Show Public Expenditures That Bring Returns Three main maIO cau causes es ate are advancing the secondary load road improvement the nee need for rehe relieving ing congestion on main maIO highways aye the efforts being made in 10 all states to reduce taxes and an keep down gO governmental expense expense se e and of and of perhaps greatest importance the tance-the tance the necessity fo to giving farm farm- farmers farmers farmers ers year around contacts w a Ith ith mar markets markets markets an and the onside world Good secondary roads are arc a peren perennial mal nial attraction to tourists who ho feel wel welcome welcome come the opportunity to see the back country that main highways ays often avoid They bring business to small towns to and rural an and semi rural rural rural al areas that would could otherwise othel go o principally pl to the larger cities It has been found that the average a cost of a goo good year round secondary road make proof dustless and mud less by use of asphalts 01 os load road oils and suitable for a 1 fair amount of traffic is JS but a about mlle mile one eighth the cost of d hard paving Upkeep expense is JS liken lIke lse ise low v an and such roads may be adapted to their tell territories by using local materials as the base From the standpoint of the farm farmer farmer farmer er good roads are indispensable They The mean an end to the time when he stayed home in 10 the bad elther or started foi fot town and got mired They remove 1 the obstacles in 10 the theay ay aay of or receiving med medical l attention and fire re fighting facilities of sending his children to and from school They are the best 10 investment estment the states have hl ever made in behalf of agriculture and the small toa to town ton n It nIt is lS no wonder on er the goo good roads movement is making great progress pi e even een en in a time when money is lS tight The public is JS learning that tax money invested in 10 good loads is one of the few fOl foams ms of public expenditures for nthan which the people get more in 1 return n than they pay ply out |