Show a the bigger the body the slower the movement the greater the movement must be the longer it takes to get under way the united states Is a large body almost entirely surrounded by good motor cars and poor roads it Is moving slowly but surely towards a condition when it will have only good roads the movement Is slow because the body is so large and has so many heads ot of them improving our almost million miles of highways Is a huge task the movement Is enormous therefore it takes time to get under way it la is like a monster freight train starting up a grade requiring many locomotives to begin the travel and slowly getting up speed but once the train Is in motion it has an enormous force for going ahead one locomotive can keep beep it moving and it is difficult to stop so it will be with our road bu building illing program slowly but surely the movement tor for better roads than federal aid can give tor for more roads than states alone can build Is gathering momentum when it gets up speed nothing pan can stop it meanwhile the individual who needs a good road and needs it now must not lose courage it was said the panama canal be built in a generation it was built in a few short years at the rate we are at present building federal aid roads it will take some hundred and fit eltty ty or two hundred years to improve our road system all of 0 us will be very dead before that movement is well started the answer answer Is to change the movement to work tor for educate tor for vote tor for natio national naf highways built by and maintained by the national government ern ment give this nation two hundred thousand miles roads which could with case be auf built it in a period ot of five years and the rest ol of the roads will be improved in even less time me by states counties and aad towns which will ivill refuse to be kept from the benefits of such a national road system when all that they need to do to enjoy it Is to connect with it |