Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-09-09 | Page 34 | Roads Big Factor in World Clash

ROADS BIG FACTOR i I IN WORLD CLASH II I Success in War Depends I Largely on Condition of I Farm Highways i I i In line Une with his widely known activIty activity I ity in the Interest of good roads ronda S. S M. M Williams general sales manager manager of the Garford Motor totor Truck c company of I Lima 0 O. O calls caUs the attention of ot the public to the necessity 1 of the closest est estI possible with the farmer I co in the latter s efforts to produce a yield I sufficient to feed our fighting men abroad an and those at home It IS obvious he declares that thousands thousands thou thou- thousands sands Will be drawn from agricultural pursuits such as cattle raising an and d the like under th the conscription system m and this in Itself Will prove a great strain oh on the farmers who wh have been Urged to do everything in their power to make their lands yield the maximum I return But of equal importance is the matter matter matter mat mat- ter of the transportation of foodstuffs from the farms to the markets continued continued con con- Mr Williams What good will willit willit it do for the farmer to produce food supplies if they cannot be conveyed to market Corn that stays in the farmers farmers' farmers farmers' farm farm- ers' ers cribs as it was held for months last winter in many places in th the corn belt does nobody any good Wheat j I Itha that tha stays tays on the farms of Kansas because becauSe be- be be 1 cause It cannot be transported over i wretched to roads ds into the markets helps only the rats What is the sense of all the Intricate Intricate I cate transportation systems of the rail rail- Continued on page 8 I ROADS BIG FACTOR Continued from page 7 7 roads if It the feeders of those railroads our public roads roads' ro ds' ds to shipping points are are neglected to such an extent that they cannot be us used when the crops crop have haye been harvested harvest d It It so happens happens' that happens I that a few misguided mis individuals argue that good roads are area a luxurY simply because their gra grand I fath father r did not Tl have hate Je them They either ither do not know or forget forg-et to mention that our grandfathers did dla n not t have to feed AA people In fn America alone not to mention millions of our suffering allies All OUr grandfathers had to do was wa to supply food for between twenty and twenty twenty flye twenty fire million persons His methods make malte inter interesting reading matter matter mat mat- ter now but they are worthless for following fol- fol lowing out under lg v present present-c conditions It Is decidedly wrong a and otic for us at this time timeto to hamper the farmer who is working from dawn to dusk to help win the war by making malting him attempt to haul our food supplies over roads that are in no fit condition for any sort of travel This public road transportation transportation problem needs attention a at once It Is a big factor in the woi id struggle for fo I liberty and Justice i r r