Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-20
NO TAX INCREASE
ENTA|LED, BANKER
TELLS ROADS MEN
Would Carry Out Building
Program During Next
Two Years.
FUNDS TO BE RAISED
THROUGH BOND ISSUE
yHichmondcr Delivers Address
Before Delegates at Asso.
citation Banquet Here.
ARKANSAS MAN TALKS on LEE
""'rr""r Trough sn,s lie
""H hniEhtll~st Figure OF
FUNDS 10 BE RAISED
THROUGH BOND ISSUE
ARKANSAS Man TALKS on LEE
Governor Trough Snys lie
was k"iEhtli~st Figure Of
nm Heroic Age.

several hundred people. IrcIudinr
'hFse number % The State Senators
ana members OF tho House Of Dole.
gates attended the annual hnn,,.,
ot the virginia Good Roads Asso.
citation. held In the Grays. Armo-,.
last night Joseph Z. McAIlisicr O..
n.'h county presided as toastmast.r.
Jhos" who responded TO ,ous,s ,,c-c
r. "a =. Chandler. president OF
.h' '"!!eSe Of william and Mary:
ihoinaS IL. McAdams. pros!den, O.,
IN" American Bankers Association.
T. IL. Huston. Assistant Secretary ~
commerce OF the United state. ana
FORMER Governor Charles II. Hroupb
pr' chandler urged that tn. ass.,s
OF |irgin!a be realized unon. The
assets. ne declared. were its cIip,,,c
i's agricultural possibilities. It's ua,-
ufaI resources, !ts commercial nm
poftnnit!es. its people. It's his,nrv
""" st'csSinS the natural resources
ne emphasized the importnnc. Of
""esa peaEe BAY and Hampton Road.
ana the need os hard-surfac.d hirh- :
N'hys to handle products OF IN. ,,r,,
ana factories 10 por, points.
''NNF' IN fhrm Products
Thomas u. McAdaus said ,ha, ms
scts To bank meant MS. ,f -,
asset 1t j. no use to have nn at,,rd
"hoc Or energy unless IL is us,J ,,o
hce!hred. iic said the real n,.w.-
10 'he question. "How's business" &,
agriculture. The states chic.
st' ~ the production Of the soil aIncd
b| the wonderful climate N. W.
ADAMS said he was FOR good ro,,
IN virginia and for the ,hlnps IN,
would enable the pcoplc NJ ~ ,...
20 live comfortably ana
goods 10 the markets II. s,jJ n,
'u" counties in Virginia have not Il
Hi''e OF railroads; eighteen counties
nave !ess than twenty-five miles. ,cr
counties inadcGuatcly aupplicd. a To.
XXI OF 40 per cent OF the counties ot
the state suffering from lock ~,
transportation facilities H.. s,rcssod
me point that tho counties i, ,bo
various sections Of the stare
mere are good highways hove :,
higher land value ?,
"hich nave not roads. but arc bi,,,,
productive Mr. McAda,ns s,jd .,.
'he present highway aduiuis,r,,io,
Is not what you want. strengthen ;,
"eh money Is spent for road,
t"a' the roads are properly ,,ir
famed on the question OF r,i.t,,,
money for highways n. .nil ,,
were only three ways:
First Continue the prcso,, ,,.
["'n er'aii sums from current
:, ,wo,,H ",." spct'.i taxes by doing so
1e4i to ~ ~ twenty years. or until
second: You can incrcoso ,a,
get new revenue and incrcaso ''nu
pcnditures for roads. or.
"Dont Bnck-Trnck," g u-r.
Third: You can issu. how'd.
the best interest OF Virginia .a,,.
back track he said. lie urged ,hat
rthey not jump too far, and said ~.
Legislature could issue bond. 10
certain amount. improve the commits
sion. put the responsibility ON tho
Governor, and Virginia can sncnd in
the next two years. sll.OOO,OOO with
out Increasing taxes. and complcte
the system within six or eight wears
lie urged that safe. sane program
be mapped out for road Improvement
in Virginia.
c. II. Houston. Assistant Secretary
OF Commerce Of tho United States,
said during the course OF his address
that the development OF American
railroads has about reached its zenith,
while tho development or highways
was In Its infancy. He expressed the
hope that In the Legislature Of Nir-
ginia and in the Congress of the
United States there were men with the
vision OF James j. Hill and the per-
severance of Lewis and Clark, the
Northwcst explorers.
Closing the speechmaking was
brief address by Former Governor
Brough. OF Arkansas. who denied that
the bond Issue for roads in Arkansas
had conhscated property in that
State. on tho other hand he declared
that land values had Increased, trans
portation costs had dropped from 2l
TO cents per 100, and every cent
stipulated had been paid into the
sinking fund OF the State
Recommends bond Issuc.
Recommending a bond issue of an
proXimately S6,000,000 for both OF the
years 1929 and 1923 and advocatiue
tax of cent n gallon on gasoline
sold In Virginia, for the purpose of
raising funds for road building.
Stnte Highway Commissioner George
n, Coleman yesterday afternoon in
tho assembly hall OF Murphy's Hotel
addressed tho eleventh annual con-
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