The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-03-04

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pull, but how much the wagon oar
carry. 1 then inquired if there had
been any
ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF LAND
on accout of the good roads. He re-
piled there was no land for sale in
his neighborhood now, but If there
was it would bring &5 an acre, when
situated on the macadam road, more
than it would before the road was
built. This, my friends, shows you
something of the value of good roads
from a financial standpoint. If the
same conditions existed in other
counties that they have in Mecklin
burg there would be an increase in
the value of their lands also. Is
might not be $5 an acre, but it would
be considerable. At the rate Of 81
per acre increase, in a county the
size of Wake the increase in value
would be about $500, 900. But this
increase would not stay long at 81
per acre. As aeon as the outside
world began to find out what our ad-
vantages are, and that we had aotu-
ally woke up to our possibilities
there would be a tide of emigration
coming into the State that would
cause a sharp advance in the price of
our lands.
In sDeaking of
THE EXPENSE OF BUILDING GOOD ROADS,
if our country now had the $6,OOO,-
900, 900 spent during the four years
misunderstanding that we had with
our northern friends in 1876, to
say nothing of the 900, 900 lives that
were sacrificed, and the millions of
dollars worth of property in the
South that was destroyed and not
accounted for in the above we could
build macadam roads all yer this
country ; and yet we survived that.
If we had the $500, 600, 900 that were
spent in freeing the Cubans, and the
800, 600, 900 that we T annually
spending in the Philippines TO prevent
them from becoming a free people,
we could macadamizes every im-
portant road in the country in a
short time. Strange to say, that
some who help to bear these burdens
without complaint would object TO
being taxed TO build good roads at
their door. We are all interested in
the Isthmian canal, and hope that is
will be constructed at an early date,
but good roads in our immediate
vicinity would be of far more bene-
fit to us individually than that canal
will ever be. Iagree with Gen. But
Ter in regard TO government aid in
building public roads. Since this
Nation has become TO be 1.-The" Uni
ted States instead of "these' United
States, as formerly, 1 see no impro-
priety in its making appropriations
for public roads, as it does for other
purposes.
AS you have been told,
GOOD ROADS FACILITATE FREE RURAL
DELIVERY
that is doing 80 much for our people.
The progressive farmer of to-day
wants TO keep in touch with the out.
side world. To all such the rural
free delivery proves 80 be a great
convenience. It daily brings to his
doors the mails thereby putting the
farmer in this respect on a footing
with the townspeople. He gets the
daily markets and keeps posted on
current events. He is no longer be
hind the times in this respect. AS
knowledge is power, SO is the news
paper reader a factor for good in his
community. One of the require
ments for a rural free mail delivery
route is a good road.
A new century has opened up be
fore Us and if the farming industry
is to keep apace with other indus
tries, we must not be content with
THE METHODS OF OUR FATHERS AND
OUR GRANDFATHERs.
To be successful, we need 80 be
come progressive farmers, business
farmers, with the executive ability
Of the manufacturer, the ~cleverDess
and ingenuity of the mechanic, the
business tact and sagacity of the
merchant, together with a praoti-
cal knowledge of agriculture. When
the manufacturer finds that his plant
is no longer up.to-date, he disman
ties il and puts in the latest improved
machinery. He is forced to do this
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