The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-16
THE BUY AT HOME EPAR1MEN|
A TriumVirdte of Real Evils
BAD BOOK WORST ROBDER.

Weather, Books and Roads Contribute
 Largely to the influences of Rural
 Life-All Are Factors In Favor of
 the Mail Order House and Against
 Local Merchant.
 Copyrighted. 1914 by Thomas J suliivan.l
 Weather. books and roads contribute largely to the influences of rural life. Bad weather and bud roads mean books
 And books they say are the light houses erected in the great sea of time. They are masters who instruct us without rods or fcrules without words or anger without bread or money. II you approach them they are not asleep 1T you seek them they do not hide If you blunder they do not scold If you are ignorant they do net laugh
 But the worst robber ill all the world is bad book 1t has long been the devils policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read he is doing all ill bis power to poison tbeig bQohs. Now, let's see what our rural friend is rend- ing. Oh, ruaa avis Oh, book without paraHe! in the history of commercial destruction. The book is huge pie toria. tricoored retail catalogue
 The catalogues Of mali order houses are kind of leaky boat on the waters of temptation; some of the temptation will get in anyhow.
 Mud a Great Help Too.
 What Is more natural with gloom, darkness. rain and mud surrounding d farmer or suburban dweller, when to venture forth means either a sacrifice of self or faithful horses, than for him to turn to the aIluring catalogue for both pastime and means of procur> ing the neccssaries of life? Thus 1t cnn be seen that the third and best factor in favor of the catalogue houses Is mud .s's.-s~--.~s---r--.,s' 'assy..SS
 Man is measured by his deeds, and it seenis strange that after mastering the art of reading the stars. discovering the course of the planets, controlling the iron monster. the lightning. the sea and the wind, man shovs his in ability to eondHer the 5ne great prob, lem which is proving such draw back to the best expression of his life irf rural districts as far as social and com mefda conditions are concerned. Poor roads seem to be his heritage, his master
 country's stability k n,easured by it's agricultural importance. as the we'll being of a nation Is like a tree agriculture Is its root; industry and commerce are Its branche, and its life. If the root be injured the leaves fall, tue branches break away and the tree dies Community pride begins wherv agriculture leaves ofY and both sFs equal and insepsrable in their impoY- tancs to a healthy happy. successful s1isesnos for man.
 Dsss Grass Rosds Ars osst.
 It h a pleasure to drive through tho blue grass district of Kentucky. where they have what they call maeadam- bed tuSnp1kes. These roads arc the sQsAl Of sny paved city street and q cosrss are pussa bls at all seasons @ tho year. They cost approximately e3lOoO per mtis. Ths highways in Ken tueky arc from thirty to sixty feet in w4dth. It is estimated that were the fsst S25 OOO. 600 could be added to the wealth of the farmers of the stats. ThAt alone would build morn than 5000 rntss of road
 sp.cs s,saooo.nss.
 This country today has about 2.20O.- 900 miles of public highway. on which 1t is estimated that the people Of the country arc spending Sl5O.O00oo0 an nuaily. Statistics say we asse spend R.OOO.OoO. 900 for alcohol. e9.O00. 900 900 for tobacco. and 1t b said that the ladies speud S3Go. .oOOOO yearly for candy. If all this money could bs sp- proprated for road building we could have a turnpike to the moon.
 The principal cause of the Reosan empires downfall was ita neglect of agriculture expdus of It's mon and women from the farm to the city. tho life thero to be spent in extravagant and riotous living Go to any of our cittes today and view the extravagant dress and general trend of life for pleasure and you will feel that the old Roman times are being repeated.
 It would seem that the remedy ltes in building good roads. narrow if ad- vtsabls, but firm and hard. and have them all lead to your trading centss and to tbe doors of your local mer' chants. Ths0 on gloomy, rainy days yoo can do your marx sting. and thea