Southern good roads . donot advocate that you spend j^our money to constructa road aud then let it go; a highway is uot different iuthe results to be obtained to the railroad or watercarriers, you have got to maintain it or your moneylias been wasted—again, there is another factor thatenters into the Cjuestion of good roads aud which is,as a matter of fact, of the utmost importance, namely,the inability i)f the farnici-. cm account of impassableroads to haul liis crjps to the markets when prices arehighest. In a paper read by i\Ir. Page before theAmerican Eoadbuilders Association at Indianapol
Southern good roads . donot advocate that you spend j^our money to constructa road aud then let it go; a highway is uot different iuthe results to be obtained to the railroad or watercarriers, you have got to maintain it or your moneylias been wasted—again, there is another factor thatenters into the Cjuestion of good roads aud which is,as a matter of fact, of the utmost importance, namely,the inability i)f the farnici-. cm account of impassableroads to haul liis crjps to the markets when prices arehighest. In a paper read by i\Ir. Page before theAmerican Eoadbuilders Association at Indianapolislast December, he liruised the pocket nerves of everyfarmer in Indiana -by reminding them that in 1909prices of wheat in Chicago ranged from 99y^ cents to$ per the lowest price being reached inAugust when the roads were at their best, while thetop prices were attained when the roads were practi-cally impassable; thereby demonstrating that if theroads had been in a conditi m all the time to have haul-. Fairfax, Va. Auto stalled in mud had to init on chains in order to set out ed the products to the markets tliey could have , if not the highest prices, a price much higherthan the lowest. Therefore, from a monetary and eco-nomic basis good roads are a necessity. Aside from the question of money is the isolationimposed b,v bad roads. Churches, entertainments andagreeable neighbors count ft)r naught if one is sepa-rated from them b> a mile or twn of impassal)le mudholes. Good roads mean more to the children than tothe grown members of the farmers family, for theymay spell the difference between an education and thelack of one. It is found that in communities providedwith good roads the average school attendance theyear round is over 80 per cent, while with l)ad roadsthe attendance rarely exceeds 70 per cent, while it maybe as low as 30 per cent. The best schools—the kindthat you desire to send your children to and the kindthat your children desire to
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