The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-29
He and Gen. 1hllles Address
Convention In st. Louis.
GOVERNMENT SHOULD ACT
People Ii Country, Says Mr.. Bryan,
Pay Their Quota Of Taxes and and
Should Get Some Of Benefits
559 81 Their Expenditures.
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sl5 81 1DrJfs No. pril 2s.-At the SEQ
Rond 5dny,s session Of the National and IN
tornatl onalf GOOD Roads Convention. CEN en-.
eral N eisoi TX. Miles. who Is presid ents OF
ftlie National Highway Commission. mace e
al, address on Military Hoads anu anu n :
National Highway ana salu y part: .roo
511..G,,rS 20 Vernment has expended $780,
I m an rorlE the Improvement OF our mar
mrs "a waterways, and now the atten-
t,nn ~ the public Is being called &c our our
gnostnl roads and avenues Of co1nmu1nic'aa ga;
Z iinr Itha I are most useful and Important
to ali our people. 49,, !,
5trena,,re have been made in the post LOT
Ethe DEVELOPMENT oftrnilroads and water
ways. Is 1T not now most hppropll 'l,
time that the Improvement OF our O. ro l'ls
should receive natlonal atteh. ''' az 10'l
governmental aid & -
o,,t no necesslt Y for good roads, Whlcn.
he believed. could be secured only through
the1nId az the national government ~
snoka 81 the insriar policy of the govern
went and anid If some of the money that
r. being squandcred in the Philippines
could be used here in the Improvement
Of highways our roads would be m ia "a
better condition.
81aWlllan J.EBTydIg 'l'oNe 49, :, :
mon session, receiving an ovation, H 4ee
said In part: 5is \ y .
S.-The expenditure OF money for the per-
manent Improvement OF the common
roads can be defended, first. as matter
OF Justice to the people who live IN - ne
country: second Y, as a matter OF adVant-
age, to the people who do not live IN the
country and third, on the ground that
the welfare Of the nation demands that
the comforts OF country life shall. as
far as possible, keep pace With the com
forts OF city life. Il # y 81 n.
at is a we'll known fact or fact
easily ascertained that the people In 7 he
country, while paying their full share OF
county state and B Federal taxes. q receive
as a rule only&.the general benefits OF
government while the people In the cities
have, In addition to the protection af-
forded by the government, the advant-
age arising from the expenditure OF pub
lie moneys In their midst, Is t
1.-THE Improvement of the country roads
can be justified also on the ground that
the farmer the first and most important
of tho producers Of wealth. ought to be
In position to hold his crop and market
1t at the most favorable opportunity.
whereas at present he Is virtually under
compluslon to sell 1t as soon as It Is ma
tured because the roads may become Inn
passable at5gany time during the fall,
winter or spring. Instead of being his
own warehouseman, the farmer Is COM
PEELED to employ middlemen and share
with them the profit Of his labor. The
farmer has right. too. to insist upon
roads that will enable him to go to town.
to church. to the school house and to It'd
homes OF his neighbors as occasion may
REQUIRE. and with the extension Of rural
delivery he has an additional need for
good roads In order that he may be Kept
IN communication with tho outside
world.'' 2lG7,75N