The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-02-12

the suhjert any thought and obser-
walton throughout our Hooking
hills when we see such very poor
supervision year after year not
even mending the worst places
much less grading up the roads
with anything like good and prop.
er gale often leaving the middle
of the road too low or in other
cases, one side very high and a
gutter on the other or again Il gut
ter on each side and no room to es-
cape them.
The third proposition is advocat-
ed by many advocates for good
roads and claimed by them that we
can not get good roads unless we
have such sum TO begin with but
Jay Eye See does not SO believe
and objects to any system Of bond
ing that exceeds period of three
years and not willing to consent to
that length Of time but that we
raise our tax levy so we could have
at least thirty thousand dollars each
year and the same be expended in
making likes on four Of the most
travelled roads from the corporate
limits from our county seat and
continued each year until we have
eros ed our county North, East,
South and West and next taking
the most travelled roads in like
manner until we have general
81 stem Of good roads throughout
our county and no interest on bonds
to pay.
To the fourth comes several
reasons demanding convict labor
on the public highways; first that
convict labor should never no
never be employed to compete
against deserving and paid labor in
factory, shop, or mine, second that
our convicts are yearly increasing
and many have little or nothing to
do which makes prison life almost
Il luxury and sti mulus TO again
commit some crime that he may
return to his happy home and
again enjoy his happy secIusion
and bOunliful ratiOES and clothes;
third that our army of criminals
make good market for contractors
to grow rich at the expense of the
tax payers of the stale and rob de-
serving laborers Of their share of
earnings for themselves and fam
lilies; fourth that our criminals
are no better to labor in the hot
rays of sun than Hillican Ben.
Farmer Friend, Traveller, Bender,
Jay Eye See and the hundreds of
others all over the state who are
compelled to labor to keep them
selves, and families, pay their taxes
etc, and should be compel ed
to do so; fifth that were our Grim
innls kept in theirrespective coun-
ties there would be that much
nome market or protection for |
home industries and certainly |
much good would be the result In |
the end; sixth that yearly we are
paying out considerable money to
send our petty criminals to some
work house when we could very
uselully employ them here and
save some money too.
Answering the fifth with good |
roads we could greatly lesson the
time to travel to and fro and at
less cost of energy hy our good
friend the horse or bicycle riders,
or any other means Of travel; again
we could haul much larger loads
of grain or produce and at any
time mud or no mud and not half
the wear and tear on horses and
harness or vehicles and by so doing
there woull be far more equal dis
triDution Of time for the farmer to
do his work throughout the year
and by these too more uniform
market and good per cent ofgain
to the farmer, a saving for the mer
chant, and no doubt "a more even
distribution of provisions for the
consumer and often far more
healthy too than now. Once more
we can feel sure our social condi-
tion would be greatly improved as
we could go and see our relatives,
friends and neighhors AMI exchange
many useful ileaS, learn much
fr I'm our seniors. and help those in
sickness and need at any time and
conveniently too.
Yours Truly