The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-03
Living Issues.
GOOD ROADS AND EDUCATION.

President Geo. T. Winston, of the N. ca &
n. College.
The subject of good roads is not
merely Industrial; it has it's educa
tional, social, moral and eve relig,
ious side as we'll. In fact it under
lies the greater subject of the rela-
ton OF Country TO town and the i'm
prOvement of country life.
A hundred years ago t~hree-fOurths
of the people of the United States
lived in the country and we're en-
gagged In agriculture. They owned
four hf chs Of the country's wealth.
To day, thre e-fourths of the pOpula-
tiUn live IN towns and W four
ftths of the wealth Of the country.
The conditions have been exactly re
versed.
/ am not u of those who lament
g. moderate movement from the
country 81 the town, for this move
menb Is essential to the strong and
healthy growth of towns. As the
country furnishes all the material
for the food, clothing and manufac
turing Industries of she world, so it
furnishes she material for it's man
hood. LIS sends TO the towns and
cities annually their strongest and
greatest men.
Every great President that our
nation has had was a country boy,
country born and country bred {;
Washington, Jefferson, jackson, and
Lincoln-al country boys. The
great scholars, TOO, r country
boys. / saw d little Ca DIN two or
three years ago In New HAmpshire,
where Was born and raised the great
est Latin scholar to-day in the United
States, who as a little farm boy had
MIXED the COWS, curried the horses,
and hauled wood TO town. [ saw
within four miles of that place an
other farm house where was born,
and where lives O-day, in an elegant
mansion, the greatest civil engineer
In the United States, born and bred
also on the farm. The town needs
the country is needs 80 draw new
life and strength from the country.
The town, the restless town,
the sleepless town. Am sorry 10
say, the vicious town-needs tho
strong healthy body and the clear
brain and the big, beating, pulsinz
heart of the country by 10 cpme
and Garry on it's exhaustive work.
Bus the present
MOVEMENT OF POPULATION FROM OUN
TRY TO TOWN
Is too rapid and too universal it
should be checked. Too many peo
pie are going from the country TO
the town. We know in u general
way why they go, but let Us look at
Is Il l.ttle in detail and under-tand
precisely the reason for it. They g"
because the town furnishes better
opportunities for the acquisition Of
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pleasure. Why does the town fur
nish better opportunities for the &c
QUESTION of wealth? First, because
of the cOnsolida ion and co operation
of human power second, because of
the employment OF machinery
These are the great forces that cre-
ate wealth in our goth century civil
ization. Look at a large city Here
Is u factory run by machinery with
steam or electric power, thousands
of operatives working together on
the principle of the division of labor,
each skilled in his line the whole
business controlled by some master
mind. In this way wealth produo
ton is carried to the greatest pos
sible extent.
But cities do not stop within a
maximum of wealth production
they seek markets and provide also
q maximum of wealth tran Sp0rta
ton. N. B. Forrest, the greatest
general of the Civil War,
when asked how he managed tn win
all the battles he fought, replied, Il
no rule of war all | do is e.
get there first with the most men"
In the commercial war which the
world is fighting the maxim of For
prevails "Get there cheapest
the most goods" Cities con
tending for trade supremacy cannot
be content with cheap production
they must have also cheap transpOr
To this end are paved streets,