Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-22
Club
Rooms Last Even
ing at8O'ClOCk.
PRINCE PRESIDEs
Addresses BY Governor Haaerman.
Col. rwltCholl and Others.
The Proceedings.
"wednesday, sept. ie.l

last niRht az 5 o'clock 60 attend the
annual meeting Of the New Moxic1
Good Roads association, which was
called 20 order by Hon 4. bradford
Prince % Santa ~, president 81 the
territorial association.
Hon. Neil b. Field. on behalf OF the
mayor, welcomed tle delegates To the
city and extended them tho well
known hospitality oi the convention
city" OF the territories.
Governor Herbert J. Hhgermnn then
delivered brief informal address, in
which he expressed iue belief tahl
the movement would have good re.
suits IN the territory and encouraged
the movement In every particular
Captain Arthur Treliord, aupCrin.
tondont - the peniiontiary. was also
present az the convention. and dellv.
cred a snort address unon the work
being done, with convict labor on the
Scenic Highway" taat la being built
hy the territorial government
President Prince then made q brief
address ne showed the necessity OF
a permanent organization TO accom-.
pllsh results and expressed the hope
that the New Mexico association would
always be ac,lvo IN the matter Of Sc.
curing good reads He then introduced
Coi. Raiph y. Twitohel Oh las Vegas.
one o. tho most ardent good roads al.
yocatoa IN the territory,
col. TWiTcHELL's ADDRESS.
The lack OF good country roads ia
the greatest drawback TO rural life.
IN lheee states Of the union where we
ana e.a.4 .sauufs. rraga IttEIt nnanrH.
Ing 10 well established plans. the
values OF farm property far exceed
those IN other communities whore the
roads are bad, even though the soil,
climate and other sOnaitlona are much
better. Whenever You end good roads
the farmer has been getting richer
aud tho country round about more
thlckly populated. life on farm,
even under the best OF conditions. 70
ISOLATED 20 degree, but where the
means OF transportation 10 the neigh
1oring towr2 and cities are good farm
life ~ not entirely barren OF social
nnl0ymcniH and pleasures. The coun.
try people Wsif more among them
iolvoa and come Co the towns and
cities oftencr. where they find abnnd-
ant opportunity 90 spend their spare
cash. Good c'aptry roads Ike good
streets in our cilles aud towns make
habitasiOn along thom most desirable;
time and money Is saved IN tho trans
p0riatiun OF produce, they reduce the
wear and tear upon horses. harness
and vehicles and they certainly en-
hanco the value OF farm real estate
IN the communities which thoy pono-
lrale They not only serve 10 raise
farm values but they make the c0un.
Try beautiful, they facilitate rural mail
deliveries and are a most potent aid
TO education, religion and social lie.
Guud roads have n money value as
well as a political and social value
and emitting the convenience com
TORT. social and refined Influences
which gOol roads always increase. and
looking 40 them from the standpoint
OF money Invested a good road pays
dividends every year.
The good roads movement Is ganer-
al Throughout the United States and
tho American people are beginning 60
realize their true value IN dollars and
cents
The farmers az be United States
are paying for transportation of their
crops 10 market where the roads are
poor, not less thsn twenty-five cents
per ton per mile, aud IN districts
where roads are good farm products
ana Hupplics are carried for less tauh
eight cents per ton Ter mile. Few oi
us realize that this net loss occasion.
.ed yearly through bad roads j. equal
no ono-iourth Of the home value Of all
tho farm products in the republic. The
Increase IN cost Of transportation %
COT The only loss which is the natuf-
al result ~ bad roads. Many kinds
OF farm Products VIII not stand the
rough handling occaslonod by rough
roads and perish and remain unmaf'
ketod on that account The failure 90
roach a market when @ Is good - an.
other cause and the failure % eniu'
yato certain kinds OF products simply
because markets are not accessible is
another reasea why bad roads add
millions annually 90 the losses oi
farmers furthermore. the enforced
ldlenesg 0f millions of men and ami.
mails al periods whtn country roads
become almost impasaahle is an item
worth the consideration ~ the ludlvi-
dual Who wiahea 30 See his country
prosper. This tax which tho farmer
has iO meet annually although an ia.
direct onp a greater IA the aggregate
than the regular taxes assessed and
lcejud annually against hts property
10 rs indeed fertile country when its
agriculture viii annually staad a tax
which equals uneiourih OF ita ontlro
value
The American citizen in a way nm
dgratandN an 81 THESE matters bat
through reason IT LACK Of concerted
emOm and The cultivation OF a pro
nounced public sentiment aggressive
and demanding action hy our ioglala
igrcs. small progress has hoon made iu
me great majority ol the states OF
tho union
Now all The people oi q given com
muniiy have equal rights en- country
roads and inoao Of us who I've III
cities have oitQntimos greater need 81
them than The farmers who can Tvs
on the products al the farm while
those of us who Eve in cities coait
not survive a single day y there wer,
mo- country roads The cities 90 Nov
York and Chicago, with less than one
sixteenth Of the population OF the
United states. consume daily enough
pOtetooa 10 load three rAilrOad train
90 hity cars each, each car win I
load of twenty-five tons.
10 haul The wheat crop Of the stat,
Of Kansas for The ycar 1906 10 th,