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    THE NORFOLK WKEKLY NHWS-JOURNAL , FRIDAY , MARCH 25 , 1910.
The Norfolk Weekly News-Journa
Thn NOWB , Eslnbllshod 1881.
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THE HU8E PUBUS'HING COMPANY.
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WN. HUHO , N. A. Huso ,
President. Secretary
KvoTyTrTtTiiy. By mall per year. ll.CO.
Enturutl at Ihe postolllco nt Norfolk ,
Nob. , as Hocoiidelnsa itmttor.
EnUorTHT Dbi urtinont
No. 22. Huslness OHlcc nnd Job Rooms
No. H 22. _ _ _
Chicago must luivo felt Hint she was
In the thick of tlio frny last week ,
with n prosldiMllnl visit , a big Htrlko
nnd St. Patrick's ilay all on the boards
nt once.
The only thing ' man cnn ( ! o wlt1' '
Injury IB to forgive It. Then the matter -
tor ends. To strike back IB to In
volve one's self In endless trouble anil
make many Innocent ones suffer.
When the corn raised on the rocky ,
eandy soil of New England takes first
prize at a national corn show In Denver
need despair of raisins
ver , no man
corn because his soil Is poor.
This report that automoblllng causes
baldness In women looks like the
strategy of some ultimate consumer
who hoped to persuade his better hall
against the craze by Indirection.
J. II. Smith of Hench , N. D. , lasl
of land raised 311 ,
year , on 12,000 acres
< 100 bushels of flax which he sold al
Mr. Smith does no )
$1.50 a bushel.
liavo to be told to go back to the
farm.
The St. Louis woman who starlet
the fail for kissing Ilobson , the "here
" has recently mar
of the Mcrrlmao"
peddler. Now and thei
rled a rat-trap
crimes are adequately punished in this
world.
revenue service
The government
lately captured JU2.000 worth o
of wild bird !
wings and plumage
had poached 01
-which the Japanese
the small Islands of the Hawallai
islands.
.left Davis , accidental senator , says
lie would like to see Rockefeller light
Ing flames in the bottomless pit. Thii
wish , if granted , would put Jeff when
the maker of such a wish belongs
anyway.
A bill has been presented before th <
Maryland legislature , providing for t
line or imprisonment for women wh <
wear hats more than ten inches wide
This reminds one of the old Connect !
cut "blue laws. "
The proposal of a member of con
gress that ex-President Roosevel
should bo given free use of the maili
Is utterly senseless nnd no one wouli
resent such special privilege quicke
than Mr. Roosevelt.
The newspapers that spent thou
sands to have special correspondent
meet Roosevelt would have done a
well nt home with a cub reporte
armed with a book of Egyptian travels
Dr. F. G. Longstnff , in his recen
exploring expedition in the Himalaya *
discovered a new chain of the Kara
kornm range which contains a grou :
of immense peaks , the tallest of whicl
Jie found to be 27,610 feet high.
Barney Oldlleld makes n mile In hi
auto in 27.33 seconds , the fastest eve
by a human being , and all motorist
feel some sympathy with the motlv
which led him to stake his life In thi
gamble.
At last It looks like an appropriate
to raise the Maine * It's bad enoug
to leave your old junk in a neighbor1
front yard , but worse still when th
bones of your defenders are placed i
that class.
Ty Cnbb gets $9,000 a year fc
throwing little balls in the air for th
Detroit team. What would Georg
Washington have said , if he had fen
seen this while trying to collect hai
bones for starving soldiers ?
Dr. Wiley said in a recent addres
that in half a century the world woul
be run by wind , water nnd alcoho
Putting two-thirds of the respons
bllity on water and alcohol to mnk
the future easier for congress.
Henry Cnbot Lodge has been , an
Js , the most conspicuous example e
the scholar of politics , but If Woo <
row Wilson becomes the candidate e
the democracy for president , ho wi
have eclipsed the Hay state scholar.
Representative Hamison of low
says he will not run in congress b <
cause ho is a poor man. When h
IB worth 1200,000 ho may consldc
re-entering congress , until then h
will devote himself strictly to bus
ness.
