The Republican journal., 1892-04-07
Good Roads.

cannot fail to prove Of immense benefit.
The literature on the subject coming al
together from the wheelmen. is volumi-
nous and exhaustive. Numerous valua :
bic pamphlets. some Of them finely illus
trated. have been issued. and in January
monthly magazine devoted to the i'm
provement of public roads and streets
made its appearance. 1t bears the applo-
pIiaIv title. stood Roads. and Is pub
liShed. at - Il year. 10y the League Roads
Improvement Bureau. Potter Buildings
New y ork The April Century contains
all illustrated article by Isaac B Potter
managing editor of ''tood Roads. en-
titled .'Our Common Roads. which EN-
bodies about all that can be said upon
that subject. Mr. Potter shows the loss.
to the farmer especially resulting from
bad roads, the wrong construction of the
common country dirt road, tells how
such roads should be constructed. ex-
plains the utility of the roller. and advo-
Gates the use of wider tire, on vehicles
used for drawing heavy loads. In future
issues we shall give extracts from this az
ticle making low but a single quotation.
which seems to us very suggestive one
Mr. Potter says:
Aside from the social and political fea-
lures of this question, and the direct
haar.ino hos bo
expense and economy of the farmer a
bad road increases the first price of prod
uce-an increase which tends to enhance
the price paid by every consumers and
this consideration, if no other brings the
road question home to every reader On
the day of this writing the people of the
city Of New York are paving S1.10 per
hundred pounds for baled hay which tif-
teen days ago was selling for so cents per
hundred in the same market. This in
crease of price represents nothing to the
farmer, who during the past fifteen days
has had no connection with the local mar
ket by reason of the deep mud in the
country roads. 1t simply represents an
added profit Of about 81 per cent. to the
middlemen OF spectators. who, following
the unbending rule OF supply and demand
trades upon the helplcsSnesS Of the CON
sumner in a market where he is Jinhampe1-
ed by competition.
ON the second page of this issue of the
journal will be found An Object Lesson
on Good Roads (illustratet} and COM
mending study of the pictures and a
careful reading of the accompanying text
we leave the subject for the present.
There is no doubt but that the great
nomination of Senator Hill for the Presi-
dency, while their second choice would
not be Cleveland. Yet the State Com
mittee appears to be in control of Cleve-
landites and they have just taken a snal
Judgment or the other fellows which ha,
caused a good deal of kicking The State
Committee has not only named the chair
man for the state convention but selected
a committee on resolutions. composed oi
two men from each congressional district.
4 Bangor despatch to the Boston Globe
says:
The local Democrats are considerably
agltated about the matter, and the nre-
vailing opinion is that the action means
one oi two Things or perhaps both
some argue that it is Il scheme to pre-
vent the adoption OF !, license plank as
the majority Of the State committee an,
supposed to haze prohibition tendencies.
Most of tie Democrats here. however
believe that it is a movement on the part
of the Cleveland men t. capture the con
Nention, as far as pledeing its support is
concerned, and they Will resist it Just a.
vigorously as possible.
The Bangor Commercial has made a
vigorous protest against this arbitrary
and unprecedented action If the State
committee, and an exchange we'll saws
''Certainly it is curious proceeding fol
party to indulge in which boasts that il
has no bosses, but is guided entirely b,
the people. But then Democratic profess
sion and performance are very different
things
Cleyelands 5 trip to New England
appears to have been as great a fail
ure as Hill S tour of the South. so that
honors are easy between them. Hill
in New York, with Tammany be-