The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-08

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splendid road man. built good. road
and the tractor crew got back to work
sometime Saturday, and this is about the
usual way and manner they spend their
time. The tractors are in The hospital
most OF the time. The crew can't help
t, they can't give strength and power
to misfit weakling like they are try
ing to run. Another crew left Soner-
vile on the Brownsville road about
June 18th, they arrived in Dsncyville
about July 2lst, distance of Ia miles.
During this time the machine stood in
the yard Of Mr.. Sears Rogers for
week or more. This same crew began
work at Archibsld's hill, mile east of
Dsncyvilie and nine days after arrived
at Fayette Corner, distance OF little
more than five miles. Then it stopped
for repairs and was still sling and in
hospital at last accounts. | could men,
tion dozen or more instances to show
you that the price you are paying for
your experience is too high.
Now Gentlemen, want to say toyou
that | believe the Honorabls County
court selected each of you on account
| Of the business acGmen In the manage-
meut of your-privatse eafairss Mo- man,
lcsu;drive acloser trade or make bet
ter Investment, than you gentlemen.
! Noman iiasaha mare, success in the
management of labor and hands than
each of you gentlemen. This being
tfueihey nave the right to require OF
you the same management of the labor
under you that you require of those
who work on your farm. | know you
gentlemen cannot be ignorant of the
time of the day the crew on these
tractors start to work and the time
they return. 1t is 27 miles TO the Cour-
ty Line, this side of Grand Junction.
This crew left Somerville every morn
ing 500 o'clock and drove this distance
to their work. They reached their
work about $50 or 1000 O'Clock, then
they killed as much time as they could
rubbing and oiling, they stopped ore
hour or more for dinner. and left for
Somerville in the neighboi hood Of four
o'clock, working about five hours,
while your own hands were working
from daylight until dark. about thir.
teen or fourteen hours. This same con-
diton existed with the Lambert crew,
except in a more exaggerated and tx.
travagant manner. Citizens Hopper,
Fsrrar and Boswell offered the crew
lodging and board if they would stay
on their j1b and do some work. they
preferred toconsume time and gaso
line coming to and from Somerville.
Now again gentlemen. do you furnish
your hands cars to goto and from your
work on your farms every day, TIE
distances have sforementitr ed? The
Federal government, noted for its liber-
ality doesn't. The railroads transport
them weekly and then at no additional
expense. understand each crew has
a car. The Supervisor has car. The
crews are separated and said Supervisor
can't remain with each crew but few
minutes daily and make his rounds.
Gasoline is burnt without any effort to
economize. Much time is taken up re-
pairing these old cars and this time is
lost. lhope you understand what we
mean. That you are not giving the
same business tactics in the manage
ment Of the County cffair1 that you do
your own. Again permit me to remind
YOU that over seven months ofthe year
is past. Many of the roads. are un-
touched 1t is unwise to disturb the
bed of the road after October lst. The
mojor part of the people have had no
roads for seven months.
Those roads that have been worked
whhahs tractors were dragged after
being worked and have never received
any ysdrsgginga afterraius, as they shoald.,
All worknow being done bythetrac.or
ssst. m is simply monsy'thrown. away.
Doa'i sl!ow KAissr Wilhelm, tnef Rss-
putius of the County Court and the
au bor and executor of the present
road law to further direct your erring
foot.teps. Il was his pet iees. so he
had this law written and passed, and
then through his grace and influence
YOU became the nominal channel through |
which this law was put in operation,
bot not until he became your secret sry.
Don't let yourselves be fooled any long,
4r II YOU have on blind brides take
hem # right now. Conduct the Coun- |
t = business with the same skill. econ.
omy and business that you do your own. |
Make the crew eat and sleep with the
tractor sad d. a. many hours for the
s,unty as you yourself would demand.
There are no tractor unions. Quit
rowing all the hlame on old Jupiter.
Pluviu-. etc. w. need him right now.
~ ute Hercules or even old Bsc-
". put Mar 1, the saddle and fling
nrrva up behind and drive these
n Graders" 10 the lunk pile and