Science has provided a substitute so well adapted to the purpose that today one-third of the people of the United States have resorted to the use of the passenger car, while I am informed that even in the newest part of the country where agriculture has taken its most rapid strides within the past five years and where from Ogallala to Kimball I have been surprised at the magic growth of new towns and cities of the most modern type. I understand that there are fifty loads of wheat moved by motor truck to one load by the old-time method.

"I have come from Washington to Kimball, and everywhere, at cross roads, villages and cities I have been impressed with the number of autos parked and filled with cheering people who have hailed us as the harbinger of the better day, but nowhere, even at the country cross roads or in the cities, have I seen old Dobbin parked. The fact that needs to be impressed today is that the entire human family is going to resort to the motor vehicle as rapidly as these can be manufactured, the means provided for their purchase, proper roadbeds constructed for their operation, and skill developed for the operation and upkeep. We are conducting a national drive for these purposes."

The Motor convoy which consisted of a large number of powerful motor trucks and other motor equipment was sent across the United States in August, 1919, for joint purposes demonstrating the progress already made in those lines of experimenting and exploring possibilities of future improvement and testing the highway systems of the country came through Kimball.