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Bad roads burden farms and beyond with waste
A long argument cites wasted billions from poor roads in the United States. It links bad highways to higher costs, lower farm profits, lower school attendance, and illiteracy in some states, urging a major push to build improved macadam roads and boost land values and rural incomes. It highlights concrete examples from New Jersey, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Alabama, and notes a Southern Appalachian effort to build 800 miles of new roads.
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United States
America
New York
Liverpool
Interstate Commerce Report
Almacadam
New Jersey
Long Island
Dakotas
Minnesota
Manitoba
Holland
Belgium
France
Pacific Coast
New England
California
Jackson County
Ala
Boston
Gumberland Mountains
St. Louis
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Oregon
Munk Farm
Agnes
Laurin Collier
Southern Appalachian Good Roads Association
North Carolina
Southern Appalachian
Sacramento Valley
Sacramento
Sacramento Valley Irrigation Company
J. S. Kuhns
W. S. Kuhn
Pittsburgh
S Valley
Chambers of Commerce
State Board of Trade
Italy
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Congress