Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-06-09

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will send no man to the legislature
from this section Of the state who IS
not heartily in favor Of that PROPOSE
ton. By the time such an amendment
can be submitted and adopted the
OF the state will have in
creased to at least 81, $50 100000. a
1-mill tax on that amount would pro-
duce revenue of $1,25O,OOO, so per
cent of which would be paid by the
counties of st. Louis, Hennepin and
Ramsey; the United States Steel co :.
poration alone would pay one-6fth of
the entire amount. '--
There are eighty-fve counties in
the state and each would receive on an
average $4,000 year. That 8 per
cent constitutional proviso would of
itself guarantee an equitable distribu-
ton of the fund. The money would be
expended under the supervision of the
state highway commission.
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+ "Presuning that county :.
+ would expend like amount !.
+ $15, 0OO-$30,000s ought to con- +
+ struct twenty miles of fairly j.
+ good permanent roads. In a j.
+ county containing 1000 miles j.
+ Of alleged roads, twenty miles j.
+ seem but drop in the bucket, \
+ but there are many counties at !.
+ the present time that have not j.
+ even twenty miles Of good j.
+ roads. j.
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+ + + + + + + !. + 1899 49,.
1T is not to be expected that the
state can build good roads to every
farmers dooryard. Twenty miles of
good roads is valuable asset in it.
self, but it would prove far more val
liable as an object lesson in road
making to the county and township
road authorities.
WHAT Is BEING DONE
BY OTHER STATES.
"A few days ago the governor of
New Hampshire was in Minneapolis
and in an interview said that little
rock ribbed state hardly as large as
some of our Minnesota counties
would expend this year $1,000, 900 in
building three trunk line highways
across the state. The state of Wash
1ngton levies 1-mill state road tax
annually and is getting splendid re-
suits. The movement for better pub
lie highways is nationwide. Shall our
own North Star state keep up with
the procession or lag behind?
with reference to the 1-mill tax,
all that can be done at the next ses-
sion of the legislature is to enact an
amendment to the constitution and
submit the same to the voters at the
regular election in 1912. But in the
meantime the legislature of 1911 can
levy one-fourth of 1 mill state road
tax, and that is five times more than
is levied at present. The legislature
can also make liberal direct appro-
priation to extend the scope and USE
fulness of the state highway appro-
priation. The commission has accom-
plished a great deal with the scant
means at it's disposal. The annual
appropriation for. the state highway
commission is less than $4,000, be-
lieve. The state expends annually for
the protection of it's snipe and suckers
for the benefit of the few-$6,OOO or
thereabouts. We have all sorts of
costly boards and bureaus. Our food,
drink, baking powders, kerosene oil
and boilers are inspected regularly, al
most daily, at the expense of the state,
but the most important bureau or
commission of all, the highway com
mission, is begrudgingly given a beg
carly pittance of less than $4,000.
"This convention ought to recon.
mend an appropriation of at least $780,.
600 annually for the state highway
commission. Instead of one engineer
and deputy who have not the time at
their disposal to visit each county in
the state once year, there ought to
be twenty-five or thirty competent
engineers and road builders constantly
in the field from the LIST of April to
tie list of November each year to su.
perintend the work for which the
state has appropriated part of the
means, also to instruct the township
road authorities in the science of road
making"
STANDS UP FOR THE
CUT OVER LANDS
Professor Mcclure, superintendent
of the experimental farm at Grand
Ranids said that, the country nrod.