The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-25

and cigarette smoker in the country
will be compelled to contribute toWar1
q huge fund for the building of a
national military system OF highways.
If a bill about to be introduced IN
congress by Congressman stanton
Warburton Of Tacoma, becomes a law,
and it is said there is every likelihood
that it will.
The people of North Dakota have
become inoculated with the good roads
germ and the enthusiasm which Is
manifest in several places in the state
will materially help in lending aid to
the passage of the bill.
Snuff Users TO Help.
Every snuff user i'll Fargo will
also have to help build good roads II
the bill becomes a law. And every
body knows. so it is said, that Fargo
has more snuff users than any other
city of it's size in the northwest states.
Congressman Warburton's bill pro-
vides for the building of a sixteen
foot natural lake %asphaltic highway
connecting the capital of every state
With the nations capital.
To Restore International Revenue
Tax.
To raise the money for such a gil
gantic scheme no bill provides for
the restoring of the internal revenue
tax of 1879 on tobacco and snuff. his
means that the cigar smoker who
now pays ten cents for a cigar or ff-
teen cents for a box of cigarettes Will
io, compelled 10 either pay more money
ny else lave the quality of the goods
lessaned. n paper pouch or tin OF
smoking or chewing tobacco for which
"ae now pays ten or fifteen cents will
undergo some change on the part OF
the manufacturer which will be APP
parent to the
Perhaps some of the fancy tinfoil or
printing. which DOW occupies such a
Conspicuous place in packages of
Ing. or els" some change will be aft
fected by the manufacturer which Will
he noticeable by the consumer.
Ask Civic Bodies to Help.
Civic and commercial bodies and the
owner of every motor car in North
Dakota will he asked to lend whatever
aid there is within their power in sup
pa!gn will be conducted by the various
motor associations and apostles Of
good roads and from present observa-
tions there is every likelihood that
the bill will hecme a law.
The road will be built with h idea
Of its pernlanency in mind and every
effort will be made by the govern
ment engineers to reduce the cost Of
maintenance. which is the greatest
burden on the TAXPAYERS today in the
way of highway work.
The hill provides that the highway
cost between 100000 and $4,000 per
mile. This supposedly high cost is
due to the importation of the natural
asphalts from Berrnudez lake in Ven
ezuela and from Trinidad island in the
British West Indies: and also to the
form of construction which will be
used to Withstand the constantly in
creasing traffic, caused principally by
the motor car and motor truck.
To Pass Through North Dakota.
Every effort will be made. it is said.
by local apostles of good roads to
have this highway pass through North
Dakota enroute to St. Paul. The tour
ist trade from such a system of high
way would result in increased bust
ness to every merchant along the
route. because tourists are recognized
spenders and many business men
wishes.
The building of this road will be
supervised by the engineers of the
United States government and the
standard eastern specifications will
probably be adopted without modifica-
ton.
The road will be uniform through
out and will he able to Withstand the
heaviest kind of traffic. To meet these
traffic requirements only Venezuelan
asphalts will be used to cement the
rock firmly together.
Tobacco Men Thinking.
All the tobacco manufacturers
throughout the country and the Cuban
Importers have been notified of the
Introduction of the bill at WASHINGTON.
and while they are not opposed to it
in n form they have been set to
thinking OF its consequences.
The tax is. of course, placed upon
a luxury. and the tobacco manufac-
turers figure thai it will be hardly fell
b ythe During the Span
tsh-American war there was a tax Oh
tobacco. but the sales did not decrease
to any noticeable extent.
The bill provides for the tax of 1879
to continue for five years. At the ex-
piration Of that time the government
will not only have enough to build the
$4,000 mile system. but Il reserve fund
which will he used to build more
roads in Zach Of the five national
parks.
Make Study of North Dakota Roads,
> W. H. Campbell of New York, a
special representative of the associat-
ed motor clubs and Cottrell Morgan,
a noted road engineer who is makine
a technical study of highway work In
several of the northwestern states, are
In Fargo in the interests of good road;