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EDUCATIONAL LEGISLATION
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to control but provides for a scientific distribution of state aid to roads as well as scientific aid in the construction of these roads. It will doubtless add millions of dollars to the rural values of this state in a comparatively short time. It is in line with the other great developments which have been set forth in this book. It shows that the people of Wisconsin are striving for that kind of legislation which will lead to both economic and social results. It will make the country better to live in and make the farmers better in an economic sense. It is a great undertaking for a state which has yet some ten million acres of unoccupied land.