The mayor of Chicago says the cit
etreets were never so dirty ns nov
What a lame nnd halting thing inun
clpal government Is anyway. Ho'
long would a mnnufncturing plnnt sui
rintondont bo tolerated if he coul
not keep the brooms moving ?
Colonel Roosevelt does not snec
nt the results of British rule in Indi
nnd the Sudan ns many America
travelers have. Few men are mor
competent than ho to Judge of Em
land's management of her depondcn
clcs. and his verdict Is one of praise.
The Standard Oil Inwyors were
meek and npologetlc before the supreme <
promo court. They were sorry for
past "mistakes" and full of promises
for tlio future. If they had plead
guilty to tlio charges It would have
been moro consistent with their de
meanor.
Words like people nro often spoiled
by bad associations. Take the word
charity , a beautiful word , with a beau
tiful meaning ; yet It has come tc
mean little beyond food or clothing
handed to beggars. Philanthropy has
suffered almost ns serious a decllnu
from Its original meaning.
The new Hotel Vnndorbilt planned
for New York City Is to be n good
sized structure of twenty-one stories ,
In an article describing It the sum
of 14,000,000 was mentioned , but
whether that referred to the cost of
erection or to the price of n night's
lodging In It Is not clear.
The new Belgian monarch Is said lei
be studious , domestic nnd not absorb
ed by the love of money. He has n
genuine sympathy with the workers
of hla nation and Is anxious to raise
the social conditions nnd educational
standard among his subjects. He
must present a striking contrast te
his predecessor.
When we become discouraged at the
apparent triumph of evil nnd Ihinfc
that "right Is forever on the scnf
fold , wrong forever on the throne , "
It Is well to remember that nlneteer
hundred years ago Paul was an out
cast spurned nnd despised by the
proud and powerful Nero. Today we
revere Paul nnd name our boy foi
him , but we can our dog Nero.
An old memornndum book kept bj
an eastern lady In 1851 records
prices very different from those we
pay today. She paid only ? 10 n montl
for excellent board , her clothes wen
beautifully laundered for 2G cents r
dozen , she bought a pair of shoes
for a $1.25 nnd paid n $1.75 for having
a dress cut and made.
Walter J. Hill , the son of the Si
Paul magnate , doesn't have any time
for the aeroplane. When It comes te
sports young Hill is a recognized ex
pert with horses , nutos nnd motoi
boats. He says he cnn fly higl
enough with the things he can manage
on land nnd wnter without sonrinj
away among the clouds.
It is stated by automobile author !
ties that the $1,500 car of today , with
in reach of the purse of the doctor
the lawyer and the average business
man , is decidedly more reliable , econ
omicnl , comfortable and hnndsomt
than the $ . > ,000 car of live years ago
It is the triumph of American genlui
in automobile construction.
Captain Sverdrup , Nnnsen's nnviga
tor , adds to the complication of th <
north pole controversy by giving I
as his opinion that it is impossibli
for anyone to prove that he has beei
at the north pole. If this is true am
Cook and Peary seem to add proof ti
the statement , Isn't It about time ti
stop hunting for something that yoi
won't know when you find it ?
Governor Folk of Missouri wants ti
be a candidate for president on tin
democratic ticket on a strictly frei
trade platform. It's encouraging a
least to find a democrat with posl
tlve convictions and who isn't nfraii
to express them. But Governor Foil
evidently does not expect to ever oc
cupy the white house. Half the de
mocrncy would run away from sue !
n slogan.
Colonel Peter Kozloff , leader of ;
Russian exploring expedition to cer
tral Mongolia , after spending tw
years in unearthing the burled clt ;
of Chnra-Choto , the capltnl of a pow
erful Mongolian nation which wa
overthrown seven centuries ago b ;
the Chinese , has returned to St. Pel
ersburg with n great quantity of va
liable relics and art treasures whlc !
will be handed over to the Aslatl
Academy of Sciences.
