The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-02-12

with leAJnt every sAflNs VA minute IA
either TIE transportation TX their ~ aper-
" ar tf themselves. Hn1se- and land
near f.tii transit lines are worth double
the n.nnty that shn@ SITUATED fir from
them will bring. Nos y iarrh = the
WASTING " \ second Will ~ tolerated IL
fhr ioWlL
WAS satnll share m such vas, 1if-
fennre intwfea tlse ,own and the sub
nrl1s n s.r .ins ~ clerk worth more
per wsieh tick than the time ~
farnsrfs
Ihai,lHN that Id " "a IN ABSURD Nerrhe
clerk h1ishan.s has tinr NJ ID the srrAi-
e., t..rr. While the farmer wastes his
with tile most 3tfe Indifference.
Hour every say N throws a~ay with
no henrEt u aim ~ ssnv one else. he =
content 70 ~ along through must and
dust. nnagnifes AMI rnts - slowly that
his hears I'd. work AM recreation are
materially curtailed He reads in the
paper about rapid transit for the cities.
but A. dAsa's realize ih.s what J. -
ycry gosh tu thP towns uzrst IN good
alsn for thr ssn1slr Ihs idea ~ rapid
transit Git TIE relI.ry never 0ccurs -
him ~G1-- a'ray~ no been tad
most ~ gae Tisne On the reals around
MS hofna a' az doesn't stop ~ tank
that i, ever 1.n bs better. 4 never viii
b. If FL d,ss-.'t NJ tf-ter il.
ifranil transit N desirable in the city
why isn't IL also desirable ia the r0un-
trys If rapid transit enables city sellers
10 make more money ~ their sales b.
cause they can grt them 20 market socner
and cheaper thereby. Why shouldn't Il
% tie same l0r the country sellers II
rapid transit adds thousands 70 the value
u city properly. why shouldn't i have
similar eject on country acress
There i no reason whatever why al
these results shonli not &C surely come
among the farms ~ they DO among the
factories
Bnt hsv can tie country have rapid
transit Won ax Surely elevated rail-
roads and ei,xtric cars and cable syS-
terms ana street car lines would not he
practicable in tie c0anrry No. nor
would they Ilcrt the necessities Of the
case il they gpnld BE- brilt and main
tained VIA. are required and what
are perfectly feasible are hard smooth
broken stone wagon roads Moreover.
such roots wo1ld mean not only
rapid transit. hnt cheap transit: not only
cheap transit. bur comfortable transit
They would cost considerable money.
but they would not cost Is much money
a. the ri.e. mud stuck roadways thar
now keep thc country from progress and
keep il ia poverty The question u high
way ir4si r0veMent has a. serious bear
ing on the furr-v ~ american scricul-
ture Is Inns tins qnextiun II free trade OF
protection, free coinage o. restricted
coinage. There are many thoughtful
men. ia fact. whC consider road improve
snent the most important Issue that nov
confrunts the farmer
A few very simple calculations VIII
show wherein the importance If road
Improvement lies II i easy 10 see how
the farmer nl:ght save vast amount ~
time every year II hA and his men were
not delayed ~ being forced 70 drive
slowly orer tad rn1fs II Is equally
easy ~ see that II runsls were smooth
and har,l ~ world IN obliged - do iess
teaining - accomplish the same results
be cvrid get hiS firsluce - market II
half tine number ~ loads. because he
could haul twiEe H. ilnch Ia each load
TO carry tliA line az reasoning little
farther II becomes evident that If the
farmers fe-- ing were reduced one-half
he would neri less h0rses than be r.
qnlres r0w. and would be enabled -
save not only she purchase price Of the
supcrfil0us ANIMALS. but the cost Df feed
ing them AMI ~ hiring lnen 70 care for
them ana drive fhatn.
In this connection Isaac D. Potter. "A
his Gospel ~ Gvvd koaLs~ figured
that the farmers u the United States
have upon heir farms draft animals
horses. mules anl oxtn-nrmberlng D.
BLISS lie says Making the no-t
liberal allowance in favor u the farrne-
and granting the necessity for the lib
erai use Nf horse power ia the nlziaf.s-
nance III agricultural traffic. IL j. easily
certain that tine farmers II TINS c0rntry
arr keeping AK least 2.y9.vv horses
more than would ~ necessary ID ~ al
the hauling between fArIn and market
IL only the Yrintipsl rods were brought
~ $500 NNfAAAA+ Nt'N4A ~ - N~-@N-.--~ 1850
each IL these EDr-es l. fed the ordinary
army ration " hAy and cass. il requires
ii.Uvp tons "a hay nr fodder and 10000
bushc.a a ua.s Ter day ~ fed these IN
necessary animals. which themselves
have money value u sl+.0N.Oyo. Tie
value " hay and oats fed 10 these horses
Der day il about s-50J.DD0 tvaluing hay
a. ten-dDllars Ter ton and oats At TWEEN
ty-threa cents Ter busheli. 81 something
Ike llsuDu.uvv a year
There. without taking into considers-
ton the UNNECESSARY wear and tear On
wagons. harnesses and animals which j.
entailrl by ial roads. y useless ex-
pendi;urc IL slls.pu0.vuV year. aside
frors Tue interest "a ant each years PRO
puriic Ate sls.re III tie purchase p-lx
-sls.vNou H. there any other reform
which wOnll save that amount TO the
farmers ia The conrse II twelve months;
But the Saving ~ that sum j. only or~
3. the profits which wuuld accrue 10 The
farmer from good r21s Inquiry u
communities wheie rUa.is have t4en I'D
proved Nlil develop tie fart iA4s lsrll