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Show y i x -t5iVlL,"t,' The Nittlnrml Convention, y OI.ONKL .1. !. Kii.Linutnw, f of Tennessee, willing for the VJy Mnuufuctuieis' llivoul