St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-09-08
To the Voters OF Caledonia County:

As candidate for County Senator asking support
approaching prm&l you ghttuly
the question that liable session
the legislature in another:
am heartily in favor Of suffrage. As a member
the House 1919 supported and voted for the equal
that by the Legislature the Governor
elected to represent the county the General Assembly of
United States regret that the appeals of tn
women of Vermont for special session consider earlier
issue such call.
While The liquor question has be issue
politics realize there those who desire know how candidates
now doubt the Tjo % thi nnt no T. b p1| t ea
and warehouses; greatly poverty
appinc~5 and prosperity multitude of homes that formerly
knew only and want The Federal
the Nolead Act, is beyond very
y has mperfocons that will be corrected by Congress in due time
be approval
halter drawn Let it be amended the light experience
fair ral with view to the honest enforcement of the contu
'ona am ndmen Any other would be futile and
public position who would counsel otherwise would be unworthy
tho confidence of his fellows
Among important questions TO come before the next scs
sioa of the Legislature the of highways
system of couc and Maintaining the main ln es' of Highways
not Ill that to be desired The present system does make TO
road tha practically spoil many highways for through traffic
he Iength of chan its weakest link So with roads tina
man roads houd be taken over by the state and become state road
n fact vel as in BY relieving the towns from the bulde
OF caring or the through lines travel in which the whole stat
has interest," they give their whole attention the upkee
interested Improvement that sadly needed in majority of til
towns but impossible without burden of
Under state control machinery could be provided 10 take the pac
of the and slower method work by hand and wit
teams Trucks tractors and stone cruhers would solve the Difficult
tics Of towns without suitable gravel banks at hand
Some may ask how the do this without bonding. l
not favor of building expensive trunk lines
hc advocates OF bond issue favor For the present.
least would continue the policy of building substantial grave
roads except where soil traffic conditions make expcnsiv
const uction paid for built. Such roads
pey cared for would reasonably requirements til
state II e money derived from the state highway ax the auto
mobile und and Federal aid expended by the state tn
selected highways attention being given to REPAIRS and tn
balance the fund expended each year where needeo
we would soon have the state roads in proper shape.
The automobile should
OF tc from that and make just dsribL
lion Of e burden Anticipated method ,;ng automobiles
the basis theoretical actuaD poMci mlnfcstly unjust
IRRATIONAL Why should small and light like the Ford,
larger road tax than larger and heavier like the Sudek
instance? To be equitable the automobile road oul
be poporonae the which the particular type vehicle
whether truck subjects the highway 1t matter of
knowledge that the heavy and powerful and speedy
takes much out of road than the lighter They should
For amount OF the road
should be by the the reasonable
should be Sed the for the first and each succeeding
motor vehicles to continue to be exempted from oca
taxation, which the states do the automobile a
should eemcnts-a graduated road
measured by the weight and the add
tiona depending the value of the There is Sigh
Justice the Ford being required pay much
benefit of good his ncghbo
who enjoys c luxury of Packard PeccArow Automobile
should not complain paying for the benefit of the high
least much they would be required if their
taxed personal property little figuring Will show that
many paying than half what they should
that basis With the automobile tax properly adjusted the highway
would $0ooO0 year. which properly expended
good roads all much desire.
II nominated and elected hope will feel free to
with legislation that he she thinks for the
best OF The state and the will
careful consideration