It is most essential that America
exporters should visit South America
countries nnd observe for themselve
conditions there. The American bus
ness men should study the needs c
their customers nnd the proper metl
ods of packing to resist the cllmatl
changes nnd pay attention to the d <
tails which will plense South Amor
cnns' fancy. This country cnn 111 n
ford to hnve these nenr neighbors ei
tnblish trade relntlons with Europen
countries.
In Chlnn today there Is hot n clirl :
tlan church without a medical pract
tioner or a hospital attached to It , an
the moro Important churches eve
maintain n medical school. In thes
countries where for years the phys
cal well being of the people has bee
so grossly neglected and so ignorantl
nnd cruelly prescribed for when an
attention was paid to the sufferers th
missionaries find It necessary In mnn
cnsos to first heal the body and the
appeal to the soul.
Dr. JustI , one of the directors c
the Kaiser FrledrlcU's museum , ha
recently visited America. He came
to scoff , but remained to praise. Like
many Europeans , ho believed that the
Americans of wealth who canceled art
: ieasuies in the old world , merely
sought to display Ihctn to add to their
social prestige , and had no real up-
preclatlon of their artistic value. He
'rankly confesses himself mistaken
nnd declnres thai so far ns ho was
: iblo lo observe It , the artistic taste
of Americans will rank In all respect
ivlth European communities. Ho sur
prised himself by counting more Rom-
Imindts In America than Germany pos
sesses.
Among the Innumerable models ( o
be found In , the U. S. patent ofllce.
many of them useless , Is a contrivance
per stopping runaway horses. It con
sists of n long steel rod with a heavy
hook reaching out to the middle of
: ho horse's back nnd operated by n
mechanical combination In the cnn
rlngc , so that when the animal begins
: o show signs of running away tlio
rod is lowered , the hook passed un
der a loop in the harness nnd by
means of levers the unruly horse is
raised in mid nlr , where he is kept
suspended till he promises to be good.
Presumably the person who studied
out this complicated rigging expected
to make a fortune by the popularity
nnd snle of his contrivance. Just
imnglno a couple of Indies out drlv" "
Ing and suddenly feeling It necessary
to check their steed by hanging li
up in the air for a spell. Most of us
would find it cheaper nnd more sat
isfactory to sell n tricky horse rather
than buy such a ridiculous contri
vance. . Hence the .disappointment of
the Inventor.
NOW LET CONGRESS ACT.
President Taft's Interest in the
lionsc rules fight has all along been
confined to the effect which the row
might hnve upon the republican party
program. He was anxious that the
platform pledges be kept before internal -
ternal dissension Interferred and made
legislation imposs'ble. '
It is possible the change in die
rules , however , may prove of more
benefit to the country at large than
some of the legislation which has been
ponding. That Is the theory of the
Insurgents , at least. And now that the
broader committee on rules has been
made possible , it Is to be hoped that
the republicans In congress may get
together and enact the work laid out
by President Taft. The fact that the
regulars nnd insurgents joined In
practically re-electing Speaker Caii'
non after the rules right hnd ended ,
indicates that solid party action is
possible.
The country will welcome action on
pending bills in preference to the
grandstanding of a few chautauqun
circuit lights seeking notoriety for use
during the coming summer.
CHAUTAUQUA POLITICIANS.
Now the "regular" republicans are
going to meet the "Insurgents" or
the latter's own ground and go In foi
a campaign of sentiment moulding b }
the way of the chautauqun circuit
It is just as fnir for the regulnrs te
take this mode of campaigning ns il
is for the insurgents and the an
nouncement from Washington thai
this plan is to be tried out serves
to emphasize the enormous leverage
which the radical spellbinders such nt
La Follette nnd his ilk hnve beer
working up through the chautauqw
means.
And the hub of the whole plan lies
In the fact that the people pay thes <
men for working up political capita
for themselves.
La Follette , for example , recelvei
$250 for speaking in Norfolk nt Hit
chnutnuqua two years ago this sum
mer. Yet , despite the fact that h (
received his money from a non-par
tlsan audience belonging to all polit
leal parties and of all sorts of pollti
cal creeds , Mr. La Follette took ad
vantage of his hearers to expound Li
Follette insurgent politics nnd thui
to work up his own political future.
