Show LIMIT OP Oh WASTEFULNESS At the Good Roads congress re held Representative William of ot Now New York made m the follow tollow following followIng ing startling statement concerning the loss entailed upon the country by reason of ot lack of ot Improved highways When we consider that the agri agricultural agricultural agricultural cultural business of ot the United States totals a alIum sum lIum that staggers the Imagination tion and aRd that it costs more to take this product from the farm to the railway than from such station to the American and European markets and anil when the saving In the cost of at moving the he product of ot agriculture over oer good highways hi instead of ot bad would pave have ave built millions of ot miles of ot go good SOH d roads the incalculable waste of ot the bad roads in this country is shown to be of ot such enormous proportions as to demand de demand mand immediate reformation and the exercise e of ot the Ule wisest states statesmanship statesmanship manship It IK Is difficult to make the people understand the prime importance of ot good roads rods The average farmer fig figures figures figures ures on everything but the cost of ot hauling his hie hl products to market evi eJ evidently evidently dently believing that such work count But even oon the farmer Is beginning to take an Interest in ht good roads and reform in this matter may not be long delayed |