On the record
Costly highways ought to be made to serve as feeders rather than competitors of the railroads, and the motor truck should become a coordinate factor in our great distributing system.
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Warren G. Harding
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gutenberg.orgWarren G. Harding: “Costly highways ought to be made to serve as feeders rather than competitors of the railroads, and the motor truck…”
Editor's note · Context
Harding advocates for highways to support railroads rather than compete with them.
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