The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-09-08

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development throughout the whole G
country, or we shall lose our grip n
and progress. e
Economic conditions are certainly v
directing attention along the develop a
ment herewith intimated. The c
lowering value upon the rural acreage o
and the inordinate increase of that of (
cities and towns are corresponding
indications. The farm is abandoned {
because of its isolation; the farmer is
poor because he cannot get to market {
and because the younger helpful
portion of his family constantly :
gravitate to the greater attraction Of .
the town and city, where going and
coming are easier, where mails are
oftener and where rational engagement
as we'll as dissipation centres. Nothing
contributes TO this condition as does
the roadway on which easy and rapid
transit is impossible.
Since these things are acknowledged
to be too true, it is an encouraging
sign of the times to see the local
boards of trade, chambers of
commerce and other business men $
associations taking up the question
from q commercial as we'll as an econo-
mic point of view. There are in
existence upwards of thirteen hundred
boards with an aggregate membership
of over five hundred thousand business
men and firms. The Scranton Board
of Trade sent up to the National Board
for action the following resolution,
viz.
f "Resolved, that the National Board
of Trade recognizes the exceeding
q poverty Of the country even amid
a riches in the universally depiorable
condition of its public highways,
: considers the same positive
It obstruction to progress and an
n exhaustive extravaganza, and favors
/. every measure far and near that will
k tend to remedy this evil. "
a This action on the part Of the
% Scranton Board is meeting with
n universal approval both locally and
Al throughout the State of Pennsylvania.
o The demand is being reiterated
d throughout the State and the people
II are aroused as never before, and road
II building must be an important
n factor in the future.
,e 1t is recognized that legislation Oh
90 the subject of road making must b'
n directed from the old into nev
n channels, that experience, skill anC
talent must be commanded as rail
st way building commands them, an'
of that the methods of the most skillfu
10 engineering must be adopted to insur
# the best, broadcast and most per
ce manent results. To accomplish this
&c it is eminently wise and most flttin
he that the commercial borders of til
be country should institute q compre
,ic hensive and thorough plan Of reorgar
an lied legislation and business enter
no prise, until an universal agitation o
no the basis of the commerci;
he advantages TO accrue from th
combined effort of towns, cities, stat
ed and national governments takes I'll
Of place of the present confusion, unce
les tainty and incompetency, and unit
nv we are aroused from the letharl
sb- that threatens the prosperity Of Il
hlv land.
the Commerce and agriculture can he
fine unite on a common platform, in
rol common cause and TO common en-
INV The time is ripe for enterpris
of Values will accrue to both city al
town with every step of progres
,o;r All that is needed is to obtain
emf recognition of the cause and it W
fry triumph. Concerted action shou
inc be determined upon, local orga
in izations should be appealed to, a
in association as in church, in char
fer. and in politics should be invite
of until all communities are educat
and into demanding this most desira'
the revolution of the age
orce The legislation assemblies convt
con- during the coming Winter. /
the various proposals should be harm
able nized and unified, so that instead
cts, a scattered and inefficient pursuit,
ious the force that can be aroused shall
lblic concentrated upon definite and ?
lpon gressive lines.
must A preliminary convention
patriotic citizens might, with g
lited effect, be called together during