would understand, and appreciate, T and remember. They would find that you had made your will, putting your wishes for their welfare into the tangible form of directions to your executor. They would find that careful plans had been made to protect, for their benefit, your property, life insurance, and other affairs. They would find the burdens of estate management being attended to by a trust company. They would find the trust company sympathetic and considerate in all its dealings with them. They would know their inheritance was in safe hands. You should make this vital gift of protection. Then you can give your other gifts with a freer hand and a freer heart. RAIL CAR USED ON SIDE-LINES FOR PASSENGER, EXPRESS, AND MAIL SERVICE. HERE is a new era dawning for America. To-day city and country are being rapidly tied together by a new link which will make it possible for us all to have twenty-four-hour eggs for breakfast, milk from last night's milking, vegetables still wet with the dew, and any number of things which have heretofore been the prerogative of the gentleman farmer. No longer will the individual find it necessary to wrestle with the cutworm and swap garden lore over the fence with his nextdoor neighbor, for his wife will be able to purchase fresh vegetables in the open market for less than he can grow them, and of a better quality. On the other hand, the wife of the farmer is coming into her own. Up to ten years ago the life of the woman on the farm was one eternal round of petty duties. To-day the farmer's wife is part of the near-by community. She shares its interests, belongs to the Woman's Club, attends lectures, knows her neighbors, is able to talk understandingly on public questions; she joins classes in domestic science, reads the magazines, and follows along with her children in their work at school. public questions; she joins classes in She shops in the near-by town and she knows values. No longer is she dependent on the itinerant peddler for sleazy calico and thin-bottomed pans. She attends bargain sales, supports local merchants with her trade, stands for better merchandising, and knows to a cent just what commodities are worth. She visits the moving-picture shows and enjoys educational films. She knows why unsanitary methods are a public menace, and she finds herself enjoying the neighborly competition which makes her but ter a little better and more in demand than that of her neighbor next door. What has brought about this change, and what is all this doing toward the making of a broader and better America? All the way down the annals of history progress has been marked by better communication. Isolated sections cannot grow beyond a certain point. Interchange of commodities, interchange of ideas, has meant not only the upbuilding of commerce but the mental advancement of every community. While the introduction of the automobile has meant much to the pleasureloving members of the community, it has played a much greater part in its readjustment of social conditions. Chi!dren are carried to school by auto-bus without tying up motive power which is needed for work on the farm; smallstore keepers are learning better business methods because of better touch with the outside world and increased business: and women are patronizing home markets because they are able to get there and make personal selections. Then, too, the city worker finds it possible to live in the outlying districts and still go to his work in town even if he is not the possessor of a car, for bus lines are gridironing outlying districts; the rural motor express is making short work of carrying commodities and transportation is just at the other end of the telephone. An interesting experiment was made some little time ago by a local Chamber of Commerce in New York State. The purpose was to provide better transportation facilities for out-of-town residents and to increase local business. A waiting station was built in a central location of the town, and in the sta tion were placed a number of small bins, each bin being marked with the number of a motor-bus route. Packages sent to the station by merchants are deposited in the proper bin, and may be claimed by the passenger on a special ticket or are delivered at the homes by the motor-bus driver, who drops them off at the respective houses as he covers his route. A small fee is charged, and the expense is sometimes borne by the merchant and sometimes by the customer. As the busses serve the country district for a radius of eighteen miles, this has proved not only a distinct service to country buyers but an immense stimulant to local trade. Telephone orders have increased to such an extent that telephone order desks have been installed in many of the stores and special buyers fill orders by personal selection, becoming so well acquainted with the needs of their trade that they make selections with almost unerring accuracy. Maintenance costs, including salary of the attendant at the termina!, are covered by the profits from the news-stand, which sells the usual run of popular magazines and candies, and by the small Not only has the motor bus brought of bus lines have been established with regular scheduled routes. Not less difficult than that of the outof-town resident has been the position of the railways in handling passenger, mail, and light express service on their side-lines. Little jerk-water railways have often been willing enough to give service, but the expense involved in providing a crew of three or four men to operate the engine and combination passenger and freight car not only ate up the profits of that branch but those of the others as well. Fare for half a dozen passengers a day, a little freight, and a few bags of mail does not offset wages, coal, and the standing charges of equipment. With a view to