New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-18

PLEAS FOR GcOD ROADS AGRICTLTrENI TOPICS
IISrrs>En- TIE PROGRESS ~ TENrER,N y
chicago oct lin tho Worlds Fair Congress
OF Good Roads to-day Albert \. Pope. OF Boston
prcecn;ed paper which was attentively list' ned
o. ASIDE from questions Of material gain" he
said in part, ely is ia l." borne in mind that good
road are The great hichweys for The advancement
Of social m" education AID Chrisiianitv The
problem TO be solved IS to provide money 20 build
good roads. Many farmers are opposed To the
good-road movement bccaus" they believe II means
to them increased taxation. aud in come sections
Of tn" country agricultural interests are 80 de-
pressed that they don't feel able to bear financial
burdens. Now going 10 urge = plan which
hclicse 10 be the least burden aolnc and the most
cncctual and equitable ioI providing good roads,
lct each state establish Il graduated succession
,aN that h., = tax property passing by sticces-
sion. b. inheritance 10y legacy. The succ.ssior
tax Viii not fall 81 tho poor. Good roads, when
rightly constructed. csn be maintained at COM
paratyciy small cost"
Another interesting paper was by Professor
Lewis ". liaup, of Philadelphia. on road en-
ginecrnG and constr Iction he gave a statement
OF the total tonnage of the railroads in The United
states In 1911 Jmouniir, To- 49, 800 Opp ions carried
an average distance Of - miles. and giving a
ton mileage ni N,Z.Vl,i.OJ, mis- movement cost
Inc shippers ;..,a,i 40 TO uroduc. tris r.s,Ilt
there has been invested IN railroads Inc Immense
sum Of xinSN.sA.--N average Of 81 s5s y mill.
ard if haa paid fair rcVenue The sroa boz ihrr
showed TIC eioTinols economy resulting from re-.
duccd resistanccs Of lOcomotion. as ins;ancrd by
the Waterway. ~ closing his paper M. said "Dur
PEOPLE. a. a whplr. need 20 he Impressed with the
importance 81 securing rhctper TRANSFORMATION and
be made 10 realize that common ro.os arr, a
most serious obstruction to our otherwise phenom-
email sroWfh.
Only one general session OF IN. Conrrcss On
Agriculture was held to-day. Chairman AIerton.
Of the general committee. presided over the ses-
sion which mot IN nail No. Z $50 y. m The first
address was that OF y. Walker Mex cen secretary
OF the state board OF Agriculture OF Maine colo
mol / H. Brigham, of Ohio scvereIv crItic,sed the
Secretary Of Agriculture for his spcech issf night
Secretary Morton had said that among the MOST
dangerous and rsljous foes with which tho Ameri-
can farmer had 10 contend were The ,r,nres and
The alliances. and that the professional farmer
was always = menace to the practical farmer Mr.
brigham said that The only excuse for s,lch words
cnn,ing from the Secretary of AprcuI,,,re was
Inc excuse OF profound ignorance Three divisions
~ inc AGRICULTURAL Congress held evening meetings
those fisheries AGRICULTURAL education and
household economic
rho second .,rH ciosi:is DAYS session OF the
Wards Christian Temperance Congress was
called order thiS morning by Lady Henry
set Mrs. J. r. i'dthey spoke upon penal, charita-
hIa ,nd refornatory work, and Then touch,ne trjb.
u , ,rera paid TO the memory OF Marv Allen West
he American temperance missionary. who died IN
Ianan "A year "S"'
X the afternoon session Mary H. Hunt super.
,r,nnSsnt OF Scientific Temperance tnstr,,rton Of
the / Mon made an encouraging report The Com
,ni,,ee o.. Resolutions Presented q report. which
vas unanimously adopted. At the closing session
,onieh; Miss Jessie A. Ackerman OF Australia.
a missionary. mace an interesting address descrip.
live Of her experiences. and with the singing OF