Milford chronicle., 1950-07-28

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WHAT DESTROYS OUR ROADS?
The commercial truckers are claiming
that their heavy vehicles do not do as much
highway damage as uninfOrmed people sup
nose. and that the problem OF road destruc-
ton has been greatly exaggerated.
That view, however, is not shared by ex-
merits who have gone thoroughly into the
matter and have no axe to grind for or aglnst
any kind of transportation. -,
According to the American Automobile
Association. "Billions of dollars worth OF the
nations finest highways are belng pOunoeGI
bv overweight and overloaded commercial
vehicles" g
According to the U. S. Commissioner OF I
Public Roads. '"The chief destructive factor
of highways is overlooking (Of h aVy
According to the California Chief Engin-
eer of Highways, big trucks in this state
are responsible for 55 per cent OF the total
cost of new highway construction.
vania. at costs us $4,000 (per mile) to main
tain a truck highway and only $3.50 year
tO maintain highway for automobiles"
According to the Highway and Trathc
Problems Commission of Illinois, private
automobiles in this state are paying three
times more tax per tOn-mile than the largest
type truck" eu..-..4.,,.o could
Evidence and opinion of this nature could
he continued almost indefinitely. Our man
roads are breaking down at an alarming rate
The cost of maintenance and new cOnSCruc-
tion of the type adequate for the huge truck
and-trailer rigs is stratOspheric. The safety
problem grows steadily worse. And the Dig
trlcks-thOse freight cars on the highways
are chief offenders:
CONTROL FOR THE LOVE OF CONTROL
How does socialism come to a country? A
vivid and historically accurate answer 10
that question has been supplied by Dr.
Franklin Bliss Snyder, President Emeritus
of Northwestern University.
Socialism lays it's chilling hand on ma
tion the way old age OVeFtakes US nulll"l1 III
beings" he said. "NO nation, so far as
know. ever said, Go to it; after next Thurs
dav we will all be socialists No, the atthc-
tiOn comes gradually, and usually without
discomfort in it's early stages. But the ultl-
mate result is unhappineSs, national deStlCu-
tiOn. and slavery. The only way to lend IL
off is to be alert to the symptoms, and take
proper measures to eliminate them In Chis
Vav socialism can be kept at bay, for though
old aoe is inevitable, socialism is not ...
"AnthOny Eden put the case against So
cialism we'll when he said last summer The
Socialist party is far too much given to con,
troll for the love of control e.. In restricting
liberty in small matters, they are playing
into the hands of those who would suppress
liberty in the greater things OF lie. Inc
more we are conditioned to control the weak
er becomes that sense of personal responsi
bility that in the past has been our strength
as a nation"
Control for the love of control" is d
: oboracteY.istic of all the iSnS-SOcialiSm, com
= munisn, nazism, or what have you. The ar
petites of those who seek ever-increasln
power over others is Unsuitable. The ideal
of sincere men are perverted to the use c
the tyrant, Classical socialism stands tO
the maintenance of individual liberty-ye
4 4 never in history has that been possible as
e practical matter as weary England has d.
q monstrated. We must nip socialism in tn
i bud or it will engUlf us.
= 5000
SIX TRILLION DOLLARS!