The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07
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tax defauiters as large factors la
road working, We have found that
it does not give us good road sys-
tenn, and while the platform Is i
little, just little N advance, I'M
less pushed closely it, too, wilI
prove inadequate in rainy weather
There is one good thought IN the
plank and just one: A compre-
hensive system oil public roads.
That Is the idea, but who Is doing
anything. or what legislature is be-
ing incitcd to do anything with
that as his guiding starr Some
road bills are under consideration,
and among other things | notice
plan TO better the agricultural IN
terests by establishing a separate
bureau, where experts are 10 study
boil weevils, and flies that poster
the cattle, and things OF that sort,
hut fail to see any provision, or
even any mention, of a road en-.
gineer, and surely this would be
the place TO put him, and | here
and now express the fear that the
road question at Austin this session
viii not get beyond the discussion
as to whether short term convicts
may work them, the Legislators
like small boys spending their
money IN slde-shows before
they ever reach the main circus
unless some strong agency like
these farmers institutes takes hold
OF the matter.
Economy? Ii IS always desir~
able, and always to be practiced
and encouraged by the state, as il
Is by the Individual, but there is
an economy that is erroneous in
its aims and its results. What
would you think of the economy OF
the man who would let his fields
grow in grass and weeds, the mules
idle IN barn or pasture, and the
drivers unemployed Can II be
that the great state oil Texas with
her Illimitable resources, is to be
among the hindmost in this road
movement. though needing the
roads as much, II not more than
any othcr1 Solomon, himself. a
wise master builder, said. There
is that scattereth ard yet increas
eth, there is that withholdeth more
than is meet, and il tendeth TO
poverty"
Now | come to the main thought
that wish TO urge IT upon this
institute. with all the earnestness
at my command and wish | had
more:
Acting in conjunction and aar-
mony with the other institutes oh
the state, call meeting somewhere
IN the central portion OF the state,
or at Austin, and urge upon the
governor aud the legislature that a
committee OF suitable and eompe
tent men including experts tina,
may not be had in tie state, BE- Sc
leeted to draft a practical measure
TO carry cut that comprehensive
system" mentioned in the plat.
form It's a big thing TO handle,
but there IS no reason that YOU
should no, take il Up. You have
platform authority, and the people
Will sustain you The final results
who will attempt 10 estimate them I
II your first efforts fail Of immedi
ate results. you will have the con
ISOLATION to know that all such en-
terprises must have a beginning.
Here the speaker paused &c
say that since the foregoing was
written he had read with much
pleasure Senator Faulk's road bill,
that it pointed to the ''comprehen
sive system" OF the platform. but
to encourage tie legislators IN this
or some suitable measure. ~ woulc
still be 10 order for the farmers
institutes OF the state 10 have ar
early meeting.