Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Hond-DrnE Ctubs-Nvhy Nott-EIntten.
Ing OF Chr WhceIs-Come South,
Young Man.

Ing of Chr whceIs-Come south.
Young Man.
valuable suggestion comes from
, Southern Good Roads, n most excel
, lent monthly magazine devoted 10 tho
interest it's name implies Tina, mag
az!ne says:
This is day of clubs and organiza-
tons. We have corn clubs. tomato
| clubs. pig clubs, church associations.
Sunday school associations. reading
circles, and other organizations tend
ms TO lift and help the community.
These are all good organizations and
are doing much for the bcttermcnt of
! society and living conditions of to-day.
nut there is one item that is OF vital
! interest to every one. and that is the
road over which every member OF these
several organizations must pass AT
/ inc present time In many parts Of the
country this is being left with but little
thought The mail must be carried
over II. The food must be gotten over
| II. Every meeting of either social ar
rehgfous nature must be made up OF
persons who pass over the road rhcn
let us think about the road in our other
gatherings. IL would be time we'll spent
TO have a few meetings in the rural
communities TO discuss ways OF im-
proving the road. There arc many
/ ways this can be done. but tho most
feasible and quickest is to/draC tho
road. This is simple. and n road drag.
SlnS club in every community will he
inc means OF accomplishing this end
The state road bureau has prepared a
bulletin on dragging the roads. and
| SHOWS how to make various kinds Of
draSs Split logs make good drags
ana many other waste materials can be
used TO make good drags. The drag i,
me cheapest method OF maintaining an
earth road. II will do more work for
90 cents than can often be done for $50
with pick and shovel We need GOOD
ROADS IN every State. and il We are to
get them. every dollar of money and
energy applied to the roads must bo
done with a view of getting the mos,
efficient results"
The split-los drag is we'll thought OF
III Virginia and few "road-drag-
einE' clubs would doubtless make it
more SO.
Here is kind of politico- industrial
hint 1t is cribbcd from the Manu-
iacturers' Record:
The Republican Publicity Associa-
uon needs to be little more careful
with the literature which il sends out
citation reference was made to the de-
preston existing Il few wears aro
when half a billion laborers' were re.
ported as idle. The average reader
would naturally see the mistake. but
miStakes OF this Kind should not hap
pen III documents sent out for public
information. That, however. might he
overlooked but for the fact that the
Same bulletin contained another ex-
preston. 10 the effect that during that
period the wheels of freight cars be-
cam" hat from long standing" This
Is the trst time the world has learned
that car wheels became nat from being
Idle. The general impression Of in
formed people has been that car wheels
became Hat from use
II know it's an OLD. old story"
writes a Farmvillc banker. but il
cannot bo repeated too often In Vir-
sinia. and in all parts OF the South
cattle are fattcncd for market without
shelter during any period of the year.
ana in some favored spots they need
not be fed any grain at all. There
Is n" land in the world better suited
Tor the raising Of bloodcd stock and
IN time this is going to be one of the
now II is Il prominent industry in some
parts Of Virginia. We have room
here for young men who understand
This business. and we must find them"
All right. and the way 10 get their /,
to 20 after them Come South, youpu
man: come South.
Don't get frightened about Eng
lands alleged embargo on auor;c,r