Show BETTER ROADS NOW FOLLOW MOTOR l CAR Automobiles led to construction ot of the network of oC good roads which weave their way ay through all aU parts of ot the countr country but bad roads aided allied materially materially ma ma- in development of or the American Ameri Amen can type of ot motor car to Its Us present supremacy over European cars The natural assumption would be that ownership of or motor cars In any given Riven section would follow the construction con lone of or good highways but experience experience ex ex- proves that the car comes first and good roads follow tollow Inevitably In other words the motor car proves Its need and desirability even een on the worst roads The owner comes to realize the advantages of or good roads and he soon stirs himself to see that they are built Illinois Is a good example of ot this Its roads were among the worst In the country until the advent adent of ot the automobile automobile auto auto- automobile mobile changed sentiment which fought Improved highways Farmers were at first unalterably opposed to spending money for tor better roads But they began bean began be be- gan an to use automobiles Then they changed their minds Today Illinois Is Isa Isa Isn a n leader In the good roads movement Meanwhile bad roads were sen serving servIn ing inga a good purpose Had it not been for tor them Ulem In the early days of ot the motor Industry industry In In- It Is probable that American designers would have copied European manufacturers who built their cars at prohibitive cost for tor use only on European European Euro Euro- boulevards With our bad roads we had to build our cars for rough going We Ve bad had to allow enough clearance to get gei ov over r rocks stumps and hummocks We were compelled to devise springs that would carry passengers In comfort even on rough avenues of ot traffic t Our cars had to have more power so that they could negotiate hills and mountain grades on high European cars carry four tour or five shifts and In order t to to get up even a low grade It necessary Is-necessary to use nearly all of ot them If IC we had had bad our present splendid system of highways it Is Iser very er probable that we would still be building the European European Eu type of at car This would mean they would have to be built hullt at a much heavier Ier cost than now nosy And instead of ot being for tor universal use as they are cars would be limited to the use of ot a small class of ot wealthy citizens |