Show I I I GOOD ROADS GOOD ROADS ARE NECESSARY I Problems Involved d In R Railway lIway Opera lion Again Bring Improved Highways Highways High ways to Front WhIte While It Is admitted that the rail railways railways ways must necessarily form the nations nation's nations nation's na nn- na- na tion's long distance transportation lines the auxiliary power of ot the pub publIc public pub pub- lic lie road through the development of the gasoline engine and the motor vehIcle vehicle ve ve- vehicle hicle Is receiving thoughtful attention In official circles Public discussion of of at high cost problems lems Jems and the railway situation ran Into the tile country road at two points recently The he first point touched was that the public highway is a potential short-haul short freight and express line and that with a national system of Improved Improve roads Intersecting each state north south east cast and west there will thus be coI constructed the basis of a comprehensIve comprehensive comprehensive com com- wide nation-wide s system stem of traffic traffic fic arteries with which state and county county coun coun- ty systems may connect With such a n system provided the development t of ot freight and express transportation Is anticipated far beyond comprehension says Chicago Tribune Its advocates assert that the as It appears ap ap up- appears pears on an the public public- highways today Is but an Infant to what It will wilt be once the public roads are built bunt to permit Its enlarged use Those who doubt the the POs possibilities of the highway freight and express press as factors In the reduction and stabilizing ing of food costs are told to look back backover backover backover over the development de of the railway and note that t the beginning was vas upon 4 i r K J n a 1 7 y x Is Big Factor in ReducIng Reducing Redu ing and Stabilizing Costs a n basis far less promising as a practical practical pra proposition than the basis upon which th the gasoline driven vehicle e stands today Dropping back to the point of short short- haul delivery attention Is being called to the fact that the radius of highway shipping is being gradually extended t tas as modern roads are being built Advocates Advocates Ad of a national highway system the creation of which is provided fo foin for forIn forIn In the Townsend bill now nosy pending 1 In congress have encountered the argument argument argument ment that approximately approximately- 50 miles i ithe Is the maximum of motor delivery T Their answer answer is is that hit while this tints may be true It Is true only at the present time because because be be- cause of ot the illogical connections an and I Ithe the general condition of the roads The same economic conditions which whir forced railway development tire are forcing a n national development of the public highway and the advocates of a na national natIonal national na- na highway system assert that each days day's discussion of the present ce economic economic eco eco- e. e situation produces additional 1 reasons why the federal government must get down to highway building on a nationwide scale and In dead earnest In a n sense the legislative mind at Washington seems to be approaching the present phase of or economic problems problems lems hems somewhat In a spirit of wear ness Will we ever get anything really finished Is a n question which seems to express their feelings since so many problems like the proverbial pro cat keep coming back But ut one fact seems to be making Itself Itsel very clear and that Is that since the public highway Is the first lap between be- be be between e- e tween the producer and consumer the logical place to begin cutting down lIvIng living liv lIv- ing lag costs is by eliminating permanently the time-consuming time and wasting fuel roads To accomplish this purpose the construction of a It national highway highway high high- way system as a necessary and logical connection with state and county systems systems systems Is being looked upon with Increased In- In Increased In creased favor |