Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1889 — Good Country Roads. [ARTICLE]

Good Country Roads.

The-one great obstacle in the way of securing permanently good country roads lies with those who in the end would be most benefitted by them, namely, the farmers. They, more than any other class, need good highways over which to transport their surplus produce to market, but they are the very ones who will fight against the expenditure of a dollar, although in the long run it would benefit them ten times as much, in the way of enabling them to market their stuffs at the best time, to say nothing of the saving in wear and tear on draft animals, vehicles and harness.