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L. J. Quasey 



Future of Motor 



Trucking Revealed 



in I. C. C. Report 



Quasey ami Kirkpafrick Represent I. A. 

 A. in a Series <j1 Hearings i 



l>KGULATION of nidtor tiiuks and 

 ' * i)us lines, and a fomplt'tc tivatiso 

 on the development of freitrht seiviee 

 by motor trucks is 

 the subject of a 

 lengthy rept)|rt of 

 the Interlstate 

 Commerce [Com- 

 mission kno\^n as 

 (locket No. Ip300. 

 The report jgrew 

 out of a series of 

 hearings throuph- 

 out the United 

 States during :r.»27 

 and early l;t28. 

 The. purpose o!f the 

 hearings \va* to 

 hrinpr to light facts regarding motoi- 

 truck and bus transjiortation with the 

 view of recommending regulatoiy 

 measures in the interest of the pqblic. 

 L. J. Quasey. director of transpor- 

 tation, and Donald Kirkpatrick. legal 

 counsel, lepresented the Illinois Agri- 

 lultural Association at the various 

 hearings. 



Truck Service Popular 



The Commission states that throUgh- 

 <iut the hearing few comi)laints were 

 registered against the service rend^sred 

 by either contract carrier or common- 

 carrier trucks. Motor-truck serivice 

 loi- short hauls was generally ciom- 

 mendeil by shippers. Promjitness of 

 delivery was recognized as an im- 

 portant advantage. Little unifoniiity 

 lietween rates and charges for trans- 

 poitation for both goods and pas- 

 sengers was apparent. The Cpm- 

 niission found it impossible to make a 

 fair comparison of truck rates with 

 rail rates. 



In ronni'cticut transportation : by 

 motor truck for 20 miles is three cqnts 

 per 100 lbs. lower than the rail late: 

 for. :>0 miles it appro.ximates the ^'ail 

 rate: for 50 miles it is two celits 

 higher; for 75 miles it is ten cents 

 hij;her and for 100 miles. 1!» cents 

 Ijigher. In Louisiana and North Carr)- 

 lina truck rates apiiroximate the cor- 

 responding rail rates. In other sec- 

 tions truck rates vary above and beli)w 

 rail rates. Few operators of individtjial 

 trucks and even of fleets of truitks 

 have kei)t adequate cost records. 1 



Livestock Transportation 



Reiiorting on the increase in trarts- 

 portatioii of livestock by motor triu-k 

 the Commission says: ^'Through t)ie 

 use of the railroad and motor trucl(.s, 

 farmers are now enabled to save IM to 

 :'.(> hours in delivering their livestock 

 Xo market. This, of course, applies to 

 shoit hauls of 150 miles or less. Three 

 and one-third million hogs were mo- 

 tor trucked to 15 |)rincipal markets in 

 the United States in l!t25. This 

 approximated 1 1 per cent of the total 

 pfceiiUs. Calves, cattle, and sheep. 



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likewise, are lieing hauled to market 

 in increasing iiuiiibers by motor truck. 



Truck-In Business Grows 



In Vyl-l. 2S.10:! Ii^ad of cattle were 

 motor-trucked to the .Sioux City. Iowa, 

 stockyai-ds and in I!i25 the number 

 was 7;».:»Gfi, repiesenting 4.07 per cent 

 and it. 47 per cent, respectively, of the 

 total receipts in those years. In 1SI22, 

 277.514 hogs were motor-trucked to 

 Sioux City, and in l',t25. the number 

 was (H)5.;!iM. re|)resenting 14.i»5 per 

 cent and l'.i.5;t per cent, respectively, 

 of the total receipts of hogs at that 

 market. In l'.i22, the number of 

 calves hauled by motor truck to Sioux 

 City represented 7.11 jier cent of the 

 total receipts and in l!t25. 24. !» per 

 cent. In 1022, S.OO i)er cent of the 

 total receipts of sheej) were motor- 

 trucked and in 1!»25. 11.7:! per cent. 

 The average length of haul to the 

 Sioux City market is .'iS to 40 miles, 

 with a maximum liaul of about 100 

 miles. 



