‘Ibe RURAL NEW.YORKER 
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at every farmer’s gate 
T HIS is the ultimate aim of the new transportation 
movement—the Rural Motor Express Lines—first 
fostered as a war measure by the Highways Transport 
Committee of the Council of National Defense. 
Regular and dependable transportation—a thing the 
farmer has never had before—is now being furnished 
him in many sections in much the same way that the city 
man has his street-cars, his express deliveries, and the 
other forms of transportation which operate to his door. 
The effect of dependable transportation is to move the ship¬ 
ping platform from the railway station right up to the 
farmers front gate , permitting more frequent ship¬ 
ments both to and from the consuming market centers. 
The benefits of the Rural Express—affecting alike 
the producer and the customer—are impossible with¬ 
out good roads. Schedules cannot be maintained if the 
roads become bogged with every heavy rain-storm. 
Must Have Year-’round Roads 
So it is essential that both city dwellers and farmers* 
throw their full influence into the fight for good, easv- 
traction roads that can be used, regardless of weather, 
every month in the year. 
It is possible to build and maintain such roads at 
moderate cost by adopting Tarvia. Tarvia is a coal- 
tar preparation for use in constructing new roads and 
repairing old macadam roads. 
Tarvia is popular with road engineers every¬ 
where because it makes firm, mudless, dustless, 
water-proof and automobile-proof roads that stand 
up under the most severe weather and traffic con¬ 
ditions. When properly constructed, Tarvia roads 
are less expensive to maintain than any other type of 
u vear-around'’ road. 
Thousands of miles of Tarvia roads suitable for 
carrying Rural Motor Express traffic have already 
been constructed throughout the United States. 
Is your community ready with good roads to take 
advantage of this movement to establish a shipping 
platform at every farmer’s gate ? 
Why not do a little investigating and see how Tarvia 
will help you get good roads at low cost ? 
Illustrated booklet showing Tarvia roads all over the 
country free on request. 
Special Service Department 
payer- 
order to bring the facts before tax 
road authorities. The Bar¬ 
rett Company has organized a Special Service 
Department, which keeps up to the minute 
on all road problems. 
If you will write to the nearest office re¬ 
garding road conditions or problems in your 
vicinity the matter will have the prompt 
attention of experienced engineers. 
This service is free for the asking. 
If you want better roads and lower taxes, 
this Department cau greatly assist you. 
