The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-11

NY ~'it, itirius anu nctsauors 20 httrnt
ihc STATE : good roads ,onN,niou ana pl
cycle meet to bp nvid IN Your vuS June
70 IS Is at mana, ana | tender You III.
ihanks Tor the same.
1 rccr.y regret my inabiity 10 be pres
tni AT u eatncn!ng OF trpr, scntalNos OF
advanced IDEAS IN your great state, Notn.
inp would givc me greater pleasure. but
am obliged ny pirss OF business 10 lose
nus opportunity. | shall take great pleas.
uic IL spiVauuig the invita- tion before uut
| trends with hope that some more :or-
| tunaip than myself may be abe to meet
| with you.
| The cause Nou are forwarding is ON,
| IN which every citizen Of this country is
| Interested. regardless OF his walk IN NE.
| i'an fonds means bad business, and had
| business means poverty to The common
! wealth.. The prosperity of the country :
based ui'on the prosperity OF the farmer.
| ana MS success IN III, can never I've what
| u S1ould u" untI the great dirt tuA "
J done away WITH. Al, commercial capital
| u based iron the capital invested III the
! iaim The market Na'uc nj the farm :
/ based upon the highway, leading lhrr.to
| i'and I'VE miles from market. approached
! NY bad roads is more distant and less
valuable than land httccn miles distant
reached Nv - perfect surface. NJ city
or Town Yer renchcd hgh dcercc Vf
commercial prosperity Whcu the tarrniul,
community naturally trihutur, thereto
Whs ueried access because If inpas -nhlr
hEhwANs Tor several months IN the year.
Nhtn the FARMER. the merchant the
manufacturer and the tailoring ma,, fully
comprehend the Importance OF the work
Your organization has undertaken! when
fncN realize the iinncns.tN OF tie sums
~ money "Nrulftd hs tho we,l-Stirroa
mud through witch the wagons ot this
to"ntiN are Dragged, when they UNDER
stand tlni thu MONEY = being ns thor-
oiinhlN destroyed and made vnlurirss as
II * had boon son, to the bottom of the,
sea, then We mpN hope TOR action on tho
lali az Al 10 proven; this waste
Great bodies move slowly. hut once In
motion thcir movement, is irrsststihlr
lhrn'ghNut the country the people nro
slowly hour taught the value II an I'M
proved highway. The work of education
WHICH has l,'rr pre- srl MS a rew ia nj,
ready showing result We no longer havn
to "enenl n"on theories we have wen
demonstrated facts Vet there * much to
hc done The schoolin,, II onv people has
ins' hcgmp. In 100 way can successful
work he aorNmpiishcd to hotter ntlvnntaae
tnnn h} these conventions. which arr Nr-
,ns held IN nearly oNerV S,Alr in the
mon Nv No''r action Is demonstrated
w inet 'hn' the men Of TrNas are rul,v
,n,M' to 'hr Importance Of thr work aud
ileN 'Nid"nilN rr1pnsc knouing well IA
'FRONT.' IN thr march IT nrogress
wsh Won most sucres~fni r,netinc
a'd an s''re T. viii result in NM h good
en- elnra'iona lines Yours Tor god
fpaf' Wallace Sherwood.
Tho following was roat'.
70 the Good Roads Convcn,ion:
Galveston. Texas, ,Nlae 10, iSai We.
the Undersigned commit cmrn. beg to
and ,.,,,a ,n',,.,, p'"'f"
h,ii1b,,, 4, $50, N"''
Ia min 49,. ,..,, ,'' "'V'e
7'"' VIZ ''" 'hal som"
,Sh lu"fles haNr n'en oiou Il Nr along
~ l.'l, Vl various roads Fhcsr nj" all
u ,.. stnli tnnr and of such au uneven qua
~ nat much OF II IS too soft and diSiu-
''t! iAphiiy whcn cNi''scd In Til" air
on ~ h'hNN travel w" found world Of
tiHilt' nns al irhi-ic Mountain quar-
i's' SHltthl" Tor use on rrl1s. and while !
u may Nr 1ai Tor - cents rtr ton on the
,tiS n mo quarry. ihs long ham from
b''i" 10 Vie coast country make this a
'lN 'NifM'iNr material
s'"NNrnl rraN1 pits have boon inypsti- |
yHip, som" OF thcm containing prayel wlih
p'n1 ny maierial spfnncni 10 npl>o aa
Ideal road, hut most of these niis ,,on.
tam WHAT Is hnnwu AZ clean gravel, witch |
Information We couid ann We IN, ied 10 |
J. l,pr,s lnat cameron. i.edhct'cr, HrNnn |
nyaiinfin ,,,,',nei,., ,h'',c, ns ma n,'s'
opcnci dnpo-qis much nearer -, IA. ,ir,,s