Large Increase Here 



In 1!»25. the receipts of livestock by 



motor truck at South St. Paul, Minn., 



were about 7 per- 



cent 



.f the total 

 !• e p V e- 

 an in- 

 1925 as 

 with 

 approxi- 

 o7 p e r 



Donald Kirkpatrick 



receipts 

 senting 

 crease in 

 compared 

 l'.»24 of 

 mately 



cent. .About li) i)er 

 cent of the motor- 

 hauled livestock 

 receiveil at this 

 market originates 

 within a radius of 

 r>0 miles. 

 The livestock hauled by motor truck 

 to the Kansas City. Mo.-Kans., stock- 

 yards shows a gradual increase from 

 l'.i21 to l'.t25. The total number of 

 livestock received by motor truck at 

 this stockyard in l'.t21 was 228.702 

 and in r.'25. .■i54.1X4. which was about 

 five per cent of the total receipts of 

 all meat animals. 



Smaller Growth Chicago 



There is a smaller peicentage of 

 total receri)ts of livestock coming into 

 the Chicago stockyards by motor truc^k 

 than at most of the other principal 



markets, larpolj- duo. if is stated, to 

 the congestion t'ncountered by the 

 motor tiucks going to and from the 

 stock.uiids. The peicentage of the 

 total of all cla.s.ses <if livestock re- 

 ceived at the Chicago market by motor 

 truck varied from .;{2 per cent in I>l20 

 to .111 per cent in 11»25. The total 

 number received by motor truck in 

 lii25 was 128,215 head. The radius 

 of operations for motor trucks han- 

 dling livestock to the Chicago market 

 ranges from about 30 to 60 miles and 

 in some instances. 70 miles. 



Indianapolis Figures 



In the Indianapoli.s, Ind.. market in 

 l!»l,i only 4.5 per c«yit of the total 

 receipts of hogs were transported by 

 motor truck while in 1'.I23, .'52.5 per 

 cent were hauled by motor truck. The 

 length of haul of these shipments was 

 approximately 50 miles. The rates for 

 the transportation of hogs and cattle 

 to packing plants at Indianapolis have 

 been reduced because of a rapidly de- 

 veloping practice of hauling return 

 loads of merchandise, agricultural ma- 

 chinery, fertilizers, cement, and build- 

 ing material from the indu.strial center 

 to small towns along the route of the 

 truck operator. .Approximately 180 

 tons of return loading are being 

 transported weekly from Indianapolis 

 to suirounding territory on returning 

 stock trucks. 



Poultry Trucking Growi 



Shipments of poultry by motor truck 

 are increasing in number. .A farmer 

 in .Minnesota .stated that though there 

 was a shrinkage of five or six pounds 

 per crate on rail shipments, it was only 

 about one pound when motor tiucks 

 were used. He can deliver his iioultry 

 in Minneai)olis, a distance of about 50 

 miles, in a little over two hours by 

 truck and is enabled to obtain the 

 benefit of the .Minneapolis market 

 price which i.s usually five or six cents 

 per pound over his local market. 



The advantage of motor truck trans- 

 portation for shipments of livestock 

 for short distances are: A mininiuiti 

 of shrinkage, quick delivery, ability to 

 take advantage of favorable market 

 jirices, less cost for food and watering 

 stock, and ability to make shipments 

 of a few animals at a time. 



GATES TO LASALLE 



r^ E. GATES, assistant state club 

 ^^« leader, has been employed as 

 farm adviser in LaSalle county to suc- 

 ceed Walter W. McLaughlin. Mc- 

 Laughlin resigned recently and accord- 

 ing to reports has been emi)loyed by 

 one of the banks at Decatur to nian- 

 :ige its agricultural interests. 



CON'GRESSMEX ASWELL OF 

 Louisiana. Fort of New .lersey. Crisp 

 of Georgia and Clarke of New York 

 were principal .speakers against the 

 Haugen Bill in the early debate in the 

 House. Ketchani of Michigan ap- 

 peared in behalf of the export deben- 

 ture plan. 



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