Show w t b o TRUCK BY MOVEMENT I lS IS GAINING NATIONWIDE SUPPORT li I 1 0 laa L FOR 1 FAVOR t GOOD ROADS I l' l I f lf I Iut out ut E Exception All E Ex- Ex 1 x- x I Themselves as Good Roads Boosters i j 1 f ough u h tho the various presidential lial 1 fY des Ates tea ma may differ radically on alJ al- al J from tho cause the of st of or living to the best wa way of or u 1 fig g g the league leas of or nations nation pro bere b- b ere is one thing thinS on which they J k i- i 1 out lout a single exception a. a all all' the theates J 1 ates tes tos are arc in favor or o of good roads a s a a. whole-hearted whole good roads 7 and believes that the tho future lie Ia l welfare of tho the country dev dey de- de y v rge y upon pon tho proper f t the highways opinions of or the various were were expressed f in statements t 4 ly Y made to the Travel and Trans- Trans l of the 13 B. I. I F. F Goodrich Rub Rub- 4 The statements were de- de 4 of the men who them A per person on could almost fI simply simply reading the statements ade them even cven if It their name names names' j ort t Hoover r. r for tor Instance said oads ads could be built and atilt main maln- t- t only ml b by tho establishment of a organization AV William lam G G. Mc- Mc eId aid Id that good roads were needed the railroads of or the i f tho the failure of which to keep i ith the country has developed J em lem which seriously menaces our II I lc is development and prosperity if Gen Leonard Wood in tN 3 more and better roads said that eed iced had been clearly shown past war Senator Poin- Poin stresses the fact that national r should hould be bo built with a a. view to toJ J defense as well as cl- cl civil cloU oU and andal cia al use Gov G GFrank Frank O. O Lowden out the fact tact that good roads check tho the flow of or young youn men men men from the farms to the IV Ii en n G G. G Haring Harding Harding declared that thal nation has kept pace with hur hu- hu r ogress and asserted that unless Jul could be provided progress would be halted Bryan ryan nn for Memorial Way n ld r. r of the candidates fol- fol t. t I ain m J. J Bryan The time has II or or the systematic development de Gr onal lonal highways 8 and the the- conot con- con Hof ot peace gives gl an opportunity brato r rata to the cn ending of the great 1 ie world wars ars b by the building in o of orial peace wa way reaching Into tate state and forming a n commercial 1 t ff on Following Page CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT FAVOR GOOD ROAns Etress Express Ex R- 7 Exception All press ress Themselves as Good Roads Boosters B M Continued from rom Preceding Page Pase bond of or unit between the commonwealths commonwealths common common- of or the tho nation n. n It would greatly great great- reat- reat railroads furnishing ly 1 the by a roadway for both and antI height freight traffic I Herbert Hoover Arguments for tor good roads are so evident that they need nead no reiteration What hat is needed Is organization to maintain what roads we havo an antl l to more roads Much tuch of this must depend upon purely local effort and it Is by the creation of or organization to build up such tl tiEs 5 that our country makes its best besl I Progress Senator Warren G. G Hardin- Hardin Trans Transportation Transportation TransI I p has made every avenue of or I d. There Thero Is no advancement production Introduction and exchange until there are arc highways to facilitate the transportation transportation trans trans- Involved We c shall most ably enhance tho advantages ad of ot American production when wo add to the convenience con con- of ot transportation through the construction of or highways suited I tl tp to tho the use of or modern motor vehicles chicles It Is tho one one agency of ot putting every community in the republic on tho the way of or commercial progress Gov GO Prank Frank O. O Lowden Good roads mean greatly e lessened transportation costs They Thov increase the value of or tho the farms They make con consolidated rural schools possible With good roads life becomes easy rasy and agreeable In tho country and tho the flow of or our young joung oun men and women omen t from tho the countr country to tho the city is checked William G. G McAdoo The failure of or the railroads to keep pace with tho growth r w h of or the country has developed seri a transportation problem which serl- serl menaces our economic developed de i I and tand prosperity It will vill be he many 3 years cars 1 before belore the tho railroads can bo be brought p h-p I up to the required standard Meanwhile Mean- Mean 1 while bile our best chance of or immediate relief is great sj systems stems of or state highways highways high high- I ways was so laid out and constructed as asto 1 to supply the automobile and motor truck tho the additional transportation f i facilities the country ImperativelY j needs I strongly strong fax favor the con truc- truc to f lion ion of or good roads everywhere through h hf J both state and national aid ald After Arter wo we wor f r build them wo we must maintain them b by byJ byan J an intelligent s system stem of or I cadence Let t us k keep p our highway departments out of oC politics and in tho the hands of or tho the best engineering and business talent of or the country countr MaJ raj G Gen n. n Leonard Wood An n nile ale good roads s system st m Is the comI commercial com com- 1 I mercial liaison Halson which makes for tho the ordination co of tho the require require- c of ot producer manufacturer and 1 i. i consumer The need for such a 55 was strikingly demonstrated demons demonstrated te durIng duri dur- dur 1 i Ing the war and it is as great r at now as ts it ever was Good roads mean meaty better and moro more productive farms remote rural sections Into lose so touch with the markets By pro- pro f riding g something which makes make J possible possible pos pos- I sible tho the development d of or farms wo we perform perform perform per per- form a n. service of or Inestimable value to tho the country as a A. A 0 Mitchell Palmer TC Too Teo O Attorney General A. A Mitchell P Palmer Palmer- The Tho national n system of or transportation and distribution Is so essential that than every possible facility must bo bo be pro proT to encourage e producers of or farm arm commodities and nd eo to in increase increase In- In crease production The Improvement and use usa of public public- high highways vats vat's in addition and waterways as to airways railways rall a of conveyance concan c is vital to the progress and prosperity of or tho the people Senator Miles lIles Poindexter Good roads construction retarded b by tho the war should now be push pushed d vigorously and antI nothing should bo permitted to interfere inter inter- fere tero with tho the expansion and development development development develop develop- ment of these important arteries of or transportation and trade trado which at tho the immediate moment can servo seno to ma may reduce high living costs b by facilitating the movement of or foodstuffs foodstuffs food food- stuffs from tho the farm tarm to the tho table I favor or an extensive system of national roads built by the federal government located with a view view- viesto Ioto Io to to military defense as well as civic and commercial use and co d with existing highways highways highways high high- ways so as as to form orm n a national as lS well as local Gov Go James M M. r. r Cox Cox- The establishment establishment establish establish- ment and maintenance of a t good road system throughout the tho country Is as ns essential to tho the life liCe of tho the nation as ns proper circulation of ot blood is essential to tb tho the life liCe of oC tho the individual With a perfect highway system there cnn can by byno byno byno no tta stagnation TI of or transportation Rot nt nn any time Normal needs promptly and properly met will prevent pre perplexing and costly emergencies Senator Hiram Johnson We have had a great eat object lesson losson of or the tho value of or good roads in tho paved p highways of or my own state of 0 California They have havo been a great factor In tho the development de dc- de- de of or the state open opening Ins Ins- up regions ions which hitherto were inaccessible Inaccessible Inaccessible sible and adding adding- addingto to tho the prosperity of all tho the improvement of or the hi highways hwa's of or tho the nation will twill be of or great economic value to the tho country as a S1 whole relieving relieving- the congestion which now exists on other transportation I tion facilities and making distribution i of the nations nation's commodities easier casler and andI cheaper The Tho good roads movement I meets with my warmest approval al |