Show PRESS PA PARAGRAPHS The Tho Herald-Atlanta Herald Journal bicycle tour sets all nil tho tim newspapers going for good roads Troy Times Tho The New York Herald has distinguished It Itself elt by many Achievements achievements achieve Achieve- ments menta of oC note and one of ot the best movements movements move move- ments menta In which it ha has hilS engaged Is th the good roads campaign which it is carryIng carry carry- Inc Ing on through tho the south Hauth The reports which come from the crusaders Indicate that preaching tho the gospel of ot good roada is bringing about most satisfactory re re- re suits Jults Tho The south which Is showing so much enterprise In other directions might be expected to take hold in earnest earnest earnest ear ear- nest when once aroused to tho the necessity and practical value alue of ot ed improved high high- ways Winston Salem Journal The entire south recognizes the good that will re result re- re suit sult from the tho tour not only In building good roads throughout Dixie but also In a n. closer union between the north and south The re result of oC this tour will be untold In Its Its' after utter effects It Is to the themen themen themen men and women who ho arc making history In their tour over the national highway that the entire south will fete It Is to these motorists that thal tho the Twin eft City opens wide Is gates In true southern hospital hospital- It ity Louisville Louisville- Journal Courier Good roads are aro double acting acting they they make money for tor the farmer Carmer and with the money he lIe buys bus an automobile with which to enjoy these good roads Good roads mean automobiles for farmers Carme the automobile automobile auto auto- mobile is helping to keep the farmers farmer's boy at home so good roads help keep the family circle Intact A good road may not cause two bushels of oC corn to grow Sro where one grew before but it will permit the marketing of at several everal at al tho the former expense expanse of ot one ono Atlanta nta Constitution Today In every American state the tho whole population farmer and city man pay Jay ay blackmail to mud to ruts t to to Impassability-to to no roads at al all alIt We f enhance the cost of ot living living liv Uv- ing WO wo We paralyze development we perpetuate perpetuate per per- the waste places and stunt the national wealth by making highway ha construction construction construction con con- dependent upon haphazard and casual practices rather upon systematic generous generou and continual appropriations appropriations lons and me 8 Kansas City Star State control of ot highway building the making of or surveys est establishing grades and maintaining a uniform system of roads tho the power to enforce the building of ot hl highways in certain certain tam tain localities and the tho authority to ac actually actually ac- ac build them where tho the whole state would be equally equal benefited benent d. d are among the twentieth century requirements of ot state governments go In the movement for good boad roads Birmingham ham News The great question Is is how lon long will the people be content to pay tremendously tremendous for tor poor roads when good roads can be ho had for tor less monc money Upon tho the an answer will depend In a largo large measure the rapidity with which Alabama Is 18 to dev develop lop In the next few tew years ears and the extent to which her people will prosper pros pros- per Rochester Democrat and Chronicle It costs for transporting wheat by steamer from New York to 10 to Liverpool miles 16 h less gs per bushel than It costs tho farmer farm tarm- er to haul his wheat heat 94 miles These facts and figures hov the vast Importance Importance Import Import- ance anco of ot road Improvement ement and justify tho the government o of ot the tho United States In experimenting experimenting exper exper- with a view to Improving the roads of the tho country and stimulating the interest of ot farmers In the work St. St Paul Press Pioneer More money noncy was wc spent In road rORd Improvement and construction construction construction con con- In the tho United States In 1909 than thanIn In any previous pf year ear but the tho country Is still playing a a. bad second fiddle to Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope in this respect and less progress than i is warranted and should be exp expected after the campaign of or good roads education which has been carried on in the thelast last dozen years Denver Republican Like starting a heavily lly loaded wagon tho the hard thing to todo todo todo do In the campaign n for or Rood good roads Is js to tos s secure cure construction of ot tim the first highway of oC the kind desired which would be ho an object I lesson t on from which the public would learn to appreciate the advantage ad e of possessing pos pos- seil sassing ln an extensive system of such highways highways high high- ways over o which travel tra would be easy as and the tho cost of ot transportation comparatively light Minneapolis Journal Hundreds of ot millions of ot dollars arc are wasted In this country every year because of ot bad roads A roadway deep In sand or orhea h hea heavy Ii with mud mul means meant small loads and andIon long Ion time spent In trips over o it A good roadway scientifically constructed construct d and well maintained means bi bin loads and quick trips That t lowers the rate and andIn In Increases the net value of ot all his products to the farmer Carmer Baltimore Sun Tho The automobile Is an established fact and It must be tr treated n as a fact tact and provision pro made for Cor or It It It has given hen the present great Impulse to road Improvement ement In tn the United Stat States s and this Is a n debt that the farmer the fl chief It f enemy of ot the owes to Atchison N News s Kansas gansas having ln the th st livest people on earth a rth should have o also the best public toads roads But Hut she has hs not not not- nt at II least st not In nil all cases There Is room for tor Improvement ment and this Improvement should be he made mado especially lp when It can be 1 done ch cheaper tiMe lire than In almost almot nn any other lIt state te you ml might lIt m mention |