This year Cummins , now able tt
draw bigger pay by reason of th <
fact thnt ho is a senator , will comt
to Norfolk nnd though paid a bl |
price , take advantage of the occasloi
to work up Cummins' political doc
trines for the political benefit of him
self at some future date.
This country formerly thought 1
did well enough to give its time ti
spellbinders seeking office through 01
ntory. But the tables have turnei
when , as under present conditions
the public will pay extravagant figure
to these self-same self-seekers to worl
up their own reputations.
As a matter of fnct , the official
drawing pay from the people to nl
tend to public work , have no rlgh
to devote the people's time to fostei
ing personal campaigns or persona
purses.
Uniled States senators are well pnli
by this government. They are we ]
enough paid that their entire Urn
should belong to the government. Am
when they make their public worl
merely a stepping stone to the chat
tauqua platform for personal mone ;
or publicity gain , starting radlca
propagnndns in Washington for th
sake of getting in the limelight am
thus commanding more dollars fo
their chnutnuqun speeches , the sitnr
lion takes on nn nspect of comedj
And it must occur to most people thn
n resolution In congress asking cor
time to the legislative problems of
the nation , as they are paid to do ,
In preference to charging the public
for their own partisan Ideas , would
not bo out of order.
Heretofore the radicals have been
allowed the chnutauqna platform to
themselves , nnd it was bad enough.
Now that the regulars are to meet
them on their own ground , the situa
tion grows more unique. Hut tt Is
eminently ns fnir for one side ns for
the other.
DOES CIVILIZATION WEAKEN US ?
There Is n current philosophy that
the only aiiHWer to this question Is in
the affirmative and yet In spite of
all this It ought not to be true nnd
cannot be accepted as in any t 'iy final.
To be civilized in general terms ih
to be humane nnd considerate of the
rights of olhers ; lo bo concerned
about those things which upbuild nnd
uplift rnlher than Ihose which merely
disrupt nnd destroy. The really civ
ilized man the one you picture In
your Ideals is absorbed with Iremon-
deus energy in giving larger oppor
tunities to a larger number ; in re
lieving want and disease nnd despnlr ;
In encouraging saner living , healthier
sports , bctler methods of doing busi
ness , higher conceptions of the re-
sponsiblllllcs of citizenship , n wider
vision of what "neighbor" moans , a
sympathy broad enough lo know neith
er race , color or nationality ; a pas
sion for pence nnd good will manifest
ing itself in nn enger endeavor to
supplant the rule of gold and bruin
slrenglh by Ihe golden rule and Ihc
slrenglh which comes from human
brotherhood. The program is a very
large one nnd its undertaking fraught
wllh so many hindrances and difficul
ties Hint it is little wonder Hint men
are timid in regnrd lo its ultimnte
triumph.
Glnnclng over the history of the
ages which are past there is little
to Inspire us with posillve notes of
victory and much to dismay us by
the overpowering testimony that
brute force , the iron will and Ihe abil-
ily loj light in mortal combat to Ihc
biller end , has been Ihe lest of In-
dlvldtfnl or nntlonnl supremacy.
Leaving aside Ihe conquesls of those
who hnve secured thrones nnd sub'
ducd whole peoples by "wading
through rivers of blood" and exploit
ing themselves in the most barbnric
ways as unworthy of notice , we still
find ourselves up ngainst the same
problem of the necessity of great vi'
rile physical ability on the part of any
man or nation who is to dominate and
control affairs largely.
Anglo Saxon Christendom has done
great things for the freedom of the
race. But whether under Alfred the
Great , Cromwell , William of Orange
in the old world , or under Washington
or Lincoln or McKlnley in the new ,
It has always been done by the call tc
arms and the sacrifice of thousands
of precious lives. Our heroes today
as ever , are mostly those whose
names are closely identified with his
torlc battlefields. Here It Is that verj
largely we find "the Immortal names
that were not born to die. " The worlei
has always had In every age some
cause which men could rally to the
support of and give up their lives II
need be and it generally has been
that it might triumph.
