The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-02-18

Good Roads and Education. He spoke
OF a conyersatjJt he lad had tae day
/ tefOre with Governor Montague Of Fir-
ginia, in which Governor Montague ex-
| pressed desire to see Governor Aycock S
proclamation, saying he had noticed that
| cur GoveIncr WAS coupling together the
TWO propositions cf Education and Good
| Roads, ana that he was going TO DO the
same.
| This movement" went on Col. Moore.
lis not spasmodic this movement IS ex-
/ tending to the far South, to the Pacific
ast, as far North as Duluth.
! The questions you Will consider IN
+ your halls when you come to elect your
candidates viii be those that touch you
and your homes, and what interest IS
| II ore vital TO you than this question Of
! good roads?"
| The speaker gave q practical illustration
| Of the effect OF roads upon school work.
You are not going TO have good schools
unless you nave good roads" said he.
] The proposition that confronts US is
| how we are going TO get the money for
cur roads,
Col. Moore spoke Of the history Of the
present Good Reads Association. The
movement started, nc said, IL Kansas
! City, Mo, where 4 State convention was
! held II 1895 an Inter State convention
was called at st. Louis, where fourteen
| States we're represented. Then il 1897
! another Interstate convention was
called. at which twenty-one states were
represented. Then appropriations were
| asked for from Congress. In 1895 came
! the Spanish War, and only $4,000 was
! appropriated Another convention was
called in 1900 III Chicago. and there were
| hirty-nne States ana two Territories
! represented. There was organized tae
/ National Good Roads Association
! (At this point General Butler entered,
and was escorted 10 the platform amid
alpiause.)
/ In that convention at Chicago, Con-
/ grcss was memora!izel 70 appropriate
! $3.50 SEQ for the establishment Of tha Ba-
| reau OF Read Inquiries
IN 1890, Mckinley mentioned this II
/ his message 10 Congress, but only $4Q,
/ CC0 was appropriated
/ Then when it was seen thet sufficient
money was net forthcornin", they got
/ rcr2nlssi sion to operate the Good Roads
Train III order 10 bring the mater before
| the people.
/ Col. Moore then spoke Of ehe amonnt
/ Of space THAT had been given tie move
rlent in the great nctropolitaa papcrz
and paid high compliment 10 the press
OF our city, saying, = think that your
papers deserve as much credit as those
IN any place we have visited" He dyrelt
apon the public spirit and interest shown
IL the edjtCTiais
lbs spoke Of the international Coed
Roads Congress at Buffalo. ana now it
was interrupted by the awful calamity
which took away President Mckinley.
/ Brief reference was made to the trip
Of the train through The South starring
in North Carolina, 1t Winston Salem
then visiting Tennessee, Alabama Geor-
gia, and now coming back into Ecrsh
Carolina, and tne speaker said Ec was
gIad to see Mr z. H. Fianes Of Win
sJon among Ike delegates
Coming to the purposes Of the work
! Col. Moore sail.
I'VE are leading up to . 8rea. National
Convention in the Southern States. |
know Of 10 place more fitting for such
a gathering than Charlottesville because
there lie TIC bones OF Thomas Jefferson
''We are going 10 try to build that
three miles Ct read back OF Monticello.
/ We are going 20 ask tho Governors Of
all he States to be present. We are
going South and ask General Wheeler o.
| General Gordon to come We are going
to the Pacific coast and ask Perkins, Cf
California. We are going to Nebraska
and ask VIM. j. Bryan. We are going 90
ASA James !. J Hill the great railroad
king, and David Il. Francis We ere 60
ing to ask somebody in Boston, per
haps Richard L. Alder. We arc going to
New York and ask Senator DepaW or
some one else.
''Ie want TO bring North, South, East
and West to the tomb of Jefferson. TO
meet each other there on other lines
than political. We are asking the press,
the illustrated paper to be there TO-.
Col. Moore then said he wanted this
| congress to organize 3 State Association.
He suggested that road engineer or
Highway Commissioner be appointed in
order to create a system Ia every part
CT the State
Why is there tax in some coun-
ties and il others none?" he asked.
There should be a tax in every county.
1t all ought to be on land, said Col.
p. G. Skinner, from the audience.
Il don't agree TO that, said Col.
Moore. Part Of it ought TO be paid by
the corporations and railroads. 1 say TO
you that. the corporations anl railroads
are perfectly willing 10 help you, and tie
cities benefit as much from good roads
IS the county, while the farmers are not
always able to pay taxes for roads; and
sone corporations cWn 10 land
Col. Skinner said that by land he meant
al real estate, whether IN the city CT
country
Col. Moore suggested as a very com
mon aense plan Of raising money tie IS
suing OF 39-ycar bonds. Another plan
would be TO call on the State for help
MaSsa chuSettS did this in 1892. IL was
bitterly fought but the splendid results
are seen today According TO this plan,
the State raid one-thrd, the county one
third. end the farmers whose land abut-
ted on the road the ether third. II New
York, where 11-13 OF the property Is IN
the cities, a bill was last year drawn up
calling for $3.50, Geo. Governor Cdell rec-
cmmendcd that the amount be increased
TO $43o,G
Speaking CT so,re practical sides to the
question. the speaker asked: why don't