The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-19
MONEY MORE ABUNDANT.
Prcpitl0uS Time for Municipal Improve
menis Of all Kinds.

menfs Of all Kinds.
The recent strong improvement in
the market for municipal securities
should be taken advantage of
promptly by Southern communities
which are contemplating the issuing
of bonds for public work. A vast
amount Of county, city and munich
| pal improvements Of every kind is
needed in the South, for which bonds
must be issued. At the present
line there is better market for
such securities, and conincident with
his ability to get money there is p
surplus of labor available, and man
| dfacturers Of machinery and exuip-
| ment are IN position to fill orders
better advantage than would he
possible if all business interests were
active. The condition, therefore, is
exceptionally favorable for the pros
: u,ion of pubic work
Throughout all parts of the Soath
and Southwest roads are to be built,
| ,ew streets made and old ones i'm
proved, sewerage systems and water
| works are to be constructed or en-
arged, and public buildings erected.
While 1t is desirable, and often i'm
| portant, that public buildings should
| oe ornate and in keeping with the
ife Of the community, it is especial
iy important that they sh Guild be ab-
7olutely freproof. Every court
| nouse and every city hall ought to
be so we'll constructed as to make
! thoroughly safe pubic records of all
kinds. These things are important
But the constructioa of the most
modern sewerage systems, and of
Haterworks to guarantee an am PIE
supply Of pure water, and the build
ing Of good roads and the paving of
streets and alleys are even more i'm
portant. These all take hold of the
essential things--the health of the
community. There is no greater
economic wastefulness than that
which bv reason of false economy
which prevents municipalities from
providing pure water, the most san
.tary sewerage system and we'll
paw ed streets and alleys, which make
possible city cleanliness. Every i'll
ness and every death brought about
by failure to do these things is an
economic loss due to the blupderlng
of incompetent officials. and this
without considering the sorrow and
suffering brought by the illness and
me deaths which better sanitary
.nndi,ions wolld have prevented.
she men in any community who
from a narrow and miserly p int Of
rev, delay the improvements OF
| his kind, which are essential to the
ealth of community as we'll as to
its progress, are responsible for sick
less which other action on their part
might have prevented.
Every growing town and city in
he Snuth needs to improve and keeI
N improving every day and every
sear its provisions for sanitation
nd health. These include all such
5hings as water-works, sewerage
:ystems and weil-paved streets. The
field is almost limitless. No wiser
Investment can be made by people
tnan the money spent, when it is
honestly expended. for public works
of this kind, These improvements
mean material progress, they near
better conditions of living, bette,
environment for young and old, anC
better health and longer lives fol
the people. 1t is especially impor
ant, therefore, that the authorities
Of every community in the South
should study the situation in the
light of present conditions whe1
money for such work is becoming
more abundant and when the labor
available for it is in great supply
Moreover, the very doing of these
things and the employment of labor
IN works Of this kind would stimu
late all business interests and large
| ly help in bringing about that gen
/ eraf prosperity for which all ar
looking and hoping. This is th'
, South's day Of opportunity for wor!
Of this kind. II the authorities 0
Southern communities are not aliv
!. ia the situation, the people who's
interests are at stake ought to Sc
! that they are awakened promptly
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