Show ROAD ROYAL LINE IN A DEMOCRACY 1 roads rule the world not kings king or congresses not courts nor C constable on or soldiers in nn an argument for good roads same wise man whose name has hag been lost fost made use of the following roads rends rule the not kings nor congresses gr esses nor courts nor constables not ships nor soldiers the road is the only royal line in a democracy tho the only legislature that never changes the only court that never sleeps the tha only army that never quits the first aid to the redemption of 0 any nation the exodus from stagnation in tiny any society the call from savagery in any tribe the high priest of prosperity after the order of without beginning of days or end of life the road Is umpire in every war find and when the new map Is made it simply pushes on its great campaign of help hope brotherhood efficiency and peace the value of good roads may be better understood when it Is known that the average cost to farmers of the united states to transport pro produce fluce to market Is more than 23 cents per ton per mile these figures do not include the cost cosi of breakage of harness or vehicles the cost per ton per mile over hard surfaced roads Is less than halt half the present average |