Arizona republican., 1919-01-28
5ood Roads Meet
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CConuinued From Page Two) products of the country, and decrease their cost to the consumer. The two aims axe not autaGonistic.
 Better marketing facilities will re- te.o the cost of delivery. increase tho i le. of productivity, permit Of q di- 1 frly of crops, induce intensive | rr-4s. and produce better and larger l ..Dra Better marketing facilities de- | uI on better roads, with durable sur ! faces and easy grades.
 tr" average cost of hauling farm | products over average country roads | t.Is found by a mP'ehensiVe inVesti- l ton and census made by the R. r. l i.. to be 22c per ton milo, while the ! ..7age cost Of hauling over hard sur . I.c.d roads should not exceed 13 cents ! l'r t0u-mile. And it is the toWnsmen not the farmers who pay that 10 . t.n- tax due to poor roads. Districts | which have been entirely devoted to | in. production of one crop-to the 1 |. ..~neut ot the land-probablN allow l ..- a large percentage to lie idle,-find . the average productiveness pc .,.- las been multiplied. As the in .u. increases so is the value of the | .uI incrca sed-the output represent . inE certain percentage of the invest ! a.,ut as in any industrial plant Garden truck which could not he ru1Uced outside of a radius of three .r four miles with country roads to ..l over, may under improved con ..,lHs be more economically produced
 III. I1ulcd l5 miles with improved
 as J means of transportation.
 ''.-rIll( the food shortage aroused ... and country people to the urgent ...| of good roads. The railroads were .. ,ausested with traffic they could
 .1..o farm produce to market fast
 h to feed the popnulation. By
 wagons and motor trucks 10 the f..l.J extent 10 which OFT highways
 ut.tted to haul food into large
 ..-. the extreme shortage was re- i...e1. But it is almost certain To 1Unen again unless populous com l- -tjas are supplied with a system of ....a strong enough to bear a big vol I"u of traffic. However. short the .,.. food Of some kind could then bc promptly moved without danger of be- -ae blocked or spoiled in transit. and ". ei ii arrived in town could be inn '' uialely delivered. There is food D.uusu in the country if it can b"
 ,..y moved from distant as well as farms. A large tonnage goes to or is marooned by bad roads TNr farmer loses his market. and the consumer yaps an eNhorbitant price
 -H shortage is not the only men s.. Manufacturers are short raw ma t'"a. and fuel to keep their factories ing, Merchants arc short of goods "uI business is threatened with q tie u. Unemployement may follow unless rpins facilities are improved
 short haul trucking on good roads will supplement long haul railroad traffic. Motor trucks are cheaper 'idcker. and more efficient for short distance work. They travel under their own power, independent of schedules. tracks yards, or locomotives But they require durable roads Nothing less rigid will stand the pounding, t7ruStIng, and shearing effects of DOW 'r-driven truck wheels. Scattered stretches Of good road are insufficient
 There must be a profit to the pro ulccr. but under poor conditions. tho long haul plus the cost of production. equals the selling price Such condi- tuns do not leave a margin for the .0duCer and bankruptcy follows
 Too much may not be said regard ing the appreciation of land under i'm Hruved road conditions Good roads increase property values, decrease the tIN rate. and make long hauls with less horsepower possible.
 They know no season. because their construction is such that hey are free rom dust. mud and ruts. Bad roads. on the other hand, decrease the as sesscd valuation of property and cor rcspondingly increase tho tax rate. They are hard on stock. destructive to vehicles. and frequently wreck motor cars unfortunate enough 10 travel oyer I7t4t.4 H.. lHrly unusuablc at seasons Of the year when the largest and heaviest load is to bc moved.
 Without doubt. the one greatest agent demanding good roads through out the country, is the motor car. The demand is widespread and insistent. This mode of ransportaton-once used only by the plutocrat-has been accepted by all as the cheapest. quick est and easiest method to move short haul freight, or to enjoy the pleasures ot outdoor life It annihilatcs distances. It enlarges the district over which a physician may render service. thus saving lives.
 Recently a bond election of s60.OOO.- GOO was passed in the state of Illinois for the improvement of a state system ot roads. This enormous debt is to be footed by the automobile owners within the state. These owners Siguified their willingness 10 cO-ocprate in the mat fer realizing that the wear and tear uu machines, due to present road con diuons. is more than equal to the ad- ditional tax proposed, which will be an increase of 100 per cent of the license fec.
 Improved roads mean that farmers children may attend schools regularly. that E. r. D. routes may he made pos D sblc, that social advantages are eX- tended 10 the farmers family in so far q g social intercourse, amusements and religious inclinations are concerned.
 The farmer no longer lives isolated