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Show TOURIST TRADE IS VALUABLE Sometimes Difficult to Con-vine Con-vine Taxpayers of Road's Worth The ummer season is now in full swing and thousnnds of people art going forth seeking beautiful scenery, cool woods and shimmering mountain lakes Behind them, they will leae a golden trail of revenue for the localities lo-calities they have to visit. This fact was emphasized in x re-rent re-rent statement by Wlllard M Bryant, field secretary of the Michigan Stale Good Roads association Mr Bryant stressed the importance of rushing' to completion the good roads program as laid out In the state, saying that ns soon as tho main trunk lines are completed, com-pleted, tho association plans to ask the legislature for an appropriation to bcu scd In advertising Michigan as a summer resort country throughout tho middle west anil the Mississippi valley. It is believed that If tflls plan were carried out in tho right way. the people of tho state would receive a yearly revenue of $75,000,000 to $100,000,000 from the resort trade. Highways which open up vacation playgrounds to the motorist frequently frequent-ly run through sparsely settled territory, terri-tory, devoid of producing farms, and connect towns and villages which have no industries, so that it . Is difficult diffi-cult to convince the taxpayer of the.r value. However, the tendency seems to be to construct roads for the tourist tour-ist even if they serve no other purpose pur-pose as: for example, the road now being built b the state of Colorado to the summit of Mt. Evans. Now York state too, has set an example for its neighbors with a fino system of roads through tho Adirondacks Highway Magazine |