The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-10
GOOD ROADS.

We have cOntended all along that
good roads are badly needed in North
| Carolina. and that it would pay IL
issue bonds and gradually improv.
them. The fact that the money is kept
n the county must not be lost sight Of
Hence the burden is not so great as
might be imagined.
The citizens of Union and EsseI
counties, New Jersey, have been spend
ing large sums of money in tins way.
A recent report Of the authorities Of
Union county tells Of many of the ad-
vantages of these roads. 1t says:
Notwithstanding the fact that three
hundred thousand dollars uyTh Of
county bonds have been iSSuedt to build
these roads, and the interest must Ne
met annually, the tax rate has lot bepn
increased IN the county, or liz any city
III the county, in consequence of the
extra interest expense; and it IS but
fair to say that the actual appreciation
of property due to the increased values
of lands benefited by the improved
roads meets the increased taxes already.
And none of our roads have been ron-
pleted for more than a year. while
some parts of them only within the
present month.
AS an advertising medium alone,
they have been worth what they cost,
for they have brought country property
into enviable prominence, have already
caused the sale of many residential
sites, have brought new wealth and
new enterprises Inthe midst of us. have
given direct impetus to building and
improvement in every city and @
touched by them, and as yet the bpne-
fits r only beginning to be realized;
1t is safe to say that the citizens and
taxpayers of Union county would not
60 permanently back to the old slstem
with It's old roads if they were pald
many times the cost Of the new roads
INTELLECTUAL PROSTITUTES
At a dinner recently given the mem
bers of the press in New York a jour
nalist was called upon to reply 10 the
toast An Independent Press" Know
ing we have no independent press
among the powerful papers OF the Ia
tI)n, he for a long time refused TO re
ply, but being insisted On to do 50.
said:
There is no such a thing in America
as an independent press, unless it Is out
in the country towns. You are all
slaves. You know it and | know IT,
There Is not one of you who dare eI
press an honest opinion. If you *
press it you know before hand that It
will not appear in print. | am PAD
$50 week for keeping hone It Opinions
out OF the papers | am connected with
. hers of you are paid similar salaries
for doing SIMILAR things. If | shOuia
allow honest opinions to be printed ID
one issue OF my paper, like Othello, II!
occupation would be gone. The MAJ
who would be SO foolish as to write
honest opinions would be out on the
street looking for another lob. Ib
business of leading journalists is to dh
tort the truth, to lie outright. TO PEI,
vert, to villity, to fawn at tne feet d
mammOn, and to sell his country ana
his race for his daily bread. or 10
what is about the same. his salar!,
You know this, and | know it aD
what fOOlery to be tOasting an uR3
pendent press? We are the tools aS
vessels OF rich men behind the scree9Is
We are jumping jacks. They pull wv
string and we dance. Our time, o.
talent, our possibilities are al! II
property of other men. We are inter
lectual prostitutes. "-Ecchunge.
Don't StOD brother. 2,1tiJ The nv