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Show V.HY HAVE GOOD ROADS There are an abundance of good re.iious v. hy e should have good loiids, oven under normal conditions. li'.-.t ihere are urgent reasons why v.e should have them this year, when ed'.idiiions aie expected to far surpass sur-pass even those of normal. Our roads must be in a condition for prompt harvesting of the great crops which the world is demanding of America this year. Experts in ail lines of business predict pre-dict lhat 1913 will be the most pros-eroos pros-eroos year in the history of the Uniieli States. Tiesident Wilson has publicly warned the farmers of the country lhat the task of feeding the world will soon devolve upon us, and he urges us to utilize every ounce of energy en-ergy and every foot of ground, that the supply may be ec.ual to the tre-meuduous tre-meuduous demand for food. Europe today is non-productive, yet the people of those countries must be fed. They must not starve. And America is the only nation that is equal to the gigantic task. And because this herculean task fells upon the American farmer, it is imperative that no act of ours bo left undone that may be productive of greater and swifter results. And herein lies the value of good roads. Tremenduous crops may be grown, ai;d harvested, but they must be marketed in record time this year. And without good roads this cannot can-not be done. The time is opportune for the people peo-ple of this community to take up this matter and see that prompt measures are taken to insure the best of roads in the country districts before be-fore the time is at hand for the moving mov-ing of the great crops we are asked to pi oduc e. Horses and mules must draw7 tlr. produce to the shipping points, and this is a matter requiring both tim.; and animal energy. An animal possesses only a certain amount of energy, beyond which it may not be taxed, and when that energy en-ergy is exhausted it ceases to be of the greatest value to its owner, and fu'ure movements are retarded because be-cause of its lost vitality. If country roads are placed in the best possible condition during the spring and summer months, the fall movement of crops will be accomplished accom-plished with greater ease and less expense than heretofore. And every hour of the time will be needed this fall if the farmers heed the call of the world and the warning given. Let us 'up and be doing" here that we may contribute bountifully of our substance when humanity turns to us for breau. H |
