The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-19
THE BABCoCK ROAD PROPOSITION

(St. Cloud JournalPress)
only possibility of defeat of the Babcock good roads
amendment is from misunderstanding by the voters.
There be valid objection to it by citizen.
you idea that do not favor it, it because
you do not understand it.
Here are the main features, briefly stated:
provides for the taking and building of nearly seven
miles of hard surfaced roads, which reach every
section of the and the principal travelled roads.
will be issue of ten million dollars of bonds each
year years. but the outstanding bonds at time shall
exceed seventy-ive million dollars.
These bonds and the interest be paid from license
automobiles and trucks The license will be s1s
these automobiles and trucks will be free from all
other taxes.
The license is put into sinking fund and only
five million dollars at the start, and will
steadily and will be amply sufficient to retire all bonds
There will be tax levy build these roads
The automobiles and trucks will pay the entire expense
pay single towards the building these roads, matter
how much property he may own He may own one or dozen
of auto he has not pay towards giving Minnesota
thousand miles of paved highways.
The only people who might have objection the PLAN
the automobile but they will get back in de-
from three four times the amount they
will much their yearly license they drive five thous
milage their tires upkeep their The
automobile for the Babcock plan Why
them?
The will be submitted the at the
sioner will take control of these thousand miles of road
1921 The several counties will be relieved of all expense
maintenance and improvement of these roads.
In Stearns county the state will take about 100
miles highways which expended 80 per cent of all
The county commissioners will have control of these
moneys They designate 160 miles of state
roads in the county, to be graded and gaveed and kept
good condition by caretakers This would the 100
additional miles of good we'll maintained highways and would
be direct benefit to the people these highways This
also that of these roads, the
would be taken of by the state and county
the towns in turn their funds put condition other
roads, which good passabe roads all the county
of
The Babcock plan will therefore not only give the
monweah 1000 miles of the perfect highways 18 feet
wide at to the general taxpayer, but it will also
give the state additional 1000 miles of state highways
increased and general Improvement of town
roads-all this without an extra cent of taxes
Get these facts in your mind and when of your
neghbors object to the pan easily convince them Of
their mistake This is the best proposition
at the election
1t may take lot of explaining get every citizen to
understand the proposition and every friend good
should start boosting for the amendment keep
until the last vote is cast important
be lost through neglect
H. myself, have invested in these bonds. There every
for buying them The patriotic enough
But in addition there afforded the security
backed by the credit of the the
United States Let introduce into the peace
thing of the spirit soldiers introduced the work of
war; These were words of Theodore Roosevelt
Loan notes that have been allotted you patriotic
duty performed that will bring genuine pleasure