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Show GOOD H!0.:iViAYS SAVED PARIS Example of French Capital Cited to Press Home Plan of Imornved -Roads in This Country. The congestion of traffic which has so seriously handicapped war-preparations and industrial and commercial activity during the last few months has emphasized to all the vital importance impor-tance of good roads. The shortage of freight cars has caused the government govern-ment to recommend the use of motortrucks motor-trucks for handling' freight on short hauls, in order to save freight-car equipment for long hauls. Freight cannot can-not be successfully handled by motortrucks motor-trucks without good roads. There is also a growing tendency on Che part of manufacturers and wholesalers whole-salers to have their salesmen travel by automobile Instead of by railroad trains, writes C. S. Itiemnn, president of a large motorcar concern, in Chicago Chi-cago Tost. This also further hflps to solve the traffic problem. But the extensive ex-tensive use of trucks for cross-country hauling and of passenger automobiles by salesmen mid others, instead of traveling by train, will depend to a large extent upon road conditions. It also occurs to me that since our transportation facilities have been so seriously overtaxed by extra traffic resulting re-sulting from our war preparations to date, the enormous increase in war activities for which preparations are now being made will result in further serious delays, unless a large portion of the traffic can be handled by motortrucks. motor-trucks. In order to appreciate the importance im-portance of good roads from a military 1 standpoint, we have only to recall the "tact that in all probability Paris would have been captured by the German army in their first great drive had it not been that the excellent FrenrJi roads permitted the quick concentrating concen-trating of French troops by means of motortrucks, passenger .ntomobiles and taxicabs, which played so important impor-tant a part in helping out the French railroad system. The prosperity of any country and the advance of civilization are always measured by the transportation facili- it if 4L v , ? a r j ' "- ' -t Convoys of Rapid-Fire Cannon on Way to Front in France. ties. As a manufacturer'of motorcars, the good roads problem has been brought very forcibly to my attention, and I have given the subject much, thought and study. It is my firm, conviction con-viction that the continued prosperity of this country and the quick and efficient ef-ficient handling of war preparations cannot be better promoted than by keeping our streets and highways In first-class- condition. I believe whatever what-ever expenditures are necessary to this end should be "made. |