Now civilization , In the best am :
highest sense , in free nnd enlightenei :
America today means a doing awaj
with warfare along wllh Ihe othoi
great evils In the bygone years. IE
It any wonder that men pause ant
query what the result will be ? Here
tofore , war has acled like a tonic ane
Ihe call of Ihe fife and drum lo fighl
for chief , or falherland or liberty has
given courage to the thousnnds whe
left home and business nnd every
Ihlng they held dear thnt they mlglv
go to "do nnd dare" for leader , conn
Iry or principle. If Ihese incentive !
shoulde be taken away and a reign o
peace prevail for long years over tin
face of Ihe earth would not men grov
cowardly nnd timid nnd heroism am
devotion merely a Iradilion ?
We hnve to face the stern nnd un
deninble fnct that the history of tin
world shows ngnln nnd again that tin
moro civilized countries like Egyp
and Greece nnd Rome would hav <
gone down into utter oblivion loni
before they did had 11 nol been fo
the hardy barbarlnns who conquerei
and reinvlgornted them. Even In ou
own America , It Is conceded that tin
descendants of the first colonists havi
been greatly aided and slrenglhenet
by the newer Immigrants from Eu
rope. Those who were first feared an
now welcomed as the very salvatioi
of the race. If the less cultured bu
moro sturdy human forces are sufc
merged in a more gentle and peacefu
era , what will be the result ?
The argument , however , does no
hold ns securely ns It might seem
There Is no plen In n moro consldernti
clvlllznllon for men who are one whl
less forceful Ihnn were their fore
bears. It Is a mistaken notion. Novo
did the world want more manly am
courageous men than It seeks In th' '
moro fralernnl era which ever ;
Ihoughlful observer recognizes as al
ready begun. Thnt this Is true I
found In Ihe attention now being pnli
lo the grent subject of the conservn
tlon of humanity. Everywhere li
school , In press , on the platform nm
on the street the grenl fundamonla
lopic of discussion is going on no
alone about Iho rlghls of men bul tin
responslbimies of society lownn
them. How shall men he well born ,
well fed , well trained thi'se nro ques
llotn pressing for solution. For H.in .
realized an never before that if Ihe
new older of things Is lo prevail , if
men are * lo net In tiuth ami deed ns
If they we > rc brolhors they must of
necessity live upright Hve's , wllh every
power finely skilled nnd dominated by
a superb self control. These are nol
the qualities of weaklings. Such men
need nol ho afraid of any comparison
wllh Ihe Caesars or Napoleons In Ihe
prime requisites of cournge nnd phys
ical virility.
And Ihis slrong nnd mighty empire
of civilization led by men with their
faces toward the eastern sky , il
lumined by Ihe radlanl kindliness 01
fraternnllsm will usher In Ihe belter
days Ihc golde'ii days of good will
and universal peace.
Never was there such a call for
courage nnd brave hearts as there is
today and Ihe call Is morally certain
lo grow stronger for men who In busi
ness cnn be fair , In politics honorable ,
In Ihe home Irue. nnd everywhere jusl
nnd kind.
The world Is growing belter. Men
are beginning lo comprehend lhal they
nrc brothers. The Irulh Is overwhelm
ing Hint a civilization based upon Ihe
teachings of Ihe Fraternal Nazarene
" 1 came not to be ministered unto but
( o minister , " is the goal of human en
deavor worthy of being promoted by
Ihe slrongesl nnd mosl courageous of
the enrlh.
AROUND TOWN.
Here comes Ihe equinoxlal.
Yes , spring's officially here.
Is it kind of n mnn lo heal his own
ion al golf ?
Spring officially has arrived. Now
run , you groundhog.
Now duck , you smokers. The cam
paign cigar is on lap.
Colonel "If" plays even a more I m-
porlanl part in golf than Colonel Bogy.
St. Patrick's day has gone and the
teachers' convention and election day
are next to bnt.
Your wife's Ensler hat will hit your
pocket book now almost as hard as a
dozen eggs did two months ago.
A Norfolk farmer lost a purse con
taining a check for ? 215. He must
hnve sold the family pig Saturday.
Dogs know a good many
we've noticed lhat n cur dog nlwnys
looks pleasant in the presence of a
bulldog , and doesn't brlslle up , and
look for a light.
