THE AMERICAN ROAD

and today this is how the american road looks the whole nation has become swift and mobile flowing along over a great network of highways more than 3 million miles long and constantly growing the american road has lifted itself high above the muddy ruts of 50 years ago the road has bridged the gulf between city and country their ways of life have mingled and both share the fruits of progress equally machines have taken the burden of work from the back of the farmer no longer do the women on the farms grow old before their time and the people of the cities have been able to move out into quiet communities full of sun and fresh air that seem almost like living in the country the old country schoolhouse is vanished and the energy of the children is no longer wasted in walking miles to get there the worker of today no longer has to live close to the plant that employs it his home is in pleasant surroundings and he drives to work every car on the american road every new building that towers against the sky is a sign of our progress towards a better way of life but perhaps the most wonderful thing about the american road is the freedom it gives us you've only to get in your car and start driving to feel it the american road what magnificent vistas open up before us as we travel along it we have come a long way since the quadricycle and the model t in 50 short years our whole way of life has changed we have accomplished much but the achievements to come will dwarf our own the american road stretches ahead of us always towards a new horizon we are all traveling along that road all moving forward towards an even better tomorrow you