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Show BEST ROADS IN BRITISH ISLES ! Nowhere are the roads better than on the Drtlsh Isles, according to P. L. D. Perry, manager of the Manchester factory of the Ford Motor company, who has l.een spending a few weeks at the Detroit factory. "The good loads of England and Scotland are famed the world over." declares Perry "In Ireland the loads are not so good, but there they are belter than those in the United States. "Through long and persistent work the unexcelled roads on the isles have been laid. Each separate communis is responsiulc for Its own roads ani each takes pndo jn tlieir condition. "A recent help to good roads maintenance main-tenance is the spending of the cutire automobile, tax on the roads. The taxe6 on the cars are high. too. It costs ihe owner of a Ford 5"0 pet jeai. There also is a tax of -Ofi ppr gallon on gasoline With the money i cololcted from these taxes and some additional appropriations there never i is a deficiency in the road Impip.e-j ment treasury ! "The tax is leried or. the theory . that automobiles yre hnrdost on the roads and therefore should pay the most toward their upkeep. "English Toads are practically dust-less dust-less ana have been bo for several years. As rapidly as possible tarred macadam surfacing Is being laid. You can travel all day on ono of those roads without looking like a helper In a flour mill when you finish your Journey." Perry believes that prospects for the sale of American cars In the BritiGh isles and also on the continent are very bright for the coming year. He -says the Ford Motor company's factory In Manchester manufactured and sold S.200 cars on the British Isles this season, which was more cars than were built and sold by tho next threo largest English automobile factories Dolloving the demand will be much greater next year, Perry says tho Manchester factory will build 0.500 cars for sale In the British Isles alone and approximately 3,500 moie for tho European market |