An extreme idea of economy is
found on a tombstone in Norfolk. The
inscription upon it tells the date of the
birth and death of the man of Ihe
family , and gives Ihe dale of his
wife's birth. The dale of her death
is left blank , as she is not yet dead.
It Is presumed the job was secured
at bargain rates , by reason of the job
lot of dates being put on all at once.
Don't whisper a word about the
March winds , for fear you may stir
'em up.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
Blackbirds in the trees and meadow
larks on the fence posls help some in
bringing conviclion thnt spring has
really arrived.
About the only thing n man notices
in new spring goods is negligee shirts.
( The clothing stores are showing
many beauliful pullerns this spring. )
For purpose of diagnosis , Ihe people
ple may be divided inlo Iwo classes :
Ihose who hnve rheumatism , and those
who know a cure for it.
Last fall an Alchlslon mnn hnd a fal
hog , nnd people said lo him : 'What
n lucky man you are ! " But his kin
heard about his having a fat hog , and ,
by the time he killed it , seven of them
were living with him. And they re-
mnined at his house nil winter.
Farmers used to cut off the tnlls of
Iheir pigs , ns Ihe lails became lee
long , nnd collecled bnlls of mud. But
the farmers have quit the practice ,
since hogs reached $10.60 , nnd the
Inrger the ball of mud the pigs collect
on the end of their tnlls , Ihe boiler
Iho farmers are salislied.
There nre two brolhers living in
Ibis vicinity who nre nlways carry
ing greal loads of kin. But they have
two brolhers who won't stand the
kin burden. There is n good deal in
being cold ; if you are glad to see
your Cousin John , and your Aunt
Cnrrie , nnd your Uncle Henry , you
nre making a mistnfce.
What has become of tlio old-fash
ioned door boll that pulled , and that
sounded all over the neighborhood ,
giving the neighbors opportunity to
get to the window lo see who is callIng -
Ing ? That little modest button thai
pushes , and Is heard only In Ihe house ,
deprives the neighbors of one of their
greatest Joys and rights.
The next time you are asked lo
serve on a sollclling committee , ask
yourself the question : "Have I n right
to bore my neighbors nnd friends in
this way ? " People hnte sollclling
committees , nnd hnlf the time the
errand of n soliciting committee Is an
unocossnry one.
"An agent is always dangerous. An
agent called on me lately , nnd I
thought I was so safe thnt I played
with him. The result was. lie knocked
mo oul for $80. Don't fool wllh nn
agent. I do not know yet how this
mnn succeeded In victimizing mo , but
I know he did It. " Parson Twine.
BAD ROADS
ARE COSTLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR HUNGER AND
ILLITERACY IN U. S.
GREAT HANDICAP TO FARMERS
I hey Suffer Henvy Losses Getting
TVelr Products to Market Over III
Kept Roads Land Values Advance
With Improved Roadways.
Two hundred nntl fifty million dollars
lars n year nre wasted on bud roads
in the United States. Added to loss on
haul , the storage and extra food rates
make the total expense 51,000,000.000
n year. Thin means a tax of $12.50 on
every mnn , woman nnd child In the
country. Corners In Ihe groin markets
nre frequently the direct result of bail
roads. In four hnd road states 1175,000
people out of 7,000,000 cannot read or
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write. In lour good road states out
of 0,000.111 Ki population there nro 20-
000 Illiterates. Do good roads concern
you ? If jon nre one of the UO.000,000
people who live on farms in the United
Stales il is a fairly safe guess lhal you
know something about bad roods , even
if you d.o not know nnd hnvo never
chanced lo cross the 7 per cent of im
proved roaels of I be total ' . ' ,000,000
miles of highway In the United Stales. '
Amci lea's country rends nre so notoriously -
toriously bad Unit it costs more to
haul n ton of wheat from farm to mnr-
ket than to ship lhal Ion from New-
York to Liverpool. America's country
roads nro so bad thnt it costs Ihe
American farmer 23 cents to haul n
ton when it costs the English or the
Belgian or the French or the German
farmer only from 7 to 9 cents for the
HIIIIIU haul. Yon , Mr. Town Mnn , nud
you , Mr. Farmer , pay for the unneces
sary waste of those bnd rends , the
town man by extra cost of what he
eats , the farmer by lessened profits on
whnt ho sells. The same reason ex
plains why the town uinn pays 51.25
in spring for potatoes which cost from
50 to " 5 ce'iits In the autumn.
