The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-22
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION
\ Meeting Held and u tounty Or
ganizaIion EHectcd.

The good roads convention which
has been quite extensively advertised.
was held At the Broadway Theater
yesterday afternoon. during which a
county organization was effected. The
object Of this new organization i to
take up the matter of good roads aud
d" al rhat may properly be Go0e
under the law to improve me r.s,Cs
throughout this county.
The organization WAS effected - iil
election OF Judge Joseph Koeh!et q,
Jackson, president, and Henry
English Df Jackson, secretary =
vice-pre> ident and Il committee of fisr
from e'ech township in the ceuuty wer.,
also SELECTED. Those WAC have been
cicctef as officers and also the com
mItterElen chosen are citi2ens who are.
weli-.'InOwu Tor tnrIr position with
reirr-'ace To good reals +snd there is
u" Dom I0 doJ:.s that ch-sc gentle
me-Fa sill DO ali III t:stir power t. al
raIce the wort! for wh,c;! tue orgAni-
L2-tOn was created
Fl. ii. Moore of S.. Louis. who l.,
r.'rSiuent OF the State u pod Roads
society. was press-at end made Il fine
address to those assam DicG. He took
,oae SUBJECT O, s'..au, ana t..@i,t<.,. il
from AHA j>L rT:-r, ma Die stand
point III. Ms.nre has given TIE sHl-
u. :. gGci,o G@-s. ~ n 0 !ght ana srs.!y.
a..n GaGc Rly-rnr~ experiments IN
I"d" building &D..c 'Stp&Iring t:I., i" -
VII q"niltt>1 tu 7l,-.ak on this 3l}j,ct
One woU!C aArGiy mink thsIt such Il
Cu!nmJuplis.= subject as roads could
nc ElaGe Interesting. bHt in tee hands
of MIR. Mo8re i; vas invested with an
interest s,bjch commanded tbe undi-
vlGed attsscti0n VI his hearers, and
ali united IN prooouncing mis- talk one
OF the mos instructive and entertain
IGg they had listened 70 IL a long
while. NJ AlO"'c spoke of the n,4es.--
sity Of roads a. r. medium Of counEI-
n.c.ttiEG Htt"reE towns and lue cutEn-
Try a4!i.t.sanL ~ thea. HaTine ;,en-
T-,.ces nj ;.S;;5<.nce ut the Necessity
"a rb.i'si 'lii,. ~ course il HsquIrtG no
arLuneH 10 90 that. the gentleman
spuk'- q, Tia" &,upOrta2ce of having
gUoC rOH&!s. Il. conteGGeE, and sap
purE-7d las position by good logic and
ap; i.i'e.;",t.ipr, that the best reads
werss .lng-ii ci,eg;jcr than laoor ras as.
POQE ':nad>S .a'g-ays Upera5ed against
tG"H u .tG'sIv gyaS any ,l;hcr town tc
Gu Be- tI-lt hal GOOD rt,a,4s leading to
it. Th@ merchant lost Jrade. the vol
ume- - .JuSin>-s5 G.:..u l,:.-, uut lyL at it
might be. an; the toxin that was
c.ius-j Syith pGor roads IN ita vicinity
w3s il Il bad fix. The sueake" went
on 70 s.ate tha: while farmers ganesally
were .HGanimGEs il favor of measures
which SvoulG give them good roads.
sUrle sjf .thi4 class w1e,Ild glHmbie
a 5nUf he smell extra tax thev might
Ote 'tht-eG IlP2n 10 pay. Mr. Moore
a1s.aE,sd Il .,rVposi,io2, inst here
Hlas,,h he.clai.0rd couid ,aot be sl,,-cess-
fu2ir disputed. viz: that mheee the
iasine' naa; =" han! bi- pr0G9cr to
,Ov-r ey-tr q lad road l4. los: jn the
colrss ot Il gear many timer more
than ,"s'en Tie most eEorbitgzt tax
would .sost hi,n, by break dowrs- IN
Necessary wc,!~ and tear aa wagon and
teams. >ielay- causeG by possible
hir;. k;,"c aB> other damage and
lastly .'sy Deir% rompelJad 10 maui
small leads aad thus hagc to make
several srlps rhcn nal! the rrznher
~unld ID sufficient.
Il j. - BE- regretted. that every |
farmer aEd ma, ness man in the ceslnty !
,ouid pu. havn beard this talk uf Mr.. |
Moore. and it i safe to say that - cry !
Dne OF his hearers left the hcusl ar.
lent adEosatcs far good ROADS. !