The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-12-11

The program OF Friday morning was
taken up.
The irat subject was the relation OF the
board of agriculture to the good roads
movement. This was discussed by L. F.
Luthey In a very able essay which was
highly appreciated by the convention and
received the plaudits of the members.
The secretary read his annua report.
This consisted OF two papers OF marked
ability, read by the secretary In which he
the best roads. He claimed that the sys-
tenn OF Dad labor was the root OF ell eVils
and should be abolished.
Mr.. Richards moved that the road bin
presented at h last session OF the ieRis-
iature and which failed to pass, he re-
ferred to the committee on resolutions.
Adopted.
MI. Richards offered two resolutions.
| Ons to petition the legislature to es-
tablish q roa department for the state.
Another that all road tax should be paid
in money. Referred to oOW mittee OF res
olutions.
FRIDAY MORNING SESSION.
The paper which was read at the
Thursday evening session by Mr.. l.. +.
Lnthey, of Lebanon, on "Relations Of
Board of Agriculture to the Good Roads
Movement" was again called 9p for dis
CUSTOM.
The question was raised as to whether
or not the state should control the roads.
Mr.. Waters thought the state would have
saved millions OF dollars by taking charge
Of the roads in early settlement.
Motion was made and carried that h1F.
Luthey'a paper be referred to the COM
mittee on execution.
Mr.. Schoppenhorst, In speaking OF the
above paper, said 1t was not generally
known that the board of agriculture had
been taking al interest in road improve
ments, but that they had been interesting
themselves for years. He said this move
to improve the roads was OF vast import
ance to all, and that the board of agricul-
tars had done valuable work in the
matter.
A paper by MI. @. W. Waters. which
was read at Thursday evenings session,
on statistics Gathered on Our Road Sys-
tenn was again taken up for discussion.
The members were divided as to the best
way to collect road taX-whether in
money or labor. Mr.. Adams and Mr..
Schoppenhorst got into a heated discus
sion OF the subject.
Mr.. Adams thought the none could
not be collected from a great many of
them, and that a large sum would be lost.
Mr.. Sc~hoppenhorst thought the money
that would be lost you'd not amount to
much, n that the man who wound
evade the tax would not work to much
advantage when forced to.
Mr.. Waters then defended the position
be had taken In the matter. He thought
the present way OF collecting the tax did
GOA IAGld ~ OGhNo Oh IL dOlldIs u lhaI
the money Gyetem would pay 100 cents on
the dollar. He cited casea TO show the
correctnesg of his views, and said HWe
can never succeed under the labor system
tax" He said the cash money system
bad been adopted In many places and
would work here.
Mr.. W. II. Moore, president OF the Mis-
souri, State Road and Public Improvement
Association took sides against him and
the two had quite an argument. The talk
drifted to whether or not mon oyer 30
years of age should be exempt from tREa-
zion and the members favored the Idea OF
taxing every man over 81 years of age.
This Ues finally Included In the resoIu-
ton passed
Mr.. Waters was asked what course he
would persue In collecting The poll tax
from men who had no property. He
thought under our laws az they now stand
IL could not be collected and that you
would have TO put a man on his good be-
haYior. One member said his district had
rs msa 10 1t and that every one of them
worked on the roads. lie did not think
they would pay u the cssh system was
adopted.
The committee on resolutions which
had been in session in an adjoining room
@ list of resolutions which were
olutiona called forth heated discussions
in which many OF the msmbsrs and even
the chairman took part. Some amend
ments were made ana when adopted the
resolutions read as follows:
WbeCees we have had such an Increased
attendance at this meeting and at the same
time been permitted tc attend the eXhibI-
tionsa and meetinRg OF the ether indus
trial associations of the state therefore
be 10
Resolved, That the executive committee
this association be requested to try and