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Show MILES ADVOCATES IMPROVED HIGHWAYS ST. LOUIS. April 28.--The second day's session of the national and inter? national Good Roads convention opened with a better attendance than yesterday. yester-day. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., president of the National Highway . commission, made the principal ad- dress of the forenoon. Gen. Miles was received with great enthusiasm by the delegates. He spoke on the subject, VMilltary Roads and a National Highway." High-way." and said, in part: . . , . "I know of no one element of civilization civili-zation in our country that has been more neglected and yet Is more susceptible suscep-tible of bestowing a great blessing upon up-on our people than the improvement of our lines of communication and avenues aven-ues of internal commerce. . "Our Government has expended $500,-000,000 $500,-000,000 for the improvement of our har-i har-i bors and waterways, and now the at tention of the public is being called to our postal roads and. avenues of communication com-munication that are most usefu.1 and important to all our people.. If such expenditures ex-penditures of the national treasury have been made In the past for the development develop-ment of railroads and waterways, is it not now a most appropriate time that the improvement of our roads should receive attention and Governmental aid? '.'Any roads that can be made useful for .industrial and peaceful purposes can be utilized for military purposes. We are not an empire or a military despotism, des-potism, and therefore are not devising means for purely military purposes." Hon. R. H. Jesse, president of the University of Missouri, spoke on "The Relation' of Roads and Schools." . He was followed by former Gov. J. R. Hogg of Texas, who made an Impromptu speech on the subject before the convention. |