Show MOTORCAR IS GIVEN CREDIT FOR GREAT LAND VALUE AWE V LEAPS Carruthers Bases Figures on Bulletin Issued by the Federal Department of Agriculture on Roads C. C N. N Carruthers of estimates estimates estimates es es- es- es from figures recently compiled compiled com corn piled by the department of agriculture that tillable lands throughout the United States have in the last five years rears increased in value at least 50 per cent all of which is directly traceable traceable traceable trace trace- able to the automobile The bulletin upon which this estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate is based is entitled Economic Survey of County Highway Improvement Improvement Improvement Improve Improve- ment and gives facts relating to eight counties selected as a test Four of these are in in Virginia and one each eachin in iii New York Alabama Florida and Mississippi The increase of land values in five years in these counties ranges from 25 to per cent There are counties in the United States These figures certainly suggest fascinating fascinating fascinating fas fas- mathematics and astounding calculations Just as an instance the Ule department of agriculture ture finds that in the eight counties investigated the saving in haulage costs in the five years reviewed amounted to Applying the same situation to the whole country the saving would amount to the tidy sum of You can trace this marvelous development development development de de- de- de to the advent of the automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile concludes Mr Carruthers for good roads have been fathered and fostered by the automobile All of which goes to show that the investment investment investment in in- vestment in cars great as it is is nothing in comparison with the benefits benefits benefits bene bene- fits and blessings blessings' that have flowed from it I |