The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-10-01

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Dairymen want Better Roads.

pecially when their inter-
>FCf( ests are concerned. Re-
Gently they have been
catching the enthusiasm of the good
'oads movement. The National Dairy
Union is one Of the greatest farmers
organizations in the country. Its
power was shown last year when it
secured the passage through Congress
If the oleomargarine bill. 1t looks
now as IL the union will take up the
light for National aid In road improve
ment. Secretary Chas. Y. knight re-
GENTLY expressed himself as follows
concerning the Brownlow bill:
In company with hundreds of thou
sands of other people throughout the
United States, l am very much inter-
ested in this bill. l have just returned
from a tour Of Italy, France and Eng
land, where ] had an opportunity to
observe the character Of the roads in
those countries. Coming home and
looking over our miserable facilities
for getting around in the rural dis
~tricts. l made up my mind that it will
be necessary for this country to do as
European countries have done in order
to get good roads, /. e., have Govern
ment aid.
THE National Dairy Union is or
ganized throughout the North in every
Congressional District which has any
amount of agricultural constituency,
and / am firmly Of the opinion that the
progressive farmers who are dairy
men will be in favor Of the bill for
National aid. l am so much interested
in it's success that 1 am willing to use
my influence to have our dairy farmers
petition for the passage of this bill. 1
would be willing to give several hun
dred dollars out Of my own pocket to
see the roads of this country improved
like those Of France"
To many it will doubtless be news to
learn that something very similar to
the proposed cooperation Of State and
Nation has been going on for many
years in the building of Mississippi
levees. In a recent report on this sub
ject Colonel Amos Stickney, President
of the Mississippi River Commission,
said:
1.-THE allotment for levees for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1908, was
100000 0 and the expenditure of a
like amount, under contract, is author
lied for the ensuing year.
1.-THE total amount expended by the
United States upon levees from the
beginning Of that class of work in
1882 to June 80, 1902, is SIC. 5sO,614.17.
The total contents of levees along the
Mississippi River is now about 17O,-
100000 cubic yards, about one-half of
which has been placed by the United
States, the other half being the work
of State and local boards. The amount
of money expended by these organiza-
tons Is not known.
There are ordinarily no restrictions
placed upon the expenditure of allot-
ments, but all allotments are some
times determined by the amount of
work that local authorities can do in
connection with or supplementing Gov
eminent work to make it more effec-
tive.
1.-THE funds applied by the State and
by local boards are understood to be
derived from special taxes authorized
by the respective Legislatures"
Here we have just such a cooperation
between the Federal Government on
the one hand, the States and local CON-
munities on the other, as Is proposed in
the Brownlow bill, although not car.
ried out under specific act of Con-
gress.