The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-02-15
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.f9nsaf saiETl1nSss .iiT1S ciyuiiFu nation
S3mHIHf thN, half civilized
gifEG,, thSttTppoBic the .,bcRttit or govern.
DnhSnt. S3iXilT1 ha,nks,,aWr refuse it TO
.oT'S t2sfRnsillI, heca use We cannot find
3 ,a40pfro oiRlGstinslb for their money.
,@ lN,hc1@usoathe private banking
interests CT the country stand in
,WGj elIf4ii IssDaitSition to the measure.
Mtsn ctb t1.appoSition can ,c overcome,
Iosta4 dao virISs banks can Er establish.
eeidal hlp tgrr"t advantage g: The rural
slEstrintshand the general wrlfArc and
'tfeimohcy can be Invested in country
lanh 'bonds. guaranteed hy TIE state.
Theses bonds hearing rate Of Interest
s6 low that it can Er generally paid
oet OF existing road taxation ana rum
FihG so far into the future that their
Enal payment will not be a matter Of
serious concern.
THE second plan is based on the
experience of our country In hu,ldinr
raIi'ca"S. We have built half of the
iaiIWay mileage of the world without
taxation. except in rare Instances. and
hay" spent in doing SO three times as
much money AZ is needed nov, to make
coed wagon roads for the Whole coun.
tTy. How have we raised This vast
amount? Mainly by anticipating the
benefits of tAr railroads. ho,.rpwiuy
the money To builI them and letting
th"!h pay for themselves cut CT thair
earnings or pay such rate OF interest
On tn" money borrowed rs will CON
tent lis owners 10 1T il rcllain on long
leans ur in pcr."tUity. The benefits
or Improved highways do not show in
earnings. since thUr use is free Lrt
they appear quite MS plainly in the cn-
hanccd value Of adiaccnt anl neigh.
boring lands. and if this class CT benc.
i!tS can Ec anticipated ard made avail.
aDl" 10 procure the means OF ronl
building. we shall lie able to build
reads 1".ii" 49, .---..- o., =.
Li0n of III" government. state or na.
tional. and the use Of the public credit
in some form to carry the work
through Until its local benefits are re.
lli%ra and the ECncliciariCa are enabled !
to assume its cost. MCanwh,r, how
rvcr the government can secure itself
by Il lien on the property benefited
and ultimately will be repaid for It's
risks through 4 notable increase CT
taxable va!Urs AID the development
Of general prosperity.
what can the national government
do rs Il worthy lesson in this line? To, {
il be :, national highway. Il continental |
rnrlnynrd th,. 81. and nest rond |
:. .---.-.''. briefly stated. Its east.
'rh "iVi*!on should join all the states J
III 'H' Atlantic By constwise line
t'!d It's western division the same on
me iaclhc, while it's continental iii.
'iS!oh should connect the eastern and
western divisions by line from WASH.
ng'on through the central cities 70
>ah Francisco. These lines wou,d
tnIIch
states in the Union.
he read should be worthy of its
builders and Of the age-broad steel
RACKS for carriages. bicycle bride and
oot paths, plenty Of shade and fouu.
ANS, plenty of room on the borders
or ornamentation, trees and plauts
ot set in stiff rows, but artisticallv
rouped or scattered and forming for
IL pasSersby continuous and practical
assons In forestry, Horticulture ana
lndscape art.
All things considered, it would ncl
e wise to estimate it's cost at less
han SOC, 200 n mile.
The equitable distribution of the
ost would not be so difficult as 1T
light seem. The general government
you'd naturally build through the pub.
EahdS ana reservations and the Dis
let or Columbia and the territories in
leir portion. Through the state fair
lstribution according to the benefits
'ould perhaps be one-fourth to the
'deral government and the same to
lie state and one-half to the lands In
ie zone of local benefit. This zone
ould not be less than five miles I'm
idth and on each side of the road.
aking G,4OO acres to the mile of road,
Ell thousand dollars for this area
ouid be about $l.50 an acre on the
'eraSe. but the assessment should be
'justed according 10 proximity and
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