Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-05
.L.LONC TALKS
ON GOOD ROADS
TO iowa LEAGUE
|ays City People Should Boost
as Hard for Improvement
as Farmers; Must
Pledge Credit.

The following culled remark.
m a recent address by Joe. L
ng, editor of the Road Maker
ore the Iowa league at its annua
citing, are so full of facts tha
IN the "agnostic" who profit.
ough the means of highway.
Isl be convinced of the grea,
ID of hard roads.
Why should some of us fee
the man who produces food |:
rely responsible for the means
transportation and that the con,
iier has no interest in such I'm.
Mvement is difficult to understand
q matter of fact, the highest
,.ed member of society on accoun,
insufficient transportation is the
Slimon laborer in the large city
greater share of his income Is
zen from him because of inter
9ted transportation or fear of il
In from any other citizen. The
Eatest loss to society isnot caused
the cost of moving products
lough the mud but by the refusal
undertake production of articles
It depend upon immediate trans
citation. Instead of hauling milk
IS, vegetables, etc, to town
cough the mud, the farmer sits a,
he, feeds them to hogs and allows
Scity man to get what he can
the cold storage stuff at what
IL price they can make him pay
one blames the farmer for no,
biting to, pull through the mud,
Nor this reason the city man is
q as vitality interested in high
" improvement as is the rural
sident.
" is in the method of doing pub
business that we are mostly at
flt, 1t is conceded by all students
Rcivic affairs that great improve
hts must be made out of other
n current funds. If we undertook
Rbuiid a court house the way we
roads we would levy a small tax
icient to pay one-tenth or one
EfItieth of the cost of the struc-
then dig our excavation the
Il year; second year comes an
tr tax and we would build part
the first floor, and so on. No
would ever expect to build a
ling that way. Why roads?
are the most important topic
1s today. To get real high
we must pledge the public
Iii in the form of bonds"
League of Highways.
1 a conference of representa-
y from most of the large high
associations, held in Chicago
Ently, it was decided to call a
hing in Kansas City about the
:ef Jaauary for the purpose OF
3 league OF the active, spe-
Highway associations oof the
a States. Any highway hav-
formed marking of not less
ia miles length is&invited to
e. The object of the con.
the result of the resolu-
- I'D at the convention of the
association of state high
bials at Chicago, asking the
Eent to create a federal
TIL bureau and outline, build
ID ntain a system of national
q y. A large per cent of the
" sentiment for goods is due
etivity of the road and auto
Nominations, and the objec,
Kansas City meeting will be
II working organization and
II mot the national highway
y eding and Leniency.
" omaha Automobile club, to.
myth all safety first thinking
PE Of Omaha, earnestly hop,
tTE police judges have the re.
Apunt of the killing of a boy
essleeding truck so indelibly
sJek on their mind that Their
N aar's resolve will be to
irAnaha of the speed bug
1.3A lies in their hands. The
les fine of S. to $50 fol-
IN Road Economies.
IN, n the value of hard road
y, BIT it is going to cost tc
hard road, but by the
ways it is going, to save
vcry man in the com.
- pney every day in thu
consumer is bound tc
bgnizc The fact that wha. helps
producer also helps the con.
the hundreds of communitie:
4ghout the country where hare
y have been built, the individua
community have greatly pros
ID, and out of their prosperit,
most cheerful bill they hav,
was the bill for that blessed
81 road. Estimate the cost 0
hfd road not by the real cost o
road, but by the daily loss il
hey you and everyone else il
III community loses in hundret
through having dirt roads tina
and constant upkeep but Civ,
X period service. A value tina
veighs all arguments when talk
bard roads is service.
Z y Dirt Road Cost in Gas.
3yrrone knows a greater mileag,
Manned from a gallon of gas OF
ID road than over a chuck-holet
road. Presume there are 50t
and trucks using the Lincoln
I<way every day in the motorin,
Oil, 800 on the Military road
"a the OLD and 100 on othe
fxhes. Take an average of i
of tfavel for each of the los
zach Day and presume the aver
"a A