A CALF BY POST

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 81, 31 December 1919, Page 5

A CALF BY POST

WHAT GOOD EOADS MEAN. To lx> able to market /lis produce—to send a call, or receive a bale of liay—by 1 naraals no.st is.ont' of the facilities enjoyed by ty American farmer as a direct nutunrro of the nation-wide good roads campaign in America. Tiic motor truck is becoming the principal means of transporting ;he prodwt of the poll to market. and the fanner is becoming independent of the railways. In establishing tho rural delivery and parcels post system on such a. wide basis, the noslal authorities have absorbed practically all the motor lorries previously used on war xvork. Tliis. according to Mr. L. ,T. Oilier,who is in Rvdnev on a (business visit, ir, but one indication of the national benefit derived from Ihe construction of good roads in 'lie "United States. An idea of the impnrivinee attached to fondwj>vs mav be rained from the. proposals of the various covrrning authorities for Kio next few voars Coficrews has voted the sum nf for tho construction and maintenance of the "national highways." wli'ioli are to form a complete network. connecting all the States in the TTnion with one another and tho coast. This si'im is to bo expended in live vears, offer which it is proposed to authorise the spending of another XiCO.OOO.fIOO. For these icad« the federal Government is ''espc.nsible The various Rtat'i Governments control the fced-oi , «. or all rinds other than the national highway, vithiji their boundaries. For this purnow thev are expending next year amounts varying from to .C15.000.0'10. Towa is laving out ,£20,0C-0,-flßfl on. tier internal roads. "Until." said Mr. Oilier, "the'- people set over "lie id?a ih'<t tlic gcod road is oulv for ihe autnuobPc. pud realise that it means cheaper, quicker, and better transportation for teodshiffs a.nd otlit-r necessaries nf life, She good morement cannot suc"rod Australians must lie educated up to th.e necessity for better roads."