Show THE GOOD ROADS ROA MOVEMENT William Jennings Bryan Bryana a V and General Geral Miles fles said sd some orne good things to the delegates tO o the national natlea and international good roads conven convention convention tion assembled in i St Louis After din dis discussing cussing cuIng cu the vast expenditures of oC Ute the th government on rivers riven and harbors Q n H rt aI 1 U Miles pointed out oat the necessity ity nece for improving the highways hig ways which he be con considers siders equally lIy important Tf If f such expenditures of ot the national treasury have hare been made in the th past for forthe forthe forthe the development of or railroads and water wa r is it not n ow w a most moet appropriate time that the tile improvement of our roads roag should receive national aJ attention and government aid d And Colonel Bryan yan said d Notwithstanding standing 8 the introduction of oC the free de do delivery delivery livery letters fetters J the telephone gas gasp manufacturing plants plent and aad the te exten erten extension p don sion of electric car lines line there still re ze remains mains maiDS a pressing need for better coun country country try roads The people now real realize realIze ize that bettor better roads are Indispensable penal le leand and are prepared to consider the rem remedy remedY remedy edy e eIt It Is is entirely entirety probable that a prodigious prodIgious ious ions disturbance would be raised by Ity Ityl a certain tain l element in congress especially among emong those congressmen who represent r sent 5 nt c City t constituencies at the SUet suggestion SUe suggestion t tion ft of f a liberal from tr m the We treasury tre ury for to the improvement of ot the roads s Nevertheless the same men mea would cheerfully vote millions m in subsidies subsidies subsidies dies to millionaire shipbuilders and millions more through the le tariff tI ri to the t great trusts tits and aDd The Th m men toe ote te eat a aro pro ro for rivers and aid h rj ome of the improvements proposed oud pr Being necessary ary true but jany or m are not Hundreds of thousands have Uve been wasted in ia straightening ing out crooked cr creeks in scraping mud mod off on the bottom of shallow ow rivers rive in putting in locks and nd dams dante that tbt nobody uses or has any ADY ny notion of using i There nu re is 1 no real reason wily why the gov gay government should not bot aid In building i roods reads Some might be ex cx experienced in apportioning the money II Jealousies would arise e between different i sections and aad different i erent congressmen CO but I those are problems that thaI would ut settle settie i themselves in due season sea on They do da donot donot not tur any argument against the main proposition iUan I Experts have estimated tM that poor roads ronis cost the K df the country miH oca of dollars dolJan ear I every ery year in re repairs repairs repair pairs pair to vehicles in inability to t get products to be the market marlet at opportune opportune tune tUDe times and in compelling the over ver overworking Over Overworking working of farm animals It may be said that the te Question fe oae cf rather the than of od national Jl importance that the tt a directly interested should look u ir Own owa ea aa but lit ift most moot cases cams this th impossible is th I lack of |