The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-03

| Not Few farmers use il FOR q n1arir- E.
! their barns For this purpose IT is an f7-.'
/ substance The deposits are praetfes-..
! insxhausubls. They are conve7ie-r
/ the railroad, and the cost of ha--5I!' &C.
would be the minimum Tho rafIro5Fs
I doubt would grant good rate for frs-
/ PoTtation 20 various points where -.-
roads are to be built, and, altcEetha- -
/ occurs TO me cEat this silica viii be---t
the standard read surface material iH +-.-
state.
For Public Control.
Warren Foster. who has made q --.--
Of the matter of good roads as thew To-.
late to the question OF public utility al
vanced some sharp points IN a conva-..
ton yesterday. Mr.. Foster said ir s-
stance.
Good roads are more than con~...
ence; they are q necessity The mo-
We have of them the better Tar r
grees OF human progress are us-r-.s
more BY the nature and character OF r--
roads OF the country than from any 8ta.-
outward mark. A country withcut ~osf.
is not fit TO live in. and its fitness ~ p
place TO live increases with the brfTd-r-
of roads. All public roads should III
course be built by the general urr-
owned by the general public ana b f-s-
to the general public No thought d..
private ownership Of d public hiFhv...
should be entertained fOT a moment r.r
Ter any condition OF circumstance what
"Of course the very first question tr...
suggests itself 10 the thinking mind -
that Of cost. IT may sound visionsrv f.-
me to make such statement but 1 am
gong 70 say u Just the same that r-
building OF good roads does not in fH.
end cost me people as a whole one cent
Can 1 prove my statement? I viii try.
A Profitable investment.
Let US take the case OF. a. single farm
er he owns tract Of land He III
vests $1,000 in a house. Now let me .sl
II the value Of mis- farm is not incres..f
$1,000 Has he lost anything? In f1rr
Or. suppose he digs a well: does H. -.
own the well after it is dug? Is not I'll.
cost OF the well added to the real ,sl..
Of MS home; II not. why not2 Does rrr
Lne planting OF every tree, for fruit orr
shaGe, add that much to the value of
his holdings2
d.. Now what is true of the individual +s
likewise true Of the community ~
"noie, IL not why nOt2 Suppose the ma
licipallty should eXpend, as such a thos.-
'and dollars in roads and bridges. womb
ne community own the roads and bride.
AFTER they were Duilts Would not H.
5alue OF the property be enhanced exac.-
y ~ proportion TO the amount So ev
lende0y II not, why not?
Docs not the building Of school houses
.hHahce the value OF alI the property in
il1t4 community do YOU consider
'Ulidins of school houses as So r1rqt
money thrown away2 Why does not rho
'uiding OF good roads come under IT,
anne heading? Property is and ever Will
'e' cheap where roads are impossible
Employment of Men.
There is another question Of pressing
Importance very closely connected with
nat OF road building. 1t is that Of en-
i0ymsnt FOR idle men. An idle man must
at Just the same as does the emplovcd
lie may get along OF an inferior kind Of
9od- and in less quantities than he Other
use would eat, but he must eat. and te
oes eat Just the same and II he does not
arm his food, somebody. in some wav
lust provide him with food Would it mo-
much better that we put these idle men
} Work building roads and bridges2 w
ou!d nave to pay them for their work. 81
purse. but would we not have the roads
nd bridges left us2 We need them now
As | say. every dollar so expended
ould be added to the value Of the Dfh-
IS property. II by building good roads
2 can employ the idle, feed the hunRrv.
othe the naked and at the same stroKe
ID to the actual value Of our property
say nothing OF convenience. would il not
: the proper thing to do?
nope the coming legislature will give
he matter the consideration due it