New Britain herald., 1930-07-30

GEORGE V. HAMLIN
 the roads are poor and get his fruit, vegetables, poultry and daily products to market in fresher con- d'tion. giving the consumer the ad- vantage of better quality and saving the producer the loss due to shrink age and spoilage in transit.
 Improved rural roads would make for safety on the highways by distributing traffic over. q wider area and relieving congestion on the trunk line roads. They will bring better living conditions in the out lying districts. Whether in metro politan or rural sections, the im- provement of the roads brings an increased amount of civic pride.
 'Increased civic pride means finer homes, better kept lawns. closer community spirit, happier families and congenial neighbors
 Raised standards of living all fol- low the better roads movement.
 "Connecticut originally was an agricultural state. Experts say it is capable of raising much more of the products winch it now imports from other states. Improved means of transportation along the back roads will bring back a large portion of Connecticut's home grown food sources with a corresponding de- crease in the cost of living to the purchaser and profit to the pro- ducer.
 The Connecticut Milk Producers association reports in at least one town that 1t costs two cents extra to transport 8. quart of milk two miles on a rural road when it cost but one cent to transport the same quart of milk 22 miles on improved roads
 Would Mean Better Health
 Improved rural roads mean bet ter health to the communities which they serve. Forty-fve Connecticut towns are without local physicians largely because of unsatisfactory roads. Country physicians and visit ing nurses can reduce the death rate and especially the infant mortality rate to a minimum if given ade- quate transportation facilities.
 Improved rural roads would help promote the general health of these communities by making it possible to get the advice and aid of phy- slcians. health experts, visiting nurses, etc, while that advice and aid is still of valuable assistance.
 Tt is human nature that where 1t is extremely difficult to get expert attention, people are in clined to permit ailments to go neg lected until such time as it is too late.
 Tt is no exaggeration 10 say that the little white stone in | the village churchyard often is mute 1 testimony to the fact that young life passed out all too soon because for some reason trained, intelligent | attention was provided too late or not at ali.
 The clinics which are provided | in cities where young mothers may take their ailing babies for exam- nation and advice have snatched | many a lucky infant back from the | path that leads to the grave. Over | roads which are impossible to nurses and physicians, these clinics are impossible, and the little white stone in the village churchyard must | still stand, a rebuke to all the world, | until the roads are made safe for travel at all times.
 Within a few miles of Hartford | four men with a stretcher carried a man a quarter mile from his home | to trunk line highway because the | road was too bad for an ambulance | to traverse. Less than two miles from l New Britain, a hospital ambulance | was unable to. navigate a bad road 10 the home of a dying man to take | him to the hospital.
 Would Open Spenic Spleadors
 We read about the wonde ,ful | scenery of other states. A Nov Brit ain business man who has been an officer of the state and national | Chambers of Commerce for a good | many years, and who has travelled 1 5 1 times across the ocean and a number l of times to South America. says mo- where in the world is there any bet Ter or more beautiful scenery than n Connecticlt.
 Let's open up the country roads. l Let's make our river banks, our our beautiful valleys. our attractive farms more easily access 'ibk for tourists, and the roadways safer and more comfortable.
 Plan Pre-ciection Campaign
 Tn times past we have endeavor- d to have bills passed in the legis- aturs that would bring the relief sought but never before has there been any prediction effort made. We have decided that the way to before election and, let me say right lere, that there are just as good men md women who have never been in he state legislature as any that ever have been there.
 ''We have had some good repre- who have been friendly 10 L movement for improving rural 'oads and you are safe in sending my of these back at the next cleo ion, but you need send no one who will not support this movement.
 Tt will not be necessary for you o change your party affiliations. There n,ill be men and unnnen can- ]