Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-27
7. ]. Hoxsey
Writes Again
OF Good Roads
Says People in Missouri Must Be
Back of Good Roads Proposition
For it to Go.

The Following Letter has been re-
ceived from 7. ]. Hoxssy, who with
Mrs. Hoxsey has arrived in Florida:
January %, 1921.
Mr.. Mitchell White,
Mexico, Mo.
Dear MITCHELL
just in from a tour of Jacksonville
with Sam Mol ! large real estate
man a pr If our former sheriff,
Mat MelsoA.. l saw Mat Nelson and
his family.
1t has been a little cool, the weather
is very fine now. The park is full of
people today. Green grass on the
lawns and yards. 1t looks mighty
good to me.
| visited the oyster beds today. Very
interesting watching the natives open
the oysters.
Mr.. Nelson is interested in the city
affairs Of this city. There is a great
deal of street improvements going on.
Common laborers get 20 and Is cents
per hour, Street brick layers, so and
55 per hour.
The st. Johns river makes a very
great port for Jacksonville. Dry docks
and loading docks are interesting. So
much Of the lumber gets a ~creosote
dipping before loading on boat for
foreign countries.
Armour & Company have great in
terests here, as well Of the Standard
Oil Company. Import and export
facilities look to be very interesting.
I see some of my hotel guests most
every day since / have been here.
Well I am very sorry to see the
first columns of your paper of JAN
uary II, say "Audrain County first a.
gainst road bonds" In my opinion it
should be last. There was never nor
ever will be a road bond or road bill
that will please all of our people.
$60,000,000 will not complete our
roads nor will the present manner Of
automobile taxation pay the bonds
and interest. California had a tax al
most double our auto tax. They also
had other indebtedness voted on them
to help get their roads, and I don't see
why we can't pay ours the same way
/ have been a borrower all my life,
have paid interests and made a little
money some years. Why can't our
state pay road tax and interests as
we'll as a double tax on our automo-
bile and trucks. I would ask any
voter that drives a car and wants to
make a trip to either side Of u state
if he can't, save enough expense in
one or two trips to pay the difference
in our present tax and a double tax
on his auto. Good roads will do it.
If road propositions, never get any
more boost than some Of our dear PED
pie give them the present generation
never will get to ride OF good roads
It's true our bonds proposition will not
build all the roads we want, but why
not go as far as it will and then take
another shot later. War bonds were
taken care Of thus far, why can't we
: do our part IN this road bonds so much
noise. Letour good representatives
distributes and get as much of his
tfund placed on their respective eoun'
ties as is possible to get For my par
/ hope they will build good concrete
roads as far as the money will do i
and the maintenance will be so little
we will be more than pleased. Whai
is the difference whether we buy more
gasoline and more tires or have goot
roads and buy less gasoline and les'
upkeep Of our car. Most of our ta1
payers have a car or like to ride il
them commercially as well as pleas
uer is considered now days as far al
the good road proposition is concern
ed. So many people I have talked T.
along the building Of the Dixie High
way say their land will easy advance
2 Otto rs per cent on account of thi
highway, and the grandest thing of al
would give Missouri front row at tn,
show, when people are thinking o
auto trips. It's the greatest asset il
this great commercial country Of ours
Let's boost instead of looking back
instead ef knock, KNOCK. KNOCK
And the essential thing Of all is waite
and ses that our road money is pal
out for good roads. A concrete roal
from ST. Louis to Kansas City woul
profit my share Of the taxes three Q
four times over each year. Can't 20
see It? ! can.
From one who pays his taxes cheer
fully,
Il. j. HoXSEY.
r. S.--Leave here for Miami mex
week.