Monroe City Democrat., January 31, 1919, Image 8

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For Highway Improvement
Reconstruction must be applied
literally to the highways of the Unit
ed States, and the farmer, the busi
ness man, the truck owner and the
tourist are all joining in demands
upon Washington and their State
and County political authorities for
better roads.
Government statistics demon
strate that moving farm products
by wagon costs 33 cents per ton
mile as compared with 15 cents
per ton mile by the motor truck.
The element of time is equally im
portant, and since motor traffic has
increased 100 per cent in these last
two years there is not only a need
for new highways, but the old main
traveled roads must receive atten
tion", Ooly thirteen per cent of the high
ways of the United States are of
bard surface, and the "crack" roads
of the east have been "cracked to
pieces" by the strain of motor traf
fic. "Wagon leads" have an average
capacity of five tons; the heavy
motor trucks when loaded weigh
two or three times as much, and
with eighty per cent of this load
riding the rear wheels, and gliding
cicss country at the rate of twenty
miles an hour, the result has been
ruin to'lightly constructed highways.
Road building in its relation to
reconstruction, is recognized by the
Federal Government as of immedi
ate importance, since it offers a
means of providing work for return
ing soldiers and discharged muni
tion workers. It is added that it
will take contractors of the "noth
ing doing" class and make them the
busiest of the busy: it will give road
supervisors something to talk about
besides making excuses for bad
highways; it will make the quarries
and stone crushers prosperous; boom
sales for ' road machinery, ceroenO
asphalt, tar, etc.; as well as to en
able the farmer to get more closely
in touch with town and city mar
kets, sell more cheaply and deliver
produce more regularly; decrease
transportation costs, relieve delays
and increases the pleasure of auto
mobiling4These are the arguments
that are alive in every community,
and which are stimulating the da
maml for more modern methods of
highway building that constitute a
complete revolution and evolution
of this phase of our National pro-
. gress.
In this revolution of highway con
struction it has been found that the
old methods of building highways
are entirely inadequate. Dirt and
clay roads that were made possible
Dy eioow grease, simple scrapers
and the pick and shovel are now
achieved in a more modern manner
through the compelling power of
sticks of dynamite fortified by en
ergiz'mg steam shovels, road build
ing macmnery, and modern road
building products.
It may be said, with . the definite
ness to be attached to the highest
sources of information, that Con
gress will attempt to create a brand
new set of laws for the purpose of
"making the public roads as much a
part of the nation's business as are
the offairs of the Army and Navy,
Road building, it is contended, must
be recognized by the United States
Government as a profession and
trade.
That the country is alive to the
necessities of reconstructing the
highways is further evidenced by
the fact that Illinois has authorized
a bond fesue of $60,000,000. while
Pennsylvania has voted $50,000,000
of bonds for public highways. These
are the two biggest bonds issues for
, state road building in the history of
the world.
For the same reason that it be-
. came necessary to replace fifty and
: eixty pound rails with double that
nveignr. upon an tne standard ran-
roads of the United States when in
creased transportation demanded
heavier locomotives and rolling
stock, so has it now become neces
sary to meet a similar condition in
respect to our principal public, high
ways, in view of the increased
weight and speed of vehicles. The
new conditions confront every part
of the country and each community
must assume the initiative in get
ting road building started. Those
that will be favored by better high
ways first will be those that are
most insistent upon having them.
"Put our taxes to a real business
use" is the demand in many parts
of the country.
Our "14 Points"
1. That all restaurateurs, grocers
and butchers shall be informed as
expeditiously as may be that the
war is over.
2. That hens be forbidden to lay
10 cent eggs, and any hen laying an
egg that shall reiail at more than 2
cents shall be decapitated.
3. That anybody who suggests
the advisability of holding another
war shall be committed to Mattea
wan, there to reside in a straight-
jacket for eighteen years.
4. That the amount of hemp in
all 6-cent cigars be reduced from 60
per cent to 20 per cent.
5. That the activity of all corn
ea unity committees organized to
save tinfoil and old hairpins to help
win the war be adjourned until the
next war. This also applies to com
mittees organized to save catsup
bottle corks to nrake life preservers
for the navy.
b. inat hotel lobby and corner
store experts be notified that there
services are no longer needed by
the government and that they be
put into some useful peace employ
ment, such as whittling full rigged
ships in'glass bottles.
7. That the butter patties in res
taurants shall not be cut hereafter
with safety razors.
8, That the variety of feminine
unifoims in this country shall be
cut fcom 1.894 to 109.
