The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-20

GOOD ROADS.
In ne course Of al address on Good
Roads delivered In the United States
house Of representatives. Hon. VII.
liam su.zef said:
Good roads mean progress and pros
perity, a benefit 10 the people who
live in the cities, an advantage 70 the
people who live 10 the country, and 1t
Will help every section Of our vast
domain. Good roads, Ike good streets,
make habltation along them most de-
sirable; they enhance the value Of
farm lands, facilitate transportation,
and add untold wealth 10 the produc-
ers and consumers OF the country;
they are the milestOnes marking the
advance Of civilization; they econo-
mize time, give labor a lift, and make
millions in money; they save wear
and tear and worry and waste; they
beautify the country-bring It in
touch with the city; they aid the So
cal and religious and the educational
and the industrial progress OF the
people they make better homes and
happier hearthsldes; they are the
avenues OF trade, the highways OF
commerce, the mail routes OF inform
alton, and the agencies OF speedy com
municatlon; they mean the economi-
cal transportation OF marketable prod
ucts-the maximum burden at min
imum cost; they are the llgaments
that bind the country together in
thrift and industry and intelligence
and patriotism; they promote social
Intercourse, prevent intellectual stag
nation. and increase the happiness
and the prosperity OF our producing
masses; they contribute 10 the glory
Of the country, give employment to
our idle workmen, distribute the nee.
essaries Of lIfe-the products Of the
fields and the forests and the factories
encourage energy and husbandry,
inculcate love for our scenic wonders
and make mankind better and broad
er and greater and grander.
The plain people OF the land are IA.
mlliar with the truths OF history.
They know the past They realize
that often the difference between good
roads and bad roads Is the difference
between profit and loss. Good roads
have money value far beyond our
ordinary conception. Bad roads con-
stitute our greatest drawback 10 in
ternal development and material prog.
ress. Good roads mean prosperous
farmers; bad roads mean abandoned
farms, sparsely settled country dis
tricts, and congestcd populated cities,
where the poor are destined 10 be-
come poorer Good roads mean more
cultivated farms and cheaper food
products for the toilers in the towns
bad roads mean poor transportation.
lack OF communication, high prices
for the necessities OF life. the loss OF
untold millions OF wealth, and idle
workmen seeking employment Good
roads will help those who cultivate
the soil and feed the multitude, and
whatever aids the producers and the
farmers OF our country will increase
our wealth and our greatness and ben.
eft all the people. We can not de-
story our farms without final decay
They are today the heart OF our ma
tional life and the chief source OF our
greatness. Tear down every
edifce in our cities and labor will
rebuild them, but abandon the farms
md our cities will disappear forever.
One OF the crying needs in this
country, especially in the south and
vest, Is good roads. The establish
nent OF good roads would, in a great
MEASURE, solve the question OF the ,
igh price OF food and the increasing /
o5t OF living. BY reducing the cost |
Z transportation It would enable the {
armer to market his produce at 7
over price and at larger profit at /
he same time. II would bring com T
iunities closer together and in touch n
ith the centers OF population, there d