Show VALUE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS P THIS country had a modern modem highway that tapped practically every community community community com com- I IP there would be little possibility of extensive extensile suffering Buffering in an emergency Uke like the recent railroad freight This Is the opinion of Governor Cornwell of ot West Yest Virginia in whose state there are sections which inside of ot two weeks would be entirely out of ot food supplies without railroad service Such sections also are found in almost every state During Durin the recent outlaw railroad strike good ro roads ds made possible the of motor trucks to a c considerable extent for relieving the transport transportation t tation situation and If It our system m of national highways had been more extensive ex- ex the aid would have havo been much greater The extension of ot good roads into sections now almost isolated because of ot poor poor highways would bring business ss to the railroads by facilitating the transportation transportation trans trans- 1 of farm and other products to their shipping stations and would thus help lower the cost of living The Lincoln highway has been a splendid illustration of the value of modern modem highways Federal economy along other lines should be effected in order to promote the extension of ot our national highway Newark system Newark N N. 3 J. J Herald |