Show TO ABOLISH POLL TAX THE GOOD ROADS CONVENTION HOPES TO ACCOMPLISH THIS Also to Have All Taxes for Road Maintenance Paid in Cash Highway High-way Commissioners Suggested Chicago Nov 21 Several Important recommendations were made by the legislative committee at todays session of the National Good Roads convention Following arc the rccominendalions That a highway commissioner be appointed ap-pointed by each State to have general charge oC all roads That the poll tax be abolished and alt taxes for road maintenance be paid In cash This includes the repeal of the statute labor laws That a State road plan be adopted In all States Including the employment of contract labor In preparation of 7na lerlul for roads President Moore speaking In support I of the last recommendation said the farmers of this country though owning oncllfth oC the properly of the country have up to this time paid all the ex penses of roads for all the people ex cept In three or four Stales We be lieve said President Moore these ex penses should be equalized and the poo pie In the cities should give their Just chare A committee was appointed by Presi dent Moore to draft a bill outlining the suggestions of the legislative commit tee This after open debate by the convention will be completed and sent to the thirtysix Legislatures In the United States which meet In January A special committee will also be ap pointed which will visit Washington I Immediately and confer with Secretary Wilson hi regard to the recommenda tions of the convention Among the papers read at todays session was one by l Gen E G Harri son of Washington D C read by his con and u speech by Andrew Hattullo M P of Canada An amendment lo the leglslallve com mittees report offered by H Jf Wilson or the Government geological survey was adopted by the convention pro viding that wldo tires be specified for vehicles lo be used for traffic public roads upon lho following were named as officers of the National Good Roads associa non which was organized by a vote of the delegates present President Wil liam H Moore Missouri secretary R Richardson Nebraska treasurer rcr Ed uIu A Potter Illinois Among tho vicepresidents are Jay Barouche Cal ifornia W IS Pierce Idaho Prof Samuel Fortle Montana J Washington James Buffalo wan recommended to the ex ecutive committee as the place for folding the next annual convention but place and date were left to the commit tee to determine In tho adopted report of the coinmlt teo on permanent organization Chlm juw LUC J1Ctuquarte5 will be ma1ntajnej here The Offic port declared the territory same re embraced In iho scope of the organ1zatfo to be States Territories and 1he United States This possessions of taken In order toJnclude Coue the was Phllip pines as It was thought advisable xnalc the constitution to brOad ull future time enough for that The art1cle of time < oclatlon state the new organSzatior Is to pent the various national ripre rous State fcultural Industrial commercial agl trang portatlon wheelmens and automobile L Ti associations of the couritry which are furthering the causeof good roads |