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“PUBLIC ROAD IMPROVEMENT”
The subject of public-road im
provement presents a multitude of
important phases which could
hardly be covered completely,
even in a textbook of large pro
portions, much less in a single
article of reasonable length. The
present purpose, therefore, is to
consider only the general fea
tures of the subject, without at
tempting to discuss technical de
tails which would be of interest to
comparatively few besides those
actually engaged in road-improve
ment work.
Public roads serve very much
the same purpose in a county that
stairways and corridors serve in a
building, and a progressive coun
ty should feel as much interested
in securing commodious and ser
viceable roads as a progressive
family feels in securing these
qualities for the stairways and
corridors of the dwelling which it
occupies. Mud roads, such as are
found in many localities, corres
pond in appearance to the ladders
in a barn. But the analogy goes no
further than appearance, because
no intelligent farmer would con
tinue to employ ladders in his
barns if sorhe other device could
be more economically used in
transporting commodities between
its different stories. The fact that
one bale of cotton is a heavy wa
gonload on the mud roads in some
of the States, while on improved
roads eight hales can be drawn
easily by two horses, disqualifies
the mud road for the latter class.
This same contrast would hold,
of course, for corn, wheat, oats,
potatoes, and hay, as well as cot
ton, and when it is considered that
in 1915 the aggregate weight of
all these crops in the United
States amounted to some 270,000,-
000 tons and that the average
length of wagon haul was certain
ly several miles, the importance of
being able to haul heavy loads
may be appreciated.
Aside from all questions of sav
ing in the cost of transporting
farm products, however, improved
roads afford cultural advantages
which frequently are considered
ample compensation for the entire
cost of their improvement. Poor
roads, poor schools, ignorance,
and poverty usually are very
closely associated; while good
roads, consolidated schools, at
tractive homes, and a spirit of
sympathetic cooperation among
neighbors are usually found in the
same community. This does not
mean, of course, that good roads
alone would serve to correct all
shortcomings, because the charac
ter of its people is what really de
termines the standing of every
community. But there is no one
agency which contributes more to
ward the advancement of man
kind than social intercourse, and
the success of this agency in rural
communities is certainly depen
dent in a great measure upon the
condition of the roads. There is
small wonder, then, that public
road improvement is a fixed and
continuous policy of all civilized
nations and that public sentiment,
which is largely controlled by in
telligent farmers, is in almost com
plete accord with this policy.
The farmers of our county
should have an unusual interest in
road building at this tL.e. If farm
ing is to continue on its present
profitable level, there must be no
business stagnation in the country
and the vast road building pro
jects in the various States are de
stined to exert a profound influ
ence in keeping ‘business as usual
or better than usual.”
The Federal Government will
put up dollar for dollar for Pub
lie -Road Improvement at the
present time, and no doubt during
our next State Legislative session
our State will make appropria
tions for Public-Road Improve
ment.
Unless a county raises some
funds locally they will not be en
litled to any of the Federal Gov
ernment funds and no doubt the
States appropriation, if any. will
be made on same basis. If we do
not vote bonds we will help build
the “OTHER FELLOWS” roads
and reap none of the benefit.
I hope each and every citizen of
our county will consider himself a
committee of one to boost Public
Road Bonds and Barrow County
Court House Bonds, and Saturday
June 14th, 1919, be sure and vote,
FOR PUBLIC-ROAD BONDS and
FOR BARROW COUNTY
COURT HOUSE BONDS.
This election means more to de
velope our county especially the
rural sections than anything else
that we have ever had come be
fore us.
5 ours for a successful election,
Very respectfully,
W. Hill Hosch.
Barrow County Agricultural
Agent.
Fight F-sr Honor.
Think well about great things; and
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flection of thine own heroic .soul. Com
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worthy of a man. And if it should fall
to thee to receive wounds, shed thy
blood as a beneficent dew, and smile. —
Cervantes.
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Cut Out the Credit System and
High Time Prices.
The credit system is the most
dangerous enemy of the cotton
farmer. Creditors compel him to
sell bis cotton below the cost of
production to settle store ac
counts. Supply merchants feed bis
family and plow stock at credit
prices from March 1 until the har
vesting period, and then demand
every bale of cotton as fast as it is
ginned to pay debts. This system
precipitates a tremendous rush of
spot cotton on the markets, and
the price is often depressed below
the cost of production until pract
ically all of the crop is out of the
farmer’s hands. Asa result of the
disastrous effects of low-priced
cotton, every business interest as
well as the farmer suffers.
The remedy for low-priced cot
ton is a simple one. If the large
majority of the farmers in the
Cotton Belt will grow the neces
sary food and feed for home use, a
medium-sized crop of cotton will
be grown and the world will glad
ly pay the cost of production and
a fair profit for it. If the cotton
farmers will make their farms
self-sustaining, in food and feed
supplies, they can harvest their
cotton crop and store it under a
dry shed and sell it whenever the
price offered shows a satisfactory
profit.
Now is the time to take steps to
fix a price for the 1919 cotton
crop. Let us grow good gardens,
truck patches, poultry and milk
cows and buy only what we are
obliged to have for cash, even if
it is necessary to borrow money
from tlie bank. Let us live at home
and practice the most rigid econ
omy and get away from the credit
system. Next fall we will be inde
pendent American citizens and
can hold our cotton until the spin
ners are willing to pay a fair price
for it.—The Progresive Farmer.
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The processes of evolution have
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Bethlehem, Georgia.
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