The interstate commerce report
shows thnt the railroads yearly haul
2Ur ,000,000 tons of farm produce and
that the average haul from farm to
market for the whole country is nine
and a fraction miles. Put the cost of
hauling at a round $2 n ton for the
nine miles and you have the cost of
hauling farm produce at n round hnlf
billion dollars a year. Half that cost
JM waste , solely owing to bud ronds.
The charge to haul wheat from New
York to Liverpool , II.IOO miles , Is 3.5
cents per bushel. The charge to haul
n bushel of wheat from farm to mar
ket , ! U miles , is fUl ccnls. The stor
age ou whenl nt water fronts is 0
cents a bushel a year.
The results of bad roads nre yearly
tolls of $12.50 against every person
who eats farm produce. That yearly
waste would build 200,000 miles of Al
macadam roads every year , basing the
cost at the very highest average of
Jf.'i.OOO a mile.
The beauty of the relentless scheme
of things Is when we mend our ways
In this case , mend our rends nature
not only wipes out the deficit , but she
puts a plus to the accounl where there
used to be a minus. Supposing of the
2.000,000 miles of roads In Ihe United
States all were Improveel Instead of
only 7 per cent , what would be the
result to fanner nnd consumer ? First
of nil , the big deficit of waste on haul ,
on storage , on cornered prices , wiped
out ! The minus goes off the national
slate nntl the plus comes on.
The good road moves the remotest
fnrm right next to the mnrket. A farm
twenty miles from the mnrket on nn
nil the yenr round good road Is nearer
market than a farm seven miles away
on a bnd road. Truck farmers In New
Jersey nnd Long Inland cnn haul Ihclr
produce lo market , thirty miles , cheap
er than they cnn ship by railroad , nnd
thnt produce nets , according ? to well
known averages , ns follows :
Fruit , $80 per acre ; flowers , $2,000
per ncre ; corn , $8 per ncre ; whcnt , $7
per ncre ; onts , $7 per acre ; vegetables ,
$12 per acre.
Out in the Dakotns and Minnesota
nnd Manitoba farmers haul their prod-
net thirty and forty miles , but they can
haul it only when the rends nre dry In
Ihe early fall , and at lhat season Iho
price Is lowest. The farmer along Ihe
good rend cnn commnnd Ihe best price
by hnullng only when Ihe price Is best ,
nnd he cnn nlso rnlso Ihe produce thai
gives blggosl net relurns. If you would
learn why n whole family cnn live , ami
live well , off an acre in Holland and
Belgium and Franco when n family
often falls to live well off 300 acres in
America.
With good rends Dakota farmers
who under present conditions drive
hub deep in gumbo mud during spring
could market their crops when prices
ruled the highest. Instead of selling
Jhclr whent nt 70 nntl 80 cents in
the fnll they could sell It nt $1 dur
ing the winter and in thu spring ,
An neiiiltionnt price or oven Jr < cnns n
bushel would mean $10.000.000 more In
the pockets of the Minnesota farmers ,
a similar amount to thu farmers of Ihc
Dnkotas and to the wheat farmers of
the Pacific const.
New York farmers do not raise vege
tables In quantities because until re
cently roiuls did not permit them to
mnrket such a perishable product lu
quantities. This holds good In New
England. The same condition exist *
In Ihe cow country and the grain coun
try. Potatoes and onions your Dakota
farmer can market In qunutltiVs.
Therefore lie raises them , but because
bnil roiuls cut htm off from the market
half the year ho < lees not rnlso the
more perishable vegetables. Vegeta
bles ho buys from California at fancy
prices , another tax for bad ronds. In
fact , owing to bad roiuls , there have
been seasons when Now Yorkers were
paying $1 n bushel for their potatoes
and western farmers were glad to sell
them nt in cents for pig feed and
starch.
