Arizona republican., 1914-05-02
IHTERDEPEHOENCE IF
 TOWN AHD COUNTRY
Pres. Wilson of A. A. A. Tells tiow Motor Car Aids Relations ot
 Two Communities

If Adams Smith, the great scotch economist. who set forth so coneiseiy the interdependence of the town dwell Ter ana the farmer could only return to life today, he would Jon with us in hailing the motor-dliven vehicle as ! wonderful economic fal tor in effectively welding together the means of commit nicatiOn between community and coun- try
 President John A. Wilson of the American Automobile Association has inciuded this paragraph ia the report which he will make to the meeting of he executive board, to be held in Bui 7 falo, April 29, upon his return 1rog the ocean to ocean visiting trip to the as sociation's state and local clubs. Com menting further the head of the na- tional body of motor car owners will say:
 In encouraging and nafns tt pos eible for people to leave centeis of pop ulation and live comfortably in tae country, the automobile has been the missing necessity. as has been made apparent by th" quickly insistent man ne,. in which it has come into its own. This introduction. of q new vehicle on the hiehways has brought with it the demand for essential changes in road construction and maintenance, in the character of laws governing lraffic movement. and in the preparation and dissemination Cf information for the wiGer range of motor car use With horse-GraWn vehicles traYei Was com paratively local: motor driven trans ltort of men and merchandise is not only inter-county but interstate as wsil. for it must he remembered that inc geographica, location Of our most importan; cities hos comparatively It, tlo to do with ste,e lines
 After a trip across the country. w1ich has included talks and confer ences with officers and directors of A A. A. clubs. I can hardly fail to note the pronounced enthusiasm of men who arc laboring for all those things which tend to accelerate the Use of the ve- hicle that now enters into every lrO- cressive phase of human existence Tn every state visited I found the same Gemand for highwaye improvement. the rec ching out from market places to outlying farms. ard tho n7Te he2lth- f,'I relationship in tlre com st cpCaera- fior between rcy0,nun,;ie7 town and country. and rcti2caaly in the grctter Ucoerstl ndir5 between s;1t,s as to their common needs
 When il comes to the question of federal aid in roads bettcrment. i, may be true that the western states will more thoroughly appreciate that which will come from the central source. but the eastern commonwealth must keep in mind the plainly apparent fact that the greatest quantity of the countrys food stuffs must come from the prairie states of the section beyond the Missis- sippi
 While l am purposely placing it as 2 secondary matter it is entirely right that those states which possess scenic attractions second to nothing found in Europe, should be assisted in making these assets collectible. for it is en- tirely too true that many of our well to do people spend their lengthy vaca- tions Tn foreign countries. when they have near at hand but. unfortunately inaccessible equally attractive health giving resorts within the confines of their own country A tour which would