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Show I fHBHE IS A REAL K ' BURIED TREASURE In tho curront ot Farm and Flro-sldo Flro-sldo nppcnrs an account ot tho financial fin-ancial saving producod by good roads Following Is an extract: "Thoro aro moro than 200,000,000 tons of farm products hawed over tho roadB of tho United States every year.' Tho avorgo distance tho mean of tho groat and tho least from farm to market, Is 9.4 miles. Tho nverago costs ot hauling In thu United States Is from twenty-thrco to twenty-flTo cents per ton per mlio Tho avorago cost on tho gooa roads only of this country Is from ten to twelve cents per mllo. "Multiply 9.4 (average distance) by twenty-thrco cents (averago cost per ton per mllo) by 200,000,000 (minimum tonnago hauled), and tho result Is the tidy sum of $432,400,000 spent yearly In hauling by tho farmers farm-ers of this country. It th0 cost ot hauling wero cut In half, they would savo $210,200,000, which would build nearly 100,000 miles of good roads, all by itself "Please noto carofully that tho average cost of hauling Is moro than cut In half on tho good roads of this country. When Captain Kldd burled treasure, he had gold and precious stones, Jowcls and mono)', objects of art and silver and gems of all kinds. "Look once more at theso pictures, then at your own road. Itemcmbcrj roads do not build themselves. Thoy do pay for themselves when built, but some mnn has to finance and build them first. What aro you going to do about your share of burled money? Do you nnswer? |
