The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-14

The legislature viii convene on
the 9th OF next month and we know
IF advance some OF the subjects
which win be up for consideration.
There will be an effort to organize
state highways commission TO CO
operate with and in realty work sub
ordinate to the federal commission
which is spending millions OF dol
lars on the constructor OF national
highways. These lake to gulf and
Atlantic to Pacific roads are to be
built by the federal and state gov
ernments together. There will be
an effort made to induce the Texas
legislature to provide for the appoint
ment of several high salaried men
TO act in conjunction with the feder-
al authorities in the construction OF
these highways. The pabulum offer
ed to the legislature will be the
payment of a portion of the expense
OF highways through the state by the
general government. To procure
the funds for the paying OF our
highway commission and the little
amount of work they would do a tax
on automobiles will be proposed and
tie impression will try to be made
that the general taxpayer will not
be called upon. If the scheme sue
ceeds Uncle Sam and Texas viii so
into partnership as road builders and
it will not be very long before an
preparations will be made to defray
the expense of their work.
There was some reason in the
building of the Apian way by an
Gent Rome for Rome was constant
l. at war and she did not have a
net work of railroads as are found
n all civilized countries of the
present day, besides Rome utilized
her soldiers for building roads when
thew were not ia war. There was
possibly some excuse for national
highways when America was I'M
settled and it was necessary to send
troops to the frontier, but in this
900 NJ railroads, interurbans and
when the spirit of good road build
ing is rife in almost every county
and precinct in the land where the
population is sufficient 70 create
the demand, it is nothing more nor
less than pork barrel politics and an
warranted meddling with local
conditions for the federal govern
rent 20 enter into the business OF
road building. We know from the
rast that for the state of Texas 70
enter into any extensive building en-
erprise must result in costly tail-
ure When our state government
shall have demonstrated that It can
take thousands Of acres OF rich
soil plenty of teams and tools ana
then thousands of able-bodied con
yicts and made support for the
nenitantfary system il will be plen-
~ Of time to consider the PROPOSE
ton for engaging in extensive MIG
way building. The way TO MAKE
communities strong is TO let them
denend upon their own resources
81 me waste in the expenditure OF
p,onev on public enterprise, the
commissioners court can work more
economically than the state and the
state more economically that the
federal government. ! would IKE
n see every public road in the
state laid off into districts and
under local control and without the
intermeddling of any official unless
II should be a practical civil engineer
elected by the people of the county
NJ. l.. Paxton of Avalon was mere
few days ago minus couple OF
fingers which he lost cutting WOOD.
Moral. never meddie with your
wife,s business. Mr.. and Mrs. H.
n. Morris who have been living on
Venus l for several years lett one
dav last week for Kennefie, okiaho-
ma am Invited to attend the
Wedding of Moses Fleming to Elee-
ira Sims at the home OF the orioe 5
parents. Jim and Amanda sims
Thursday night. These are sooo
eclored people and I shall attend