Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 26, 1917, Page 3

7 g ] ] e { i THURSDAY. APRIL 26, 1917. TRACTOR TO OPEN Possibilities Shown by War May Solve Commercial Transportation. Measured by their performances in the European war, the motorcar and the flying machine may soon prove de- clsive factors in the commercial de velopment of the tropics, according to O. P. Austin, statistician of the Na- tional City bank of New York city. Mr. Austin says that the failure of the tropical sections of the world to develop when they possess a.greater producing power per acre or square mile than the temperate zones is due primarily to lack of transportition fa- cilities. Animal power cannot cope with climatic conditions as a medium of transportation in the tropics. He suggests that the commercial automo- bile and the caterpillar tractor for roadless areas may solve the tran- sportation problem of the tropics. while the airplane may serve the pur- " pose of exploration and travel. “The system of mechanical power necessary for transportation in the trop” 8 between the place of production and the common carrier,” said Mr. Aus. o tin, “has apparently been brought into « practical operation by tbe necessities| of the wur. While man bad invented the automobile and the fiying machine Nancy. ROADS IN TROPICS ool e ool B oie OF THE Central and Western Europe, showing principal and international boundaries. of Continental Europe. and distances, wireless stations, etc. before the war, he had only begun to realize their practical value, and espe- cially the practicabllity of operating the horseless vehicle over undeveloped and roadless areas. “But the necessities of the war have sharpened his wits, and today millions of men and untold quantities of mer- chandise are being transported by American and other horseless vehicles over sections of Europe in which, how- ever good their roads may once bave been, they can no longer be relied upon as highways for this necessary trans- portation, which goes on day and night and with an activity heretofore un- dreamed of. If the development of the horseless vehicle and flyilng machine for exploration, travel and communica- tion should render practicable the com- mercial development of the tropical half of' the world’s land area their value to man would far exceed the cost of the war in which their practical qualities have been made apparent.” As evidence of the demand in tem- perate zones for tropical products, Mr. Austin cited the fact that in 1916 the United States alone took merchandise of this kind worth $1,000,000,000. EXIT T I L L L L 0000000000: THE BALLOT. * * A weapon that comes down as still & As snowflakes fall upon the sod, & But executes a freeman's will L] As lightning does the will of God. & ~John Plerpont. & [ d L TR eI 2 R R R L S L L L e THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER sfocfecoeforteofecfefecieot ++++-l-+-l—l—l'+'l'1 WHICH ARE YOU? 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