Show GOOD ROADS COST MONEY BUT PAY During the past ten years ears there has lia been great awakening all aU over the tia country on the subject I of permanent permanently ly jy Improved highways says the Na National Farmer While they cost cos t money It is admitted there thoro is II no let hot letter hotter I ter investment Farmers as much mud I If not more than any an other class of o f people pe plc have hao occasion to realize the tb C I utility and profit t hi in 11 good roads The automobile Has lias as been a potent poten t factor in III the development of good goo 1 roads and the farmer is getting his hi S innings In Iii Michigan the sale of or an au antos autos tos los to farmers armors is increasing but In Inthe I a athe the tho states of oC Ohio Iowa Nebraska a and the Dakotas it Is said the tho major majo majority r ity It of o farmers are owners of ot autos and an d they th 3 find them great time lime savors sa ors in I a reaching markets marl New Jersey Terray was waR the pioneer in the tt 0 good roads movement Massachusetts soUti has been lleen tire the leader Pennsyl Pennsylvania vania In the past few Cel years ears has hus au ai authorized ail good roads road appropriations of or orman many man millions dollars New York gives some onie figures that are startling It has bas miles uriles of oC roads with a greater grealer mileage of Improved high highways highways ways as than all an of oC the other othor eastern states put together not excluding Massachusetts There are 2000 mlle miles of state under construction In iii New miles of or macadam roads and more than miles of oC earth carth Toads To ds properly shaped rind and 1 crowned with stones picked and re removed moved mored depressions fillod filled culverts I and bridges repaired d Besides this I louns lowns have constructed const miles of or gravel roads In condition n The sum of to hp ho expend expended d dd ed d In one year earn In road construction a and d Improvements etIs available and nil all of it Il probably will be used by the state slate department of highways Improved highways high wars bring their thell IC rc turns to both the farmer and tho city man for fop If agricultural products luo can bo be carried to market moro more cheaply and with good roads they hey can be bo bethe bethey the they will be sold Hold more cheaply With less power hero thero will be good roads roa s tho lie same load lond can cun be bea beU a U saving to owners of machines there will be less expense for repairs to vehicles md harness s and nn there will willbo bo ho I o and speed No io state stat can afford to be in this great undertaking |