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Show A PERTINENT . QUESTION "FATtMRrtB MUHT KKHl" UP IIOAD8." "POHTOFFIC12 DUPAttTMBNT MAKES HULINO AFFECT1NO IlUllAI. DRI.IVEIIV." Theso headlines appeared In tho Chicago lntor Ocean July 24. It Is pertinent per-tinent to nsk why the termors must keop up the roads. The roads are public property they belong to all, nre used by all and all nro benefited by them. Tho sender of n letter to a farmer served by rural dollvery may bo Just as much Interested In Its do-llvory do-llvory as tho ono who receives It. Mall dollvery is a public servlco performed per-formed over public property. dood roads help tho farmer moro than anyone any-one else, but they aro not tho only ones bonoflted. The country mer-chaut mer-chaut nnd every ono who consumes furm products gain by good roads. Tho fair wny, tho equltnblo way and tho only successful way to get good roads Is by state nld, I. e., tho stnte from the general tax levy or a bond Issue to pay half the cost and tux everybody for It |