The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-02

r,,.. LII "uultlon to looking after af
,"rS Immediately affecting his dis
'rict he has to attend TO nm im,non.,
correspondence resulting from uL,
MideSprcad interest in his rood hin
IN response to Il request for IN ;n,,r
view he said: ''''''
wen, am pretty busy. but nova,
S'' 100 DuSy TO say something ON t;o
ROAD question. Still, it doesn't AMMAN,
TO De necessary for me to say murh 20
%ardinS my bill. as the DconIo mn,
press OF the country all seem to II.
talking for II. Before Introducing H.,
measure never dreamed that il wouII
| meet with such universal favor. II is
supported not merely by the rural am,
agricultural press. but by the rrc,t
daily papers. whose circulation ,nd
support is found almost entirely i'm thc
| rhI'S. lGok ut this. for instance from
an editorial in til" Atlanta Constitution
| inc l"auln- prntucraiic daily of the
| South and one whose conservatism 10
wen known:
while national Improvement OF
| rhhlc highways may seem something
| OF Il departure. it is. nevertheless, but
Il return To one of tn" early policies of
| the Federal Govrrnmcnl Ec;urr inn
railroad WAS Thought Of the infou, re-.
P""''' I''u "'l and improved roads hr-
tween important commrrcial ccuir"S
'"'SF'>S N"r'n:: appropriations and
regulating tn" plan Of work. Afirr
'hr ra'l'"hd cam" there was no fur
'E'r ana or the kind for wA%ol. roads
hnt lnrir SAM did not hesitate to hrlr
hnild 4 tranScontinrnial railruau. If
Will not hr forgotten. in this connCr-
ll"h. that the Government expended 4
h'iI!lon or more in building" the ,'hrS,.
rcAEr and Ohio Caual.
1T Is lamrntahlr fact that road
! building rs conducted 10y the avcrama
! local supervisor is about rs effective
ana lasting rs water poured in y ,iryc.
The first prolonged rain u,,f> the way.
fArer back into the sam" old Slnu-h or
d">pond. huh deep. and i'm the >ni.ii,.r
IL" taxpayer proceeds rs before. Ma
Cadln and other urrn,ucnt road. ,r,
enormously expensive. ;houyl il i tru,
that the avrrawn cul,uirv t,wrSjir
whore road working is r,<prc,ollv
Prosecuted in the course of wears paws
more for its trrnchrrous dirt roads
than it would have paid for = scryicr-
able pike. However, the Samr or.ru.
mrnl W Il, apply 10 tho lucl;lrss in,liviL.
ual who has 10 paw for = ucccssi,v an
the inSta'lmcnt plan. The rub is in
getting together the funds to have done
with the whole business at once.
"'The Federal Department OF Acr,.
culture has already done good work
along the lire of road Improvement
though mainly in an Instructive way,
1t has constructed sample pieces Of
good roads for the cdiiication of back.
ward communities, and thc "rool
roads train sent into tho South LAST
year was Il valuable start OF the cdu
cati0nal propaganda. REPRESENTATIVE
Rrownlow now proposes to extend the
idea and clothc the department with
some real authority in the premises.
The Government is not only to instruct, !
but to foot half of The bills. the State. :
county or individuals 10 pay the other |
half. For purposes of construction the |
bill carries with i, an approximation of
$40. 900. 600 of which no State shall TO-
ccivc in ana Of construction u mrootcr
proportion than its population bears to |
the total population of tho United |
States. The public interests snrm to |
be properly snIcyuardcd and every !
provision of the measure c,roTn,ly.
thought ont.
"'Thc RrownIow hiu bos mr.n -
commend it. ana it stands for = so,nd
worthy principle of Government do. |
signed to benefit not n class but tho
whole people. The good roads o.,it,-
tion is beginning 10 show results,
"Of course" resumed Colonel Brown.
low. "thc South is especially Interested
in my bill because of it's retarded do.
vclopmcnt along the line of highway
Improvement. Nevertheless, the iden
Of national aid seems to be equally
popular in other sections. Here is an
editorial from n leading Republican or.
gan Of the Buckeye State, the Cleve-
land Leader In Ohio, it should be re-
membercd. great progress has been
made in the building Of improved
roads. The Leader says:
1T Is nothing new to hora offorte