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Show r- iPoracEl soiil us . SIPIN ISSUE CLEARLY SEEN - - 01 PRESIDENTIAL CHUTES 't 3 well ihat tho presidential candidates can-didates of the United States have put their ears to the ground and listened lo the rumbling noise of the good rdrtds advocates, and have made public declarations in favor of the better-inont better-inont of the highways throughout the country as an important issue before theV American people, tl is conceded by all of them that the country cannot can-not fully prosper without better road accommodations, and they do not hesl-J--' tate to say so. This being true, there need be "any question but that the next administration, whether Demo cratic or Republican will tako decided steps along the line of national road building by establishing and providing for tho maintenance of adequate highways high-ways to all sections of the country. It is more than likely that within the iip't i en years great trunk highways ho ostablished across tho continent conti-nent inucu cue dHine as bands of steel now link the East to the West and the North to the South. With these main lines of highway encompassing the entire country, slates, counties and municipalities' will bs encouraged to build hard sur i faced roads out from the main tlior- rorming a complete nctv:ork of high-I high-I ways from ocean to ocean and from I what a splendid accomplishment this I will be. It will be the means of re-j I juvenating tlie commercial life of the United Slates and will solve tho I transportation problem in one stroke It will be the means of lifting a great I a population from comparative lethargy r' 10 the highest pinnacle of industrial activity and progress. The ountry H will become n better place in which to 1 live and communities will be better able to touch elbows in the daily 3 walks of life. jj The opinions of these presidential i candidates, given to the Travel and f Transportation bureau of the Goodrich j Rubber company furnish a clearer j J purvlow of the question tlian could) ' otherwise be stated. Tho opinions orj somo of them follow: ; William G. McAdoo: 'Tho failure I of the railroads to keep pace with the growth of the country lias developed devel-oped a transportation problem which, seriously menaces our economic developed devel-oped and prosperity. It will be many years before tho railroads enn be brought up to the required standard. Meanwhile, our best chance of immediate imme-diate relief is great systems of state highways so laid out and constructed as to 3upply tho automobile and motor mo-tor truck the additional transportation facilities tho country imperatively needs. I strongly favor the construction construc-tion of good roads everywhere through both stato and national aid. After wo build them we must maintain them by an intelligent system of superin-l tendence. Let us keen our hlcrhwnvli ! departments out of politics and in the I hands of the best engineering and j business of the best' engineering and business talent of the country." J Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood: 'An ade'- quate good roads system is the corn- I mercial liaison which makes for tho" I proper co-ordination of tho require- J ments of producer, manufacturer and consumer. The need for such a system sys-tem was strkingly demonstrated during dur-ing the war, aud it is as great now as it ever was. Good roads mean better and more productive farms, bringing remote rural sections into J close touch with the markets. By j providing something which makes I possible the development of farms we I, perform a service of inestimable value R to the country as a whole." 1 Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal- I nier: "The national system of trans- porfallon and distribution is so essen- gj tial that every possible facility must HI0I he provided to encourage producers oi farm commodities and merchandise to il'wJj Increase production. The Improvo- 5Jp"MI ment and use of public highways in g addition lo always, railways and wa ll j' lerways as avenues of conveyance, is III vital to the progress and prosperity w of the people." n Senator Miles Poindexter: "Good II roads construction retarded by the 1 war should now be pushed vigorously 1 ! and nothing should be permitted to in H ! terfere with the expansion and devel-H devel-H j opment of these important arteries of I . transportation and trade which at the 1 immediate moment can servo to ma- ) terially reduce high living costs by facilitating the movement of foodstuffs from tho farm to the table. I favor an extensive system of national roads built by the federal government lo- cated with a view to military defense I as well as civic and commercial use and co-ordinated with exisiting high-I high-I f ways so as to form a national as well J as local system." ! ' Gov. James M. Cox: "The eslablish- ' ment and maintenance of a good road J system throughout tho countrv is asi essential to tho life of the nation as proper circulation of blood is essential to tho life of the individual. With a perfect highway system there can by no stagnation of transportation at any time. Normal needs promptlv and properly met will prevent perplexing and costly emergencies." Senator Hiram John: "We have had a great object losson of the value of good roads in the paved highways of my own state of California. Tnev have been a great factor in the development devel-opment of the state, opening up regions re-gions which hitherto wer inaccessible, and adding to the prosperity of all the improvement of the highways of the nation undoubtedly will be of great ?conomic value to the countrv as a