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Concrete Roadsand Gasoline11.78 miles per gallon of gasoline on this concreteroad. This is over double the mileage obtainedon the earth road opposite.5.78 miles per gallon of gasoline on this earthroad—less than half the mileage obtainedon the concrete road opposite.Why Spend $2—$1 Will DoTests made last September at Cleveland, O . , with five 2-ton WhiteTrucks carrying full load, showed that on an earth road infair condition, gasoline consumption was twice that on aconcreteroad.The diagrams to the left and right illustrate the relative quantitiesof gasoline and its cost, used by one truck in making a 100-mile run under the same condition of load over the two roadspictured above. Think what 5,000,000 motor vehicles would savein gasoline alone if they always traveled on concrete.Since one gallon of gasoline will carry you twice as far on a concreteroad as it will on an earth road, why waste the other gallon?Youpay the price of good roads whether you get them or not,and if you pay for concrete roads they pay you back.1730GallonsGASOLINENeeded rorLet's Stop This Waste!Illinois, Pennsylvania and Michiganissues to do away with the mud tax.are going to do the same thing.have voted big, road bondMany other states and countiesWhen Yoa Think of Roads— Think of Concrete; When You Ride — Ride on Concrete.Write our nearest District Office for free copy of "Concrete Pavements Pay forThemselves" and "Facts About Concrete Roads."P o r t l a n d C e m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n"00 MILE RUNEarth Roa*With LoadediWoTonTrucjcCostatZ5