The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-31
BOOST FOR
GOOD ROADS
Truck Man Who Sells the Peerless.
FaEeoi. Jumbo and Grant. Urges
More Enthusiasm.
by CARL LIPsKy.
Truck Sales Manager. Mitchell
Motos and Service Co.


II therc Ia a good roads program
In your locality vote for II. Put
your influence behind u and hasten
tho day when good roads shall be
the ordinary. commonplace thing In.
stead Of the unusual condition.
The good roads movement l. sec.
inx n big revival now that business
Is becoming normal. The most i'm.
portant program that has recently
come 10 our attention u that OF the
state Of Michigan which has Just
voted In favor OF a fifty.milllon dol.
lar program that when carried out
Will place Michigan on the map big
so far as good roads are concerned
Everywhere else you nee also more
interest In good roads than In any
period In our history. II is trits To
say that the war and ita needs
taught us tho value of good roads
Perhaps IL did. Perhaps IL brought
HON. to those duh ears OF higher
up the supreme importance Of an
Intelligent system OF navigabic high.
ways BUT more and moro u comes
home 10 the man who studies the
situation that back OF the good roads
movement must be the ordinary man.
the average man who pays taxes
and votes and thinks as he votes
And the average man Is beginning
In larger numbers TO realize In his
heart that the cost u him in taxes
In infinitesimal compared to the
benefits 10 himself and the commun.
Ity at large.
The farmer or rural dwciier. In
certain sections, for a long time
stood in the wayne wanted the
roads. but he didn't want 20 pay for
them. lie did not realize that In the
long run good roads pay for them.
selves out OF savings made to the
community In haulage of people and
merchandise. But the farmer today
IL reckoning in units OF time. Yes.
ne realizes the value OF minutes
thruout the season--and he is just
as keen in conserving time "a the
city bred man who operates n big
factory; II anything. he Is a bit keen
er. for seasons do not wait and crops
must be sowed and cultivated. reaped
and marketed at the right time. lie
has convinced himself that time liz
money. And he knows that good
roads save time and that they save
time largely because they make IL
possible To get satisfactory service
from motor cars and motor trucks.
And he IL not one bit blind to the
TACT that operating cost Is largely
Influenced by road conditions--that
good roads make gasoline more elas.
tic, rubber and steel more durable
and bring markets nearer. and that
good roads Increase property values
GU. OF all proportion 10 the cost Of
good roads 10 any one individual.
Therefore. the farmer is now back
OF road Improvement.
Does the city man feel an interest
In good roads? Ask your neighbor.
IL ne doesn't own an automobile he
expects 70 own one and he knows
all about where the good roads are
and what they mean. But while
his Influence counts big the great
Impetus has naturally sprung from
the numerous army Of motor car
owners to whom motor car owner.
ship has made the territory for miles
around his neighborhood. To both
city man and farmer the good road
means re.eaye from bondagc-bond.
ago to electric, steam car schedules
and MISUNDERSTANDING 10 dis.
TO time. Counties
and states where good roads have
become steady part OF a progress.
sive program OF legislation have seen
values shoot up In the most surpris.
Ing fashion and this again has
brought home the fact that good
roads pay for themselves. Thus IL
is natural that the year 1919 and
1920 will see tho most stupendous
good roads programs inauguratcd in
America that the world has ever
known. This Will result in the wider
utility OF motor cars and motor
trucks and of course prove a big
aid TO the solution OF the freight
traffic problem.
Mako haste slowiy--espcclal