Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
GOOD ROADS FOR BENEFIT OF ALL
Hon. George Ladd of U S. Government Addresses Nor wch Grange-Where the Best Roads Are the Best Peo- pie Are He Says-Mons For BattIeships Might be Bet ter Spent For Roads.

showed pictures of roads in New Jer- sey, Oregon, and California. In Cal 1fornia, he said, he saw the best road in the west, made of the natural ma terial, oiled once a year and rolled downss It was absolutely dustless.
 French Method of Oversight.
 The trouble with us. he said, was that we built good road and then go off and forget that we have built 1t. The French method does not all low road to be forgotten for as soon as It IS built it is divided into sections with man in charge of each whose work it is to keep it in absolute repair.
 Speed of Automobiles.
 While we are having good roads we must have safe roads and the only way to have safe roads, the speaker said, was to build no automobile en- zine that could develop over 30 miles an hour. At such speed the auto mobile did little damage to the road.
 Convict Labor on Roads.
 Convict labor on roads was advocat- ed by MT. Ladd, but not of the type carried out in the south, but rather the Colorado system for short term prfs- gangs with superintendent over them. The result is a saving for the state, and often much benefit to the prisoner in he lines of health when he is able to return to his family
 Helps the Farmer.
 Instances were given of improved roads where in one place a load of from 40 to 200 bushels of onions were drawn to market over the improved roads where formerly from 40 to SC bushels only could be drawn. In the south an improved road permitted a darky and a team of mules to draw ten bales of cotton where over the Old sandy road but one bale could be dRawn before. The autotruck, MT. LadG said, he believed was coming for the marketing of farm produce.
 Types of new concrete CuIverts were shown, and the speaker said that one of the present day problems was tC get 100 per cent. of value in road work for every dollar of taxes that was paid
 Road Adornment.
 Road adornment was another point touched upon and shown by the pie tures for beauty in roads has 2 money value. The two things most es- sentiaI to secure a good road are drain it does not make much difference What you put on top, for you will get a gooC road We feel ourselves the riches and most powerful nation on the face of the earth but as a nation we have the worst roads.
 Roads Instead of Battleships.
 In conclusion, the speaker spoke briefya for peace between nations anC mentioned che physical encounter that had taken place between two United States legisla tors in the course of the controversy over whether the nava programme shculd include one or two battleships. How much better thar putting millions into a battleshiI would it be 60 devote this same amount of money to good roads, and this sun in the millions would build nationa highway from Boston to Chicago ana beyond, dotted with prosperous anc happy homes that would be a stronger defense to the nation than any battle ship. In ten years the battleship is in the scrap heap, but the homes gt 6n blessing the nation for countless years.
 A vote of thanks was passed by the grange for MT. Ladds talk, which Oc- cupied over an hour, and he left or the boat train to go to PennSyIVania where he is to be one of three speak CTS to tour the state in advocacy of { 50-million dollar bond issue which i! to be voted upon there. Former High way Commissioner Macdonald of thi! state is one of the other speakers ir this campaign.