The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-20
reformation that is to usher in the
better, the broader democracy
~ A fter I'LL Il Is; q Lhenlfl1vL vigorous

4 reformation IhaL is 10 usher III 3llle
better, the broader democracy.
after all, It Is healthy. vigorous
man and womanhood and a Joyous
| childhood that are of first Importance
/ ana OF greatest wealth to a nation. and
the basis for this, as our complex
society now stands, can be found only
| IN constructing, financing and direct
| Ing civic, economic. industrial, COM
merctal roads as have been outlined.
Of chaos and with this will come new
life and inspiration to the men, wo-
men and children who work and live
along them. With the inauguration Of
blind or lame. who can work in a truck
patch or park. or on q road. orBin any
one Of the thousand diverse activities
that Will belong to and be a part OF
can pay-can hypothecate laborfor
goes 70 make lite happy an and : best seA'
a,o Again In the d wmits s States there
year of age. The United States census
nation Of each infant saved from death.
in It's first year. to be $4,000.
THE one and only sure way to save
babies. and to increase births is to put
our. families into their. own separate.
wcll-furnished. upto-datc appointed
and beautifully surrounded homes.
There is not another way to give in
fnnts proper protection and foods and
older children what cultured civiliza-s
tion should stand for Any society
that does less than this for its fami-
les infants and children must be
classed as semi-barbarous.
Civic roads will fill all these re-
uuiremcnts and many more: and any
are wanted at this time. 1t remains
only to have these highways publish
ed. illustrated and explained that the
peon1e may may see their way out Ct he 4
the public sentiment may be aroused
to force the passage OF the bill to
inaugurate the National Auto Highway
from Washington. D. c., to the Pa
cific and to the borders of Canada
The first sure symptom OF the mind
In health says Young in his Night
Thoughts. is rest of heart and pleas
ure felt at home"
There is nothing Impractical at all
wholesome business proposition for the
! United States to take into considera-
/, tion.
| II Is a proposition which ought to In
\ terest every philanthropist, every IL
nancier, every clergyman. every Wall
street nlagnate, every reformcr, an(
every charity worker in the land.
1t should hold the attention of every
\ ONuS ElIlOAOI ECdI,E dllV IIlS
Z farmers In tromo tel places should lend
! Ian ear and "a svoiceswhen this topic is
: Iput before the people for discussion
Our country has become so longest
cd in its centres that unless a way is
shown to give men and women oppor-
ftunities TO establish homes and to OBJ
, tain occupations. outside of the cities,
VIC Will. ere long. reach the terrible
condition OF pauperism which has made
i London shame to all the Christian
4 world. :,
/ But 1T is useless to tell peo,I, they
must go into the country TO live. un-
lsless some way is shown them of OBJ
tanning n livelihood in the country.
In Jamaica and In Porto Rico there
are magnificent roads which We're made
hundreds OF years ago by slave labor.
We have now the opportunity to
build better highways in our own land,
and instead OF cenentinE these roads
with the tears and the blood of slaves.
We can know they have brought bless
1ngs and beauty into the lives of count
| less men and women who have found
health and independence and new life
| in their creation
In our splendid New World there is
enough great constructive work to do
| to keep every man and woman occu-
| pied for the next twenty years. II on
| ly our financiers. our statesmen and
our philanthropists could come to a
realization of the ultimate economy
| which lies in such aEproject as this OF
the auto hi Chwayc n ~ Nh n,Yo,,