With access to market and best rul
ing prices , net relurns Increase ami
farm lamia jump In value. It Is an
nclual fact wherever good roads hnvo
gone land has Increased in value from
$2 to $9 an acre. In Jackson county.
Aln. , n bond Issue of $2r > 0.000 built
125 miles of mncndiun rond. The sell
ing price of land was from $0 to $15
before the rend was built. Ou the
completion land values went up from
$15 to $25.
The effect of good roads on school
attendance needs no proof. In the liver
stales having the best rends the aver
age attendance is 77 per cent of en
rollment. In the live slates having
the fewest good roatls the attendance
averages only 59 per cent.
With these figures on schools it In
not surprising to find that ignorance
nntl bud rends go together. In the
four bnd roatls states , with a total
population of 7,000K ( ) ( ) , arc : i .r > , ( K)0 ) men
and women , white nnd native born ,
who can neither reatl nor write. In
four good roads states , with a popu
lation of 0.000,000 , are only 20,000 illit
erates.
The movement for gtxxl roads Is HO
recent that it need nol bo retailed
here. When colonists first cnino to
America the roads followed buffalo
trails and Indian wilderness paths. As
farms became fenced roads ran along
between boundaries without regnrd tt >
Iho shortest distance or grade , and
these were kept lu order ( or disorder )
by statute labor farmers turning out
for a day once a year for a road pic
nic , filling In holes lhat oughl lo have
been filled In months previously , tink
ering and trilling away time with no
special director. The results were
whal mlghl have been expected. Men
do not employ blacksmiths as doctors ,
and why should farmers bo supposed
to possess the technical knowledge of
nn engineer ? During various wnrs
two or throe good rends were hncked V
through the wilderness ncross coun
try , from New York up to Boston
along the old post rend , from thu
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TUB BAUK HO AD IMI'IiOVltD.
Cumberland mountains west to St ,
Louis , from Virginia up through Penn-
sylvnnln lo PHlsburg nnd when emi
gration began to roll westward from
St. Louis to Oregon. Wllh Ihese ex-
cepllons Ihe highways of the United
States were n system of pig track
trails.
Then came the great railroad build
ing era down to 1880 , when public
roads were forgotten In the expecta
tion thnt railroads would supplant
them , but ns population grew thene -
cesslly for roads lo link fnrm with
mnrket becnme dally more Insistent-
Agnes C. Lnut In Collier's.
Good Substitute For Macadam.
One example of the road bureau's
work will show Its usefulness. Roads
for Ihe slnle of sllcky gumbo soil have
been nlmost n hopeless problem. There
is n whole belt of such states along Iho
Bonlh , nnd Ihere Is another belt along
the Missouri where wheels sink hub
deep nnd horses flounder to denth in a
mire more irencherous than rjuicksaud.
The rend bureau discovered from
many practical tests thnt by burning
gumbo soil n roadbed compact ns mac
adam could be obtained nt hnlf the
cost of mncndnm or nt practically only
the cost of labor and of fuel to do the
burning. There is no longer any ex
cuse for lethargy In rend building
through the gumbo stales.
South to Build Highways.
Eight hundred miles of Improved
rends nro to be undertaken by the
Southern Appalachian Good Roads ns-
soclnllon. Of these 300 miles are lo
be in North Carolina. Poor rends nre
unld to cost thnt state $10,000,000 , n
year. An enormous number of tour
ists go to the southern Appalachian
region , but because of the poorness of
the highways in general they see but
a Binnll portion of It. The great sys
tem of roadways now proposed is plnn-
netl lo make ihnt wonderful region one
of the most attractive In all the world.
Pin Money.
Mrs. Urldeley Reggie , dear , you
know thnt $50 you gave me for n new
hnt ? Mr. H.-YCH. dear. Mrs. . -
Well , I've saved Ihe money. Mr. II.
But I see you're wearing n new hnt.
Mrs. U. Yes , in order to economize , as
you suggestetl , 1 kept the ? 50 nnd hnd
thn hut churged. Llpplucott's.