The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-02-16
INDEX or PROGRESS.
GOOD ROADS ARE SIGNS OF AN INTEL
LlGEHT PEOPLE.

Every Thop@ttful Citizen ShouId
Put His Shoulder to the Whcc! to
Help the CaUsc OF Highway Better
mcnt-i'ay Taxes Ia Cash.
T. G. Harper of burlington. president
Of The Iowa Good Roads and Improve
lucut association, recently sent out cir
cellar letters To the vice presidents OF
tie various districts, making SuggeS-
tiUus regarding the lines upon which
local organization should be effected
and to officers and members OF the
county institutes throughout tic state,
giving an outline OF the scope Of the
work undertaken. In these letters
President I!aypcr says:
Our association feels this TO lie
movement entitled to the friendly sup
port ana assistance OF every taxpayer
ia The state, he he n farmer, merchant
or connected with any other honest
calling Good roads must be the COM
mon desire of every thoughtful citizen.
IN improved road is q symbol of prog
ryss. Good reads are indexes of good
men, good women, good homes, good
farms ana good communities. We n-
When permanent roads are once cStab-
lishcG. tic road tax will not be so great.
This movement is intended to put q
stop 10 the building Of patched Up. tenn
pJrury roads and TO inaugurItc the
construction Of permanent reads. Find
out TIE amount of road tax your coun-
t. annually pays, and YOU will be sur
pr.sCI that so large an amount Of mon
cy can Bc disposed of, leaving behind
- S!igLt an evidence Of It. While hard
roads mean permanent roads. or
should mean th&t. yet permanent roads
can lie constructed without the use Of
broken rock. gravel or sand. Pcrma-
Eont roads. therefore. mean the best
reads thGt Il particular community can
construct with III" use CT the means at
hand. Our road law, however Should
be so rrrr:UO that all the money paid
Is read tax shall hc expended for that
purpose. ThUt tE!s is not now done
we have bit 10 consider the vast
amount paid annually as road tax in
our state. wnilp We observe what slight
evidence OF thiS T:On2y mInifcstS itself
upon our reads. IN Iowa we lave over
100000 u:j! Of public highway. and
THIS vast Interest III Interest that is
intimately connected with every citi-
zen in or &tItH.-ls without q common
head, system or method.
as ii not tiN." we were giving this
important matter some careful con.
>i!rr&ticn? Some OF oUr farmers re-.
SIT the move for ,nc reason that they
think they VIII Er obliged to construct
I'll" pcrmaMvnt read should enc be
r!@I" Ivy their farIH. They should
set this notion cat Of their heads at
once. for. rs 4 matter OF fact. they will
build no uCre Of that read t!!an any
other citizen Cf the township
"Gur laws should bc arcnGyd so rs
to require tie read tax 10 lie paid in
money. Then this money should be
expended rs any Ct'rr Business OK.
pcnd% lis funds. not p&lh 10 men and
teams - ST around in fence corners
ana swap ya!;i.;' al day. bat to men
aEG teams Tat Eavc Eivcn value re.
ceiN"h ~ Giy!u@ ihc township good.
square days NurN. The lvarcr &ul
yarn spinucrs days ought to br mum.
bc"cd and ,hc roal builder initiated.
Many or cur cOuntiCs have an album.
dance Of stone, gravel ard sand. all of
which can I!r put in shape for iIMprov.
Ing oar roads 3t Il S!na!l cost
Tile surface Ct tie earth in some
cf or counties is rough Is there 4
hill Lyt"jrn your E"me ana your
town? II 50. that hill, and not the
strength OF Your team or wagon. limits
tie load YOU draw to market We