Show FARMER NEEDS GOOD ROADS motor has extended his sphere of operation until miles worry him there Is a reason for american tardiness in road building we need not be utterly downcast when we hear war oar highways unfavorably compared with the fine smooth roads of europe we must most remember that european highways were hundreds of years in the making and in periods when roads were the sole means of transportation both civil and military there were no railroads no electric lines no wire communication road building was the essence of commercial ufa life and communication america started almost with the railroad and the steamboat comparatively a few years later we had the telegraph our roads were wera neglected because they were only local in character our railroads and telegraph enabled us to leap the centuries but now we are confronted by a new need it Is the need for better local transportation por tation says chicago tribune where formerly the farmer was content with a few miles of dirt roads for his local traffic le he be now requires hundreds of miles for his area has ex es banded with the advent of gasoline A few years back there was the protest that good roads was merely the argument of the automobilist a species restricted chiefly to metropolitan districts A part of that merit ment still obtains that good roads is fi the demand of the automobilist but the automobilist 14 g the tanner the notor motor has extended his sphere ot of operation until miles Is of nomore no more leop concern cern to fo him blut than was tp ten before |