Show ies PON E P 01 of mr J M TI e national Nat loual contention tIo lo y T B of tennessee wilting for t the he 1 1 in u f a r e is pec 0 ld gi gives to tie 1 e f following 0 i 1 etui n g c oi of the giat national atiqi Natio ial al convention for good loads it at st louis 0 N a mote mole successful convention was inas aner held in the ol 01 iny indus trial movement than the go 1 d I roads com ei tion if 11 it at ft is he d glubt in bt IOUs I 1 ou s in the number and antell gence 0 its delegates in its and voil ing ell cihac ac t in its ananin it lt ird ard sin glenes ol 01 purpose in tl gumbel of able seal eis cis an and freedom edoin atom sau sail or political inci e ces it was sel sol dom if ever equaled two d delegates from nearly every state and T in n the 1 atte cled the convention arom the first di da to the last the most dominak ing idea dea aas as the nece necessity sity of govern ment aid in the construction of rural loutes government a ad d to tie be condi condl boned upon an equal amount of local aid as set forth in the brownlow bill bill the best eNi evidence dence however was in the adoption of the declaration of pria an r caples and resolutions je solutions on the ilat day of the meeting there was not i I 1 dis benting oice nolee in thit that large assemblage the declaration of pr sciples as set forth asserted that the balding bu iding of good roads in the united states is now of paramount pir amount importance to national prosperity and commercial supremacy that the harmonious co operation of township county state and national governments is needed in fin fui therance of this end thit that though tie tl e appio privations hitherto made unde by congress for the improvement of the rivers and harbors were beneficent and commend able yet the time has come when the tile agricultural districts should be assist ed in the matter m liter of building highways so that the benefits of the th e tree free mail delivery may be extended and tt ua promote a higher order of citizenship and also meet the ever growing feces cities of the great agricultural agil cultural inter ests of the country upon which its prosperity and glowth depend the principle of state and county operation cooperation was commended and it was more than once emphasized that it Is as much the duty of the general to assist in the building of highways as is it is to improve the rivers and harbors the resolution favoring national cat ional aid is to be pi pie I 1 to ta tie e congress of the united states by a committee corn com I 1 oed of one member aiom each st ate to be selected by the secretary secret try of the rational national good roads Asboe lation the building of tie memorial road from monticello to the ot of alt iligin ln a in hanoi of tl TI omis jeffor jeff or son who signed the fist bill for the construction of a nati national highway on maich match 29 1806 was unanimously unini ip lip ironed and by the conen comen tion amon among the mo most mot t distinguished speak ers at the convention were president roosevelt will am J bayan aty in senator latimei of south carolina ind gov arnor cummins of iowa mr velt v elt ind mr bryin bryan both spoke of the necessity of bu id ne better highways for the i atlon and though neit liei committe com mittel I 1 himself to the tho prof os t on of advocating government ild lid N t the inference was clear that both would faor fa or such expenditure senator lit lat made a strong and unanswerable argument in fiver favor of government aid there will be no moe mole eirnest earnest er for goo I 1 roads in tie next congress than senator latimei the president made some rood good points among oti ei el thlu s he lie caal w I 1 it I 1 is S the habit of ro roid ad building build ms that gives to a people permanent the of the iad has been ill all that one could wish I 1 ut it Is mere more presumption i 1 to cp consider nIdAr good railways as substitutes for good h b gh ways we wint want to see cities built up I 1 ut lot not at the expense of the country ds ricas if the winter means to the farmer irmer a long I 1 ne of liquid molasses mousses through which he must painfully pain full force fore t I 1 s teim team if bent on business and through which I 1 e must wade ol 01 swim if bent on pleasure sure if an oid ordinary Inary rain storm means tint that the f farmer armer s boy oi 01 girl cannot use the r bicycles you have got to 0 o expect that those who live in the euial d will not find farm life attractive atti active we should all encourage any cheat to the unhealthy flow from the country to the city this modem movement mert rt in favor of gove govern rn in ment ent aid Is gath cung strength day by day |