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MUST BEND EVERY ENERGY IN
WINNING THE WAR, GOVERNOR
COX TELLS INSTITUTE AUDIENCE

provides protection for an immigrant
and gives him his choice after he has
been here a certain length of time of
either becoming citizen of this
country or packing up his goods and
getting out and staying out"
Turning from the subject of the
war to that of good roads, which con-
stituted the larger part OF the after.
Moons program, the governor paid a
high compliment to County Commits
sioner George W. Hays, who had Just
preceded him with an address urging
road improvement, by saying 81 new.
er saw Mr.. Hays before that ] know
Of. | don't know his politics and
don't care-I wish that every county
in the state had at least one commits
sioner like Mr.. Hays.
SECURED DIXIE HIGHWAY
The governor then related the
manner in which the committee com
posed chiefly of southern> men, which
had charge of the routing OF the
Dixie highway when it was to be
built, was influenced to change its
plans and take the highway through
Ohio instead of missing Ohio and 60
ing to the westward.
When the matter was being dis
cussed in Kentucky. Governor Cox
said things looked pretty dark for
Ohio until the band struck up Dixie"
just before he was to address the
committee. THAT tune brought to
my mind Knox county," said Cover
nor Cox, "and | simply said: Gentle
men, are YOU going TO turn down the
| state that gave you that grand old
tune and those men shouted loud
and emphatic MOI"
Although many had expected the
governor to talk upon the farm tract
or, a subject in which he has taken
much interest. he devoted only few
sentences to it, saying that with
farm labor shortage facing the coun-
try II behooves the farmer to try to
make up for that lack by mechanical
devices that viii enable him to ac-
complish the maximum amount of
work with the minimum amount OF
labor. He said that tractor manufac-
turers are reporting an unprecedent-
ed demand for their machines.
lAUDS COUNTY AGENT
Congratulating Knox county upon
the recent acquisition of Il county
agent, the governor said: "The rec
ord OF farm bureaus and their accom-
plishments where tried out recon-
mends the plan to counties where
they have not yet been tried" The
farm bureau he added, will prove the
greatest factor in the state In over
coming the seed corn famine.
TABER TALKS
The good roads program al the in
stitute Wednesday afternoon was
carried out In addresses by l.. j. Ia
ber, master of the Ohio state grange,
G. +. Rudisill, OF the Ohio Good
Roads federation, County Commits.
sioner George w. Hays and County
Surveyor Clifford u. Shaw. Mr. Taber
in the first address OF the afternoon
declared that good roads are more
necessary now than ever before ow-
ing to the war He said that with the
nation needing food the roads must
he in condition to enable the produc-
or to get his marketable produce to !
II market
In addition, he declared that bad |
roads are tax upon the ultimate |
consumer keeping prices high be-
cause Of the difficulty in getting |
commodities from the place where
they are produced to the market. |
THE high cost of living Is the tax we
pay for having poor roads" he said. |
Mr.. Taber declared that there are
three things which must not be In !
terfered with by the war, the schools, |
the church and road building.
II should like to be fuel admins. !
traitor Just long enough" he said, ito |
sign an ordes that no church or
school should be closed TO save fuel |
so long ms brewery or saloon stay.
ed open, And then | should like TO
be food administrator long enough TO
sign another order saying that not a
single pound of grain should be used |
for the manufacture OF booze until |
our allies and our nation has been /.
supplied with enough food for all"
STATE AID EXPLAINED
Mr., Rudisill briefly outlined the
methods by which townships and
counties may obtain state aid for
road building and then spoke upon
the great necessity at the present /
time for having roads In such condi. |.
tion that there can be no delay in
getting produce from the farm TO the
consumer. lie urged that township
trustees strictly adhere to the prac- |