is assured. No 50-Cent Gasoline. . 3. It is not believed that gasoline will go above 35 or 36 cents at re tail.. The 50-cent alk is, nonsense. 4. Gasoline corisnmntinn Aurin-r the last 12 months was lss than production. . 5. One prominent oil "man stated that, as the nresent' situation ia tVio result of an emergenc)', the bid price on oil will remain high, but with the present bid price of $3.50 per barrel lor crude on in. the midwest field more active rlrillin(r. with trio rutnlt. ant increased production, will follow. 6. Thj same oil man "stated that with this increased production will come a lower pneeor gasoline. He believes that next year, 1921, gaso line should as-ain sell at less than 30 cents per gallon. , - . x ne on men aavise tne use ot gasifiers; more careful designing of motors for greater economy in fuel consumption: that truck users should K ; l I : ... wanicu against runrjing motors when trucks are ,not moving, and that carbuetor adjustment for econ omy should be a ceneral nrartiro with all cars. , . ' . . , 8. The automobile manufacturers suggested the need for, a better grade of easoline. as the nrpspnt fails nf clean combustion and reaches the crank case, diluting the lubricating oil, with resultant damage to bear ings; that the oil people should in form us at least a year or tw,o in ad vance of the quality of gasoline that will be offered. Promotions Made in the Studebaker Corporation ; Harry A. Biggs has been appoint ed a director and vice "president of the Studebaker corporation in charge of domestic sales. E. H. McCarty, Mr. Biggs chief assistant, will hereafter have the tirfe of assistant to "the vice presi dent. L. J. Oilier, a director and vice president" of this corporation, who has just returned from a .trip around the world, during which, he has studied conditions . and organized the export business in a thorough manner, will hereafter be in charge of export sales, including Canada. " H. S. Welch, Mr. Ollier's chief assistant, will hereafter have the title of assistant to the vice presi dent. - A'. Lincoln . BEE: AUGUST 1, 1920. Gomes From Denver to Manage Local Branch Of Milled Rubber Co. Robert. C. Buflan oi Denver has recently been appointed manager of the Miller Rubber company factory branch, and has been here for the past 10 days organizing the sales force for an energetic canvass of the entire territory under tthe juris diction of the Omaha bffice. Mr. Burlan has been connectetH wun ine miner. rcuDDer comDany for a npmber of years. - Burlan has been a'close associate of Charles C. Collins, district manager of the com pany, with headquarters at Den ver. lie ' i t V , .'. ; Little , Seemingly it remained for the Overland Four tqxstage the real, practical economy demonstra tion of' the season., . Not a demonstration .of economy along a chosen route nor . a " demonstration of speed which the average v v motorist seldom uses. ; Just an old-fashioned in "terpretation of the word economy.- s ' The Overland Four started from New-York City at midnight, Sunday, July 18, with San v Francisco as its "destination. - No attempt was i made at a speed record. The car was driven at the average speed maintained by a trans- ; continental tourist. Of course, every conceivable kind of a road was encountered. " Long stretches; of mud re quiring chains: miles and miles of sand long, steep hills city pavements and deeply rutted roads even mountains and. derts. ' vv Then to put this car to the supreme test, 5 , different drivers' were used in making this run. , It is a generally known fact that the best results h Omaha, Neb. JB ' : ' Van Braiiit CAN tHE AUTO BE RIGHTLY TERMED NON-ESSENTIAL? Estimated That Autos Are Saving Farmery 2,250,000 Hours Every Week., - Is the motor car a "nonessential?" We are hearing a lot of talk along this line just now, but Jet's stop and consider a few pertinent facts. , There ar ,2,250,00) ' motor cars owned by farmers in the United States. Supposing that each car. saved its owner but one hour's time a week compared with the old horse and bupgy. ' That would mean 2,250,000 hours per week, or a grand total of 93,750 full days of 24 hours saved to the farmers of the United States in these days of scarce and high-priced farm labor.- ' Railway passenger cars for subuj ban service out of large cities, and street car equipment in these cities is so inadequate as to' make travel high ly uncomfortabledue to overcrowd ing. Think whatt would mean if motor cars were suddenly withdrawn from service arid the greatly added burden were placed on these public carriers.. " And the restricted activity of hun dreds of thousands pf doctors who are' able to care for many times the number of patients by reason of the quick means of getting about afford ed by automobiles. , Applying the test right in your own territory. Just consider how many business and professional men and farmers , use their motor cars largely for business. Suppose that every car were withdrawn from serv ice for a week or a month just how would it affect the local situation? AND Hardest Car Thiat Price $985, f. o. - Time Payments If Desired A mil Distributors Hamilton Moor Co. Distributors for All-American Trucks r. - 7- - , t Announcement was made recently to the effect tha the Hamilton Mo tor company had Jlakenon the dis tribution of All-American trucks in the eastern three-quarters of Ne braska and the western one-quartet of Iowa. v v i ', ;U :The All-American is not new to this territory, and there are already a number of operators who are get ting entire satisfaction from trucks which they have operated for sev eral months. The All-Anvrican is made in- three different models a 3,000-pound truck for farm use and two 5,000-pound Jriicks for heavier hauling. 1 It is the plan of the Hamilton Mo tor company to equip such trucks as they sell here with built-to-ordtif bodies. The-' company will deter mine the character of hauling which is to be ddfie, and have a body built which is best suited to 'the7work which will 4e done. ' - . FOR MOTOR PEP 1 lv Use GILL PISTON RING CO. S. E. Cor. 20th and Farnam f 1 OMAHA; NEB. 1 lllillllirairiiiiiiltlil!iinii;i imiiiimiii'niiilniimnriliiiiniiWi!ll:;'!illiiii3il:!:;lMinli; Irom Test THE lackled 1 onjirun of this sort arejobtained where only one or two drivers are used, thus they become famijiar with the particular car which they are driving and get the maximum out of it. Each dealer along the route drove this car through his territory. - . , , And through all this, the Overland kept go- )ing night and day until Monday morning at ' 7;05, when they reached their destination, San ' 'Francisco.' ' ' ' : : ' -vA ; .' - ; The speedometer showect that' this car had traveled 3,442 miles, averaging 19.2 miles per hour, 27.2 miles per the gallon ot gasolene, and had usedbut two gallons of oil ; . .. ' i Think of it; an average-of 27.2 miles to the gallon of gasolene for 3,442 miles, traveling- night and day for V days and the care was in 1 excellent condition upon reaching .. its destina tion,. This iscreal economy, the kind that saves you money at the end of the season TJiink it over. b. Toledo, Ohio :omooine j6 Motor Company Adds : f Large New Building Unit To" East Plant , 'in oder to meet the eVr-increas-ing-demands and also facilitate pro duction, under the adverse present 'ay conditions, the Briscoe Motor, corporation Jias just completed an-, other building unit to their enormous' east end plants. ' In keeping with the other units, . this new building i concrete-steel construction-throuchout. costing ap proximately $25,0QO. Twenty-one semi-automatic ma-: chines for machining gear - blanks -from rough forgings have been in stalled. Qne man can operate three machines. 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