Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-18 | Page 11 | Good Roads and War

1 I J. J Good GOO rl l Road Roads and slid ll If War II Y E tasks are arc devolving upon tit the motor truck track as our Li war plans grow demanding more and more man- man 3 cr an and 1 more and more service ice from the tion on system of the nation Under the stress of the times the motor truck is extending its territory a and ll in many man many Jp localities regularly organized motor express routes have o a een established between cities and md su suburban villages Before the war th service enice of the truck was more more or r less Tes s co confined to the cities and it was not nol re regarded ur cd as aa as a a transportation contender until joi go government jp pJ ced a n new and gi gigantic antio task upon the railroads Asa As n a of or this s change tic truck is is' is fast i necessary adjunct in transportation relieving n the hur bur burden den llen of the railroads by hy taking care of the short hauls As the war continues the time movement is destined to grow prow as new means menns must be he found of supplying the time wants of interests which A work with difficulty on un account account ac ac- count of the thc shortage e of or manpower ml harmers Farmers are arc permitted permitted per per- mittel to give more time lime to production and less to marketing marketing mar mar- as motor truck express routes are established in the country districts The farmer the time market and the time consumer are arc Te going to be brought closer together b by bythe the time motor truck The file need aced of oC the motor truck is i good g roads and economics which stop these movements Limit fail to consider trio the ultimate effect on national efficiency Good roads arc lIre more important today than the they were in iii times of peace bc because uso they can render greater service service to the nation nation- It Tt is trite that the shortage of labor is ig ms an obstacle obstacle ob ob- stacle t in the path of better roads but hut sterner demands on Germ German a mi prisoners would eliminate this If Jf all nIl men who ho have hac been heen imprisoned because they worked for the success of were to lo bo be put to work on the roads the time end of ot the war would see sec the United States Stales in a n. better heller position to compete for world trade as a n na na- tion Better roads like railroads make for a more compact nation and time timo is going to to be bc a n big factor in inthe inthe inthe the competition for world t trade rad to t Ra KS JU I Time The New York board hoard of health advises kissing through h handkerchiefs to avoid oid Spanish influenza As we ve reflect on the remedy we wc have havo no desire to contract the disease J N F-N Pa lm That Indian woman who gave g to the Bed Cross is setting a n pace for other Americans i J Ks If to French irregular verbs arc are worse than trench barbed wire under machine gun gnu fire firer t Pa si J That suffragette hunger hung strike strike seems to us to be ou ving Hoover cr ll l n J