The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-05-14
A TALK ON GOOD ROADS

think the value of good roads can
be measured by dollars and cents,
speaking of good roads in a broad
sense, even bring it down to the
proposed star highway running
through Ohio County, when this
road is completed it will give us an
outlet to the whole United States,
and when once built will have the
solved. For to fully appreciate a
good road we first have to actually
travel over it and when this road
is completed and the people of the
county travels it they then will
realize the advantage of real
road, and everybody will want to
build good roads and when you get
everybody favoring good roads,
then the problem of good roads is
settled, and we can easily see the
good enterprizimg citizens OF Ohio
county are beginning to realize the
Importance of good roads, and are
beginning to awake to the sense of
duty We can easily see that peo-
pie living in a great nation like
ours possessing all the natural re-
sources that we possess with our
ability to do things, with energy
and capitol, and with every natural
advantage under the shining cano-
ply of Heaven, must go forward.
The United States has only per-
cent of the population of the world,
and yet we produce:
20 percent of the worlds sup
ply of gold.
25 percent of the worlds supply
of wheat.
40 percent of the worlds supply
of iron and steel.
40 percent of the worlds supply
of lead.
40 percent of the worlds supply
of silver.
so percent of the worlds supply
of zinc.
So percent of the wold's supply
of coal.
60 percent of the worlds supply
of aluminium.
60 percent of the worlds supply
- of copper.
: 60 percent of the worlds supply
of cotton.
sc percent of the worlds supply
of oil.
rs percent of the worlds supply
of corn.
IS percent of the worlds supply
of automobiles.
We also refine 80 percent Of the
copper and operate 40 percent of
the worlds railroads, Before the
worlds war we owed other nations
five billion dollars. We have not
only paid that debt, but foreign
nations now owe us ten billion dol
lars. We now hold the largest
gold reserves of any nation in the
world. In addition to all the natur-
al advantages related above, we
possess the richest and most firtle
soil on the face of the earth. With
all the incalculable wealth of our
mines, fields and forests, we are
compelled to go forward. The
worlds war was the greatest ad-
vertisement of this great nation of
ours in her history people from all
over the world have realized the
wonderful advantages we possess.
With our greatly increased capital,
every impetus added TO industry,
farming and manufacturing. We
look forward to a period of the
most remarkable prosperity in our
entire history. The United States
troops backed by the good United
States brains and grit, delivered
the Knockout" blow that ended
the worlds greatest war, and did
you know that II it had not been
for those good roads in France
that our nations would have been
out millions of dollars more than
she was out, and besides. there
would have been buried today in
the cold clay of France thousands
of our brave boys that now are
back home with their friends and
loved ones. So as we said above
that we cannot measure the value
of goodroads by dollars and cents.
So let everybody think seriously
over this proposition of building a