Show LEADING MEN MENI INDORSE GOOD I ROADS SYSTEM Men ren prominent In national affairs who believe In a federal highways his system aro are multiplying In numbers I according to replies to a n communication tion sent by the A. A A. A A A. good roads board boar asking for tor definite expressions on this reaching far subject Maj taj Gen Leonard Wood in his re reply reply reply re- re ply emphasizes maintenance and the tho fact tact that roads can bo be commercial time Ho He and military at the same says says- It Is especially Important that we e should provide e for maintenance maintenance main maIn- in other words those roads j I Ishou shou should always alwa's bo be kept In condition for service and never neer allowed to reach the stage Rt when general repair Is sary san You may map feel eel that undue emphasis has been laid upon tho the military road the fact but In considering considerIng- this project must be borne In mind that while those roads arc are vitally Important as aport a aport aport port aid ald in the construction o of highways ns n's which shall be so selected possible military necessity they will serve every commercial purpose Senator Warren Warron G G. G Harding of ot Ohio gives voice to these sentiments I r am quite rea ready to cordially support support support sup sup- port federal aid In Jn tho the construction o of hl highways hwa's which shall bo be so selected as to facilitate what might bo be termed federal travel tra that Is to say Interstate interstate Inter Inter- state communication I r havo heave no doubt Congress will bo be ver very generous In supporting the good roads movement My Iy- Iy own n conception o of the high highest est service to be rendered In the cause causo of or goo good roads Is fc federal influence toward toward to toward to- to ward road maintenance after aCtor the construction construction con con- is completed The Tho greatest crime rime III In tho the expenditure of oC public funds at present lies In the tho enormous road improvement improvement improvement improve improve- outlay of money for ment only to be followed up by utter neglect In l keeping them In repair William Jennings Bryan comes forward forward forward for for- comment cornmeal ward with practical The Tho time tune has come for the systematic systematic j fYS-j development of national highways high high- highways ways was and the conclusion of peace celebrate the theon gives Ives an opi opportunity to on ending ln of oC tho the greatest of ot world wars b by tho the building of oC a memorial peace state and anel wa way reaching Into evor every evory forming a commercial bond of union between the commonwealths of or the tho nation It would greatly relieve tho the railroads s h by furnishing a roa roadway wa for both passenger and freight traffic Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania known cnown for hl his highways activities thus thu refers rs to a country wide good roads undertaking tiThe The Interest upon the money which i would build we advanced ad to our allies each year six modern paved highways from m the Atlantic to the Pacific and six nix more from tho Canadian line to our southern boundary The principal sum o of our 1 In loans would give Ivo us a network worle of ot paved roads over or tho the entire countr country only I thirty miles apart north and south on and east cast and west These figures are arc important as showing what may bo be bedone done for our own people un under cr a n farsighted farsighted far far- sighted alg policy of ot national improve Improve- ments 7 |