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Show JORGE OF GRANDEUR CALLS TO MOTOR TOURISTS ' I REASONS 1 TO EED lion's Borders Clearly L. )anger Should an Invasion In-vasion Be Undertaken. ;ility of Motor Truck for Transporting Troops la Proved in the World War. lome of the elemental reasons why government should build a national htvay system are set out briefly in araphlet issued by the American Au-lobile Au-lobile association and distributed in t Lake by the L'tah, Stato Automo-l Automo-l association. The article, which Is with the military phage of the question and sets out the alleged tssity for national highways along Mexican and Canadian borders and 3 Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf coast ''s, follows: Our Mexican border has a total ;th of nearly 1500 miles. Xo matter cordial may be our relations with I Mexican government, that border I; always be guarded. A railway will obviate the need of a highway since -ruray Is too easily- put out of com- lion. A- durable highway planned o location by the general staff ol t'nitcd States army would enable border to be manned by a compara ly small mobile force which eoulc concentrated by motor vehicle: My at nay given point. In Mav I, an American army of 220, 00( T was moved in a day to the fight V .front in France by' use of lO.OOC (Ijir trucks, each carrying 22 men i! ji so impressive an example of a co "Ration of truck and highway is it ja'nc part of common sense prepaiod fi, to protect our borders bv high fill "ci!c'ntally, such a highway Ufa serve to connect the east anc fFt for general travel and tourinf conjunction with irrigation pro fa would he a groat development in B're in the southwestern country. W Coast in Need. "tlip Pacific coast, with a length oi J lino of somo 1.300 miles, shoulc j a defense highway every fool ol fc.v. Taking ovor as a part of tin Ina system such of California, Ore nl Washington's completed trunk ijbiRhways as are already strategic located and filling iii the gapi 0 jive the army sunerb commanc jutiiic coast against attempted "IRS. Bock from these coast de-I de-I s lines feeders would lead tta tho principal mountain passes interior and thus supplement ail system as supply routes, for it I be remembered that the Tailwavs : of the Mississippi are mostly 8-trnck hncs and dotiendenee upon j somewhat precarious. adian Border Is Long. l-h'uh,wa'v ilIonEr the Canadian bor- (1 he about 3700 miles in length w double duty in aiding the move-' move-' nt the vast wheat erons to ele- suid serving the r.-ed, happilv "I military precaution. Atlantic defense hirhwav would ',w;' 20(10 miles and would util-of util-of niiies of good high-lrjadv high-lrjadv built. A conspicuous ex-' ex-' or mihtary need of a coast high-'. high-'. ,l"?wn during the rreat war, e'" spite of the terrific, conges-it conges-it , 'ork and Xpw" England as utterly impossible to send , r'Uns by highway to Newport ; tor overseas shipment. These r, ,!" Mp to movt' 11,1 "ie rtetron to New York. Phila-' Phila-' Wltiinon- nnd Washington on II .'"IT"' ln,t Fout1' f "-Vashing-"ohA, ''"is bnrrei1 th0',r h" Coast Factor. he (Mill' ,-nast defense highwav :.,;.!: a.1,(V" miles, or the H.j-' 01 ,Ule national defense svs-M.nt- ho rmiro 1.nirpd stntes jnugh Ir M.SOO to 11.000 miles, "f m r h'"l''edths of one per ' r"e nation's highways; les " Per cent of the coordinated ,' l state system of 1.30,000 L' " 'ess than lo per cent of the " national system. M;ose this military svstom of i )r,'i,i'''S W'T,'' lo cost m average J t, :-,,".,m1n! Tt would then run v 0t 33nno.OlX Since we la'k i ,rl fivp flnvs of vrir-, vrir-, JKin fiw years of peace?" |