9. That postage on business let
ters be reduced to 2 cents and post
age on all love letters be increased
to lo cents, ituswiu be a money
making venture for, the govern
ment.
10 That when a parson or jus
tice of the peace or alderman has
married 1,200 soldiers he shall call
it a day's work, and that he shall
establish union hours.
11. Inat soap boxes be exter
minattd for the duration of time.
bosp nereatter to be snipped in
begs. Speakers will not be able to
stand on soap bags and attract
much attention.
12. That it be stipulated with
Sweden that one out of every four
teen of (be safety matches import
ed from that country shall strike.
instead of one out of every thirty
seven, the present average.
13. That knitting needles for
peace times shall not be more than
eighteen inches in length when car
ried in street cars or used in the
aters.
14. That all captured one-man
tanks be returned to this country
and turned over for the few pedes
trians who .are left, so they may
negotiate street intersections safely.
The past week- the Federal Re
serve Bank again recognized the
Chillicothe Business College by se
lecting 88 stenographer another
its students, Miss Verda Locke, now
with the Little Rock branch at
2000 per week iinital salary.
Mrs. uee Morton and little son,
Arnold, of Hannibal visited over
Sunday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Shearman of near this
city. . ' y '
Farmers Adjourn Stats
"One of the best meetings ever
held in Columbia" was the general
comment of the more than 1,700
isitors at Mis&ouri Farmers' Week,
January 20 to 24
The Monday'" evening program,'
presented in the University of Mis
souri auditorium, brought out a re
cord attendance crowd Interest
on the part of visiting farmers in-,
creased thoughout the week, finding
its fultest expression in the enjoy-:
ble College of Agriculture banquet ,
riday night at Rothwell Gymnas
lum.
"Co-operation" and "organization" ;
were the watchwords of the week.'
n the four-day short course offered '
by the University of Missouri Col-.
ege of Agriculture the aim was to ,
present the subjects as to gather to ;
gether in congenial groups those .
aving similar interests and to
make- possible some specially ap
pealing subject for each period,!
from 8:30 in the morning until 3:00;
o'clock in the afternoon. Each
group, though, was found to agree !
as to the need of organization and j
co- operation on the part of pro-'
ducers asan aid to meeting the
fter-the-war problems. ' j
From 3 to 5 o'clock each after I
noon association meetings were
eld, more than a dozen associations j
participating. Evening programs
were under direction of the State:
Board of. Agriculture, singing by!
he entire audience being a fine
feature.
Visitors were given a "balanced j
ration, there being something of j
merest to everyone. ' Rural welfare
and community betterment were
discussed by such authorities as
Miss Jane Addams, of Chicago, and
Rev. C. O. Gill, of Vermont. Lieu
tenant Emile Rif.aud and Mademoi
selle Jacqueline Bertillpo brought
messages from France. Former
G overnor H C. Stuart, of Virginia,
and who as chairman of the Agri
cultural Advisory Committee to the
ederal Food Administration, has
occupied a responsible position, de
clared that the Government can do
nothing less trfan make good the
guarranteed price for the 1919 wheat j,
crop. Dr. W. C. Thompson, Presi
dent of Ohio State University and
head of a commission appointed by
President W ikon to study European
agricultural needs and conditions,
stated that the United States should
take the lead in an international
agricultural commission to consider
the problems arising from the war.
Thomas E. Wilson, president of Wil
son &. Co , packers, urged organiza
tion on the part of meat producers.
reeding costs of live stock were dis
cussed by Prof. John M. Evvard, of
Iowa State Ccllege.
Boys' and Girls' Club work was
creditable represented, notwith
standing the general interruption of
public school work, many, schools
having been closed temporarily ow
ing to influenza.
The corn show was up to the
high Missouri standard. Officers
elected for the Missouri State Corn
Growers' Association were: John F.
Case, president; J. C. Hackleman,
Secretary treasure, with district
vice presidents as follows: W. P.
Brinkley, Northeast; Alva Mann,
Northwest; F. H. Russell, Central;
Cbas. Scbweer. Southeast; J..R
Sbelton, Southwest.
At a meeting of the Missouri
Farm Bureau Association, arrange
ments were perfected to have a re
presentative at Jefferson City dur
ing the present Legislative term.
The Missouri Live Stock Pro
ducers'. Association,, which held
largely attended meetings, will not
elect officers until reconvening in
Kansas City. The Missouri Women
Farmers' Club was reorganized.
Other state associations met as
scheduled.
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