Southern good roads . nd the profit on his cr:ip. Hut there islittle traceable connection between the cost to the far-mer of miirl\cting his crop and what he gets for only tn make money on your transportationis by cutting down your transpjrtation charges. Tohaul more cheaply you must make your hauling easier,be able to haul heavier loads, he able t( liaul morerapidly. The oidy way to reacli these transportation expensesand re<luce them is through the medium of improvedroads. Yon cant feed your stock less; you cant driveyour animals faster; you cant 1 )ad yuur wagons heav-er on
Southern good roads . nd the profit on his cr:ip. Hut there islittle traceable connection between the cost to the far-mer of miirl\cting his crop and what he gets for only tn make money on your transportationis by cutting down your transpjrtation charges. Tohaul more cheaply you must make your hauling easier,be able to haul heavier loads, he able t( liaul morerapidly. The oidy way to reacli these transportation expensesand re<luce them is through the medium of improvedroads. Yon cant feed your stock less; you cant driveyour animals faster; you cant 1 )ad yuur wagons heav-er on \oiir present poor roads. The oidy thing Ilia1remains is to improve the roads. A farmei- of (laud. Elmore county. Alaliama. kepta recoid of his hauling ti and from iiis market for one year. He nuule one hundred andtwenty tiins and rated them at two dollars per tri]).figuring on thi market price foi lal)or antl team. RydoTibling his load he could therefore save one hundredand t\\enty doll:ii-s per Building Crushed Stone Streets at Biownwood. Texas. This City Already Has Miles of Crushed Stone Streets and is Completint. S5 Miles of Graveled Roads Leading- Out of Town FiMin the al)o\e it is seen at once, assuming the cor-rectness of the figures. That if we can i-ut transporta-tion charges in half for the farmer, three hundred mil-lion dollars annually -wiil l)e reserved to the \\. the (jiiestion that at once arises in the mind ofevery (.lie is: Wliere is this gding What ]>art do I get, yini say. It is certainly true that^.his$,0()0 is a chargeagainst the farmers lands and outfits. If he can saveit, it certainly must show somewhere. Each farmermust come in for his share of it. Now. there are those who argue lijvc this: Y(.)U willsave two dollars a year on each set of harness, ; five dollars a year on each wagoi. because thewear and tear Aviil be less; ten dollars a .vear on theupkeep of each draught anim
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