Show tal Roads Made Vital ital Feeders to toN N National i Traffic M Will Of BE PINC POINT I I MODERN J t ay ay Transport t Lines rr ern iff of f War y Needs Now lie Be e Used in Peaceful ms of U. U S. S Commerce r. r OI SANDS ANDS of highway lines great enof en- en of destruction forged for forar ar have developed into a of transportation ed end for peace and of powerful lity ity according to a n. letter to Ig Thurman secretary of the of ot defense defens from R. R C. C ayes aves es secretary of ot the highways I rt committee of the council onal defense These highways rt jInes lines may be thought of ot as thousands of ot branch line Une rail rail- throughout the United States nor for traffic over miles mUes I Is island I fand nd highways the veins of ot tern tem not tied to rail rall and water Jus he main arteries arteries Mr Har- Har asserts I great advantage of ot these new Mr Mr Hargreaves points out f Pact fact ct that they are not confined ot steel rails raUs but follow the thero ro roads ds and highways from the shipping c center or mar- mar transport determined sed as a weapon for facilitating farm tarn production con- con lt that at the farmers farmer's gate not gate not Lion many miles mUes away should away should C farmers farmer's shipping platform ri generally adhering to regular and time schedules explains the high high- r port m may y alter Its route rOut p pr per r require As the center being ing It Is to J empowered de de- de hl from the the shippers shipper's i ate e very door of ot the conly con- con 9 ly by follo Ing the road or b. b h my y This principle shapes of th- th and h here re it is In effect and holds f developing wealth und und un- un d Ire of in this country ADOPTS r ij IT 1 ng from America Japan Is l Clip up p ferUle fertile fields direct with Aping points by means of rocks nicks and trailers Oth Other r naI nae na- na I ie e sought information with to et Americas America's new v ways transportation must be beto to the main body of our rt Ita Ion system Mr Har- Har clares Through these the te nourishing commerce and th the promise of ot and ii to all ll nations must lP Ir orts and trade centers the tv iver r. r Highways transport afe ate af- af e e tool for extracting 2 es s rn In this land hitherto un un- gj for tor stimulating production manner of ot products hitherto lJ Kin n too sluggish a way In personal manner of providing r Ration atlon to practically every ld td home and connecting those milar farms and homes the iver ver It develops the spiritual I r I I power vcr of ot nations as n a factor of ot gre great greit t Import I The great rail ran arteries first must be driven Into the hearts of ot countries countr I and continents enabling undeveloped I resources to flow out The rapid IndustrIal in industrial In- In expansion of the world however however how how- ever need not wait walt so long in hOW j the I future as it has In the past upon the areas tributary to 10 these rail rall arteries I Ifor for development Highways transport I at low Initial cost can be used as a alight alight I light tool for shaping the tho rapid Improvement improvement improvement im im- Im- Im provement of ot a large surrounding area Just as rail transportation the the great roughing out tool tool tool-Is Is used for first entering the heart of ot the coun coun- try Hand Band in hand they must go articulating ting perfectly If It opening up of ot the tho worlds world's resources Is to be an opportunity for our capital and if a n. greatly ged market for our products is to be a sure promise |