In the era in which we now enter the motor vehicle on the modern highway will be the main factor in the development of communities and national advancement. When we first built the railway we first provided the roadbed, then bought our rolling stock and then put it in commission. Now we have reversed the order. We have purchased our rolling stock, a costly and delicately constructed mechanism, and put it into commission before we have a roadbed suitable for its use.

"The result is a drain upon the financial resources which no community in the United States, or the country as a whole, is rich enough to stand.

"It costs twice as much to operate a motor vehicle upon an improper roadbed as upon a suitable one. This cost may be figured in

gasoline, tires, repairs, deterioration, and one's time and energy.

"When these costs are figured it is apparent that the outlay under present conditions is far in excess to proper roadbed.

"We have a war debt and must economize. Furthermore, half of the human family goes to bed hungry every night and millions starved during the war. This being true, preventable waste becomes a sin against humanity. We are conducting a national drive for better roads. We have agreed that the next big job, now that we have completed the job over there, is to provide proper roadbeds throughout the United States over which we may operate the motCT vehicle. Our growth of transportation of men and goods, the contrast in the items of time, comfort and convenience between transportation by steam ar railway trains, by buggy or wagon, became so great that necessity required a substitute. Science has provided a substitute so well adapted to the purpose that today one-third of the people of the United States have resorted to the use of the passenger car, while I am informed that even in the newest part of the country where agriculture has taken its most rapid strides within the past five years and where from Ogallala to Kimball I have been surprised at the magic growth of new towns and cities of the most modern type.