whole, relieving the congestion which now exists on other transportation facilities and making distribution of tho nation's commodities easier and cheaper. The good roads movement meets with my warmest approval " William J. Bryan: "The time' has come for the systematic development of national highways and the conclu-Kion conclu-Kion of peace gives an opportunity to 1 celebrate the ending of the greatest of world wars by the building of a memorial me-morial peace way, reaching into every state and forming a commercial bond of unit between the commonwealths of the nation. It would greatly relieve the railroads by furnishing a roadway road-way for both passenger and freight traffic."' Herbert Hoover: "Arguments for good roaas arc so evident that they need no reiteration. What is needed is organization to maintain what roads I we have and to build more roads. Much of this must depend upon purely ) local effort and it is by the creation I of organization to build up such activities ac-tivities that our country makes Ks best porgrcss." Senator Warren G. Harding: "Transportation has made every avenue ave-nue of civilization. There is no advancement ad-vancement in production and exchange ex-change until there are highways to facilitate the transportation involved. Vp shall most ably enhance the advantages ad-vantages of American production when we add lo the convenience ot transportation through the construction construc-tion of highways suited to the use of modern motor vehicles. It is the one r.rencv cf nutting everv comnmriitv in iho republic on the way cf commer cia! progress." Gov. Frank 0. Lowdcn: "Good roads mean greatly lessoned transportation costs. They increase the value of the farms. They make consolidated rural schools possible. With good roads l"fe becomes easy and agreeable in ilie country and the flow of our' young men and women from the country to the city is checked." v China Zigzag Roadc. -Evorand Thompson, now in China preparing a trade analysis for the Firestone Tiro cz Ruhber company, says th.o greatest deterrent to motoring motor-ing in China is the zigzag roads. The lightning-like physiognomy of the highway is duo to the superstition cf many centuries that the devil invariably invari-ably pursues his intended victims upon the main highway. Also that tho Satanic Sa-tanic maieslv Is short sighted. The superstition was that Beelzebub, Beelze-bub, duo to his optical affliction, would run headlong into buttresses along the highway because he would not see the turn in the road before, so to speak, it hit him between the eyes. In the meantime the pursued gracefully turned tho corner and eluded elud-ed .. e evil eye and touch. ! Thompson believes he can persuade the orientals ihat when these kink3 are ironed out the automobile will set a pace for hi3 Nibs that will leave him far astern the Chink who drives the car. A Single Tag. In the not distant future, if it is Tint tnn TrmrV tn acsnma tliof crime day the peace treaty will be ratified, there will be legislation at Washing-ion Washing-ion for a license for motor cars that win either make the state license suffice for national use, or bring about , the issuance of a strictly federal license, li-cense, the revenue from which would go to the state In which the motorist motor-ist resided. In any event, it seems to us one lag- for touring on any property prop-erty of the United States of America is sufficient, Motor, That Speeding Punishment. District Attorney Roman Heilman of Madison, Wis., haB planned a unique campaign against reckless drivers. He proposes to fine tho driver driv-er of the vehicle, but the punishment is not confined to the pilot, but ox-tends ox-tends to include the car as well. Future Fu-ture speeders will not only pay costs he says, but will be compelled to give up their cars for a period of as many days as the number of miles per hour by which they are exceeding the speed limt when tho arrest is made. Speeding in America. An expert on the staff of Motor draws a unique comparison of conditions condi-tions in the automobile trades -or America and Europe. He discovers for us that per man employed in the factories the French workman and the British workman turn out one car a year. The average American workman, with superior equipment, is able to average seven cars a year. Although Pete Revolt, ex-champ publiciteer of Toledo, has sheared from the letterhead the name of the town. H. Rinckwitz of somewhere In Ohio nevertheless amuses us by the candor of the name of his establishment. establish-ment. The Tin Can Garage. Which recalls the advertisement of tho Philadelphia garageur. "Hairpins and other Ford Notions." A Jersey court severely reprimanded reprimand-ed an officer recontly for beating up the prisoner arrested for speeding. Did the prisoner offer resistance? Not a lahl. The prisoner, I beg vour pardon, par-don, merely thought a soft'ahnswer would turn away wrath. It seemed he called the copper "Sweetheart." "I want to show you a brand liew ' Brittanica we're bringing out," said the caller, "real leather ' "'Sno use, mTriend," interrupted Brown, "I just bought a Slut Sedan." Some Driving Rules. The Halifax Automobile association has prepared a series of instructions in the name of the safetv first movement. move-ment. The instructions "are sent to all members of the association. Ttfost interesting are the following: "Drive as if the other driver was a born idiot. "Drive as if all children and most pedestrians Avere bent on suicide bo-neath bo-neath your wheels. "Drive as it every hill had a cavern -at the bottom. "Drive as if every curve was a highwayman, high-wayman, a Bengal tiger and a stone wall.' |