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Show GOOD ROADS PAY . . _ _ - - - It has been fiequently flequently frequently asseited asselted asserted that good loads leally really cost costnothmg costnothing cosnothing nothmg nothing in m the long iun run I un , , but yield a profit on the investment neces- neces necessary necessary necessary - - sary to piovide ploVIde provide them . . Aceoidmg AccOldmg According to Thomas P . Henry , of the Ameiican Amelican American AutomobIle AutomobIleAssoc1atIon AutomobileAssociation AutomobilAssociation Assoc1atIon Association , good roads have educed leduced seduced i the cost of automobile operation oper- oper operaton operat - aton ation ! on from an average of 10 cents a mile to 6.43 643 . . cents a mile in the thelast thelast th thlast < last few years . . theI I TJiis TJllS This means that for a tup tlIp trip of 100 miles the expense is now nov$3.75 nov3.75 nov375 $3.75 3.75 375 $ . . less than it would have been under average conditions conchhons m in n1925 1925 , taking takmg into mto account the cost of gasoline gasolme , the less wear on oncars oncars 01cars cars and tnes tIles tries , , and some allowance for time hme saved . . If these savings savmgs are only sufficient to offset the addItional addItionalgasolme additionalgasoline additionagasoline gasolme gasoline and other taxes ta\.es ta.es ta .es es ' \ . necessaly necessary to build the highways the themotorist themotorist th thmotorist < motorist is still ahead of the game , because of the greater sabs- sabs satis- satis sabsfaction satisfaction satisfaction - - faction and comfoit comfOl comfort t enjoyed while on the road . |