relieving their diffi Guaranty Ο A Cotton Shipment and NE of our customers in the South He had made a shipment of cotton to Through our New York Office we ex- we arranged sale of the cotton on a basis This Company finances a large vol- Similarly, manufacturers and merchants W. L.DOUGLAS $5 $6 $7 &$8 SHOES FOR MEN and WOMEN TO MERCHANTS: If no dealer in your town handles W. L. Douglas shoes, write today for exclusive rights to handle this quick selling, quick turn-over line. W. L. Douglas Shoe Co, 167 Spark St. Brockton, Mass. PUTTING WHEELS UNDER INDUSTRY (Continued) culty, the motor-truck companies came to the rescue with the offer of a rail car which would fill all their requirements and yet permit of one-man operation. This car is fashioned much like a motor bus, except that it has flanged wheels and a place for mail or light freight. It is operated over side-lines by one man, and tests have proved that it not only maintains good speed and takes the inclines as well as the ordinary train, but that it is a bear for heavy snow and plows through it like a steam-engine, a very necessary requisite for the side-line car. At the present time something over twenty roads are operating these rail cars, with excellent results. And just as the motor bus fills a great social need, so the motor truck is giving us a quick and economical method of transporting commodities over short hauls. The truck is not only bringing in produce from the outlying farm to the city dweller, but it is carrying back to the farmer in its return loads the commodities he needs for running his farm and for the comfort of his family. There are said to be something over a hundred concerns operating trucks on sixteen regular routes which pass through New York City and which cover the country to the south through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware to the District of Columbia, and to the north they extend all over New England. These companies not only haul produce and fruit, but also manufactured articles. As an example of the opportunities which present themselves for motortruck distribution, the Port of New York offers an excellent illustration. Within a trucking radius of the Port of New York 8,000,000 people are supplied with thousands of tons of food every year. The more directly and more rapidly this tonnage can be transported from shipper to consumer, the less will be the waste, the better the quality, and the lower the cost. Throughout New England farmers have been quick to use the motor truck to reach city tables with their produce. It has been estimated that the Boston Post Road alone carries $15,000,000 worth of commodities a year. But this does not cover merely foodstuffs and farm produce, although thousands of dozens of eggs are one of the largest individual items. Manufacturers have found that for small articles which have great intrinsic value and for transporting commodities where crating or heavy boxing would be necessary in railway haulage, the truck offers an easy means of moving them. Farm produce is packed in baskets and no heavy packing is needed even for such breakables as eggs. How to keep transport costs at their lowest figure is continually in the mind of every transport company. The American Railway Express, whose tonnage mounts to the millions, found that standing motors and idle drivers constituted a large share of their expense. Now CRANE UNLOADING DEMOUNTABLE BODY FROM FLAT CAR TO TRUCK they keep their drivers busy and use demountable trailers, which are backed up to the loading platforms and are loaded while the driver takes out the already waiting load, which is quickly attached to his traction chassis. In Chicago and New York terminals hundreds of these traction units are continually on the move, picking up and releasing loaded and unloaded trailers. In all, the American Railway Express operates something over 3,400 trucks. Much this same plan has been adopted by one of the largest drug chains in the country in supplying their local stores in and around New York City. Careful analysis proved to them that at least within a radius of forty-five miles of their warehouses they could deliver more economically and satisfactorily by truck. Not the least of the considerations included the more rapid turnover of money invested, owing to the rapidity of truck delivery, which eliminated long waits on sidings and lost sales through uncertain delivery. This company uses seven large cranes, which are adjusted to their shipping platform and which permit the hanging of extra auto bodies. When the truck arrives in the morning, it deposits an extra body. Within a few minutes a loaded body has been attached to the chassis and it has made way for another truck, thus materially decreasing the space necessary for loading platforms. Extra bodies are always in the process of loading and the chauffeurs are not obliged to waste any time standing around. In the Far West, where great stretches of country are without railway transportation, motor haulage has greatly facilitated and lowered the cost of distribution. It has been estimated that not less than 4,000 motor trucks are used in California for contract hauling, and the traffic count shows an average of 286,375 truck miles a day. In the fruit belt motor transport is the ideal solution for the handling of perishable fruit, and great fleets of trucks are continually Give McCutcheon Linens for Christmas! ONE gift that is always certain of an enthusiastic welcome is the Christmas remembrance of McCutcheon Linen. For people know that whatever it may be-a box of beautifully embroidered handkerchiefs, or of plain, sturdy bed sheets, a luncheon set rich with delicate hand-work and lace-so long as it comes from McCutcheon's, it's of the finest quality obtainable. 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