| Show 0 NEED FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS freight congestion on railroads has emphasized importance ot of our country roads we are being treated to a demonstration of what t happens when the arteries of commerce conini erce become d diseased congested and run liona down the lie lack of adequate transportation facilities on the railroads or oc tills this country mounts into the millions of dollars la in the delays that are occasioned our rail railway ay system like our agricultural methods have grown up so gradually keeping abreast even ahead of the demands of commerce we have come to look upon them as a matter of course but the even balance between transportation por tation facilities land and demands of commerce la Is easily upset as the experience per peri lence ence of the past few months has demonstrated our railroad system needs tation but along with the improve I 1 1 4 A N 11 I 1 i 01 if ir 11 u ci LAI 11 M P 4 3 q I 1 1 AP 4 I 1 letter ll etter roads would permit increase in tonnage by motor vehicles ments meets of the railroads there Is great seed aeed for a material improvement throughout the land over the country roads move the raw materials that go to make up a vast proportion of the tonnage carried by the railroads the present freight congestion has emphasized the importance of the tha country road it has proved the value of hard surface roads as passageways eways tor for freight carried in motor trucks and automobiles much relief for the railroads bal come through the immense tonnage that has moved this thia summer on motoi trucks A greater tonnage would undoubtedly have moved in the same marmer manner if our highway system had been fit the time has come when the mileage of concrete brick or other nard hard surfaced roads must extend in an ever increasing network until the remotest parts of the country can have the advantage of quick transportation every day of the bear ear in a motor vehicle Atner american ican fruit grower |
