The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-02-05

associations or Its klnQ very S1OrLly
in this state, while as national Or
ganization it promises to outdistance
anything ever thought Of or consid-
cred possible among this class of
workers.
Congratulations Due.
The farmers representing this
movement are to be congratulated
upon the work accom- plished, and
their stand upon the good road move
ment in our state should be taken
to heart by all classes of people in
the state. If there be a class of
workers in Minnesota that is entitled
to good roads, comfort, safety, devel-
opment and increased value Of prop
erty and all lands in the state, it is
our farmers, above any and all
others. In view Of these facts we
expect to see, hear and find every
one of them, who believes in bet
ter, greater and more beautiful state,
a state with more homes, more pleas
ure and more real right hearted solid
comfort than any other state in the
Union, in line and boosting from the
bottom of their hearts to tips of the
hair on the tops of their heads. They
cannot help but do it. If they value
the land they live on, and the home
they occupy with one single thought
Of pride and. pleasure above every
thing else in all the world. Why
good people, no voters should be so
inconsiderate as to place one straw
in opposition to this movement
Therefore, we expect .to/see and hear
that Minnesota next November will
go over the top for good roads and
all it stands for, with rousing ma
jority, and that our farm districts
will lead all other classes with a
larger per cent than ever hoped, or
our faintest anticipati0ns could ever
look for.
Only by such vote will our farm
ers prove to- the state at large that
they are capable business men, when
large business problems of double in
terest to them are at stake, as we'll
as feed the rest of them thrown in.
Test In November.
Never before in all the history of
Minnesota or the great northwest has
class Of people been put to the test
as the farmers in our state will be
next November, and it is our sincere
belief that they will prove themselves
worthy OF the cause and put it over
as no other public measure has been
in our state before.
Yes, friends and eighbors, let us
prove at large that the Minnesota
farmers are a progressive and en-
frightened class of men and women.
In view of these facts and accom- =
plishments, which we stand face to
face with today, it is up to us to
make good or fall by the way, and
retard the development of the state
a generation or two, while Minnesota,
as far as roads are concerned, will
be mud hole without bottom or
top, because our soil is by nature OF
such composition, the best agricul-
tural lands in the world, that lasting
highways cannot be constructed un-
less this measure is put through, and
the beauty on top of it all that it will
not cost one cent extra in tax.
Autos Stand Expense.
=, "Atle VIC udu OF woman, VINO mas
the where-with to be the owner of
an automobile, large or small, can
also stand the extra license attached
10 Du1ld the roads, as he or she will
save more than the first cost of this
license every year in gasoline. oil
wear and tear of the car, not to men,
tlon safety, to more than make up
the difference. In other words. in
place Of donating this extra money
year out and year in, to the oil
barons why not put it into a piece
OF good road with your neighbors
from every section of the state, and
ou1ld up our community, county and
state as the motor age is here to stav
and the sooner we prepare to meet II
nalf ways the sooner will we rean
the benefit of the conditions as they
exist today.