Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-30
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.
a achsms to Improve Them and Decrease
the National Trsaaury Surplus
TEMPLE, TEN, Nov. IS, 1855.

| the EstioDal IEso1urY HuspIua
TEMPLE, TEN, Nov. IS, 1855.
To the Gazstte.
| Good country roads are 81 evidence Of
the intelligence, energy and good man
ageneas of the people. They are source
( OF convenience and comfort to 3 ! the pao-
pie; g,ezt source OF economy TO the
farmers, and OF prosperity to the COM
monwaaIth; sud the farmers are the
foundation Of all prosperity. The states
snd tae general governm ans have given
millions upon millions In aid II railroads,
on. Whist nave they done n sid Of county
roads? The states very li.tle, and the
general govsrpmeu. nothing Yet, good
county roads are Ct more vs.ue and i'm,
portsnce to all the people than the rail
roads are. There are millions OF dollars
of The peoples money lying idle ia the
| UIited aes treasury, contracting the
cu1rer cy to thss extent in the interest Of
the money lender, and to the injury OF the
farmer, the m erchzn', the mechanic
aud the lsborer. IL is the peo-
ple's money collected from the
psoplf, by the peoples government
unnecessarily, belongs to the people
aud should De returned to the people in
such mspner as will most bent fl al the
people.
Let congress appropriate 3 sum equal
to one million Tor each state and terri
tory, AID spportion that am ong the states
and territories IN equal amounts to eacn
square mile, to be used exclusively for
the construction and maintenance OF
county roads, say not over one.tenth or
ons-eieh.h for the immediate construc-
ton AND Improvement Of roads, and the
ohlsI cs 70 be invested In state or govern
mept bonds the interest of which only
could be used each yesr for maintaining
and improving the roads. Thus every
square mile throughout the whole U aited
s Etes and territories would have an
equal sum available each year for the i'm
provameDt OF the county roads, which
fund could be under the control of the
county commissioners or proper Off ;isls
or trustees appolnted for the purpose,
the Uoited States government having the
appointing OF one or more engineer { fiji =
GERS or commissioners in each state and
territory or inspector, whose duty 1t
should be to see tkst theimo aey WAS prop
srly and honestly used. Thus the whole
country would get the benefit of improv.
ed roads; part OF the peoples money no "
. needlessly boarded in the nationSl treas
ury as al invitation to schemersto raid
the treasury, would be returned directly
to the people; the lsborers and farmers
would be benefited by employment and
the distribution Of the money
in each township; the mer-
chants and all classes would be
benefited by the redistribution of SC
mucn money annually. large number
Ct honest lAborers would be given much.
needed sic sdy employment, lands enhsnc.
ed In vsius sId the whole country would
be essed with system of good public
roads. II is nee diees tor demIgogues to
raise the objection that certain sections
contributed ;he moEey in the national
treasury to far greater extent thar
other sectionR, for this Is one country, be
longing to al the people. There is &
large drifting and POSTING population
The people are constantly travel
ing or emigrating from one part
1 Of the domain TO another. Tn,
: young man, or farmer or laborer, or me-.
chanic In New England, New York, Penn
sylania or 0lio, may next month emmi
crate snd make mis- home in Georgi,
A!ab ANA, Louisiana, I, X ~, Ariz INA, Cali.
Tornis, Montads, Oregon. The money in The
Z. national treasury WAS gEthered from trt
paople bV tax mostly upon the neces'
: s.ries CT life, aud every manufacturer
= merchant and banker IN New England
. Nav York, Pennsylvania or Ohio, snc
u ELSEWHERE, is interested il the genera
1 welfare and prosperity Of the whole coun
{ try. There is hsrdly merchant or manu-
E f4cture Of the East whose goods or ware!
S are not sold and used IN the remotest ham
S let Of every stste and territory. The NOR,
prosperous the West and South Is III;
' more goods they Guy from the East, ant
t the more Irifi; there IS for the railroads
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