The log cabin Democrat., 1915-03-25
The Fundamental Facts.

Some day-if not on March 31 some day-the peo- pie of Faulkner county going to get together and build system of permanent roads. The farmers of this county not always going to be content with fOunderng through unknown depths of mud risking their lives and limbs. They are not always going to endure the delays the damage to stock and vehicles the inconvenience discomfort and financial loss resulting from ran-soaked earth roads They not always go- ing to spend their money scrapng blowing up and turn ing the old dirt, to make choking, binding dust in dry and lobloy in wet They not always going to listen to demagogic speeches from politicians who what the people endure, long they get their and spend their axmoney
 Some day there will be revolt against such condi- tiOns The present agitation is having tremendous ed ucationa influence which will not be ost if the Condray bill is defeated.
 But whenever get ready to build permanent roads, shall have to adopt the Condray law other law very similar to it. We cannot build roads without money. We cannot accumulate and store away the money from year to year until we get enough and therefore shall have to borrow it. And when bor it shall have to give bonds, mortgages if you prefer to it's paymentoherwise will lend it We shall have to pledge that will pay tax to redeem these bonds
 And when we borrow the money shall have to entrus person or persons spend it for This person these persons will have to be given liberal amount of discretion to how and where the roads shall be built. For this job it will require able business of sound judgment; cheap politicians and claptrap dem agogues will not measure up to the standard
 And when to determine what part of the cost each and each piece of property shall pay, it will have to be left to board of We can't all figure out taxes; it must be done by an assessment, whether by five nine
 This is all there is to the COndray bill. It is pro- posa to borrow money give security for it's payment appoint nine good business to the money in building system of permanent roads, and name five assessors fix the amount of each parcel of prop erty shall pay.
 If we not ready for system of good roads, satisfied with what we have, don't want to pay tax all right: vote against the Condray bi But let us not say that in favor of good roads and will ing to pay for them, but that don't like this plan.
 There isn't any other plan. It minor details it may differ, but in general principle it is the same the plan under which all cities, counties and states have built systems of good roads.
 No considerable amount of permanent highways in the United States built without borrowing the money with which to do it. No money borrow ed by the public without bonds other securities being issued No public securities issued without being levied to pay them off, No tax be levied until board of fixes the amount. No roads built except by a commits sion of men appointed or elected to do it.
 In the present turmoil losing sight of these basic facts But there will be many vote against the COndray bill which will be regretted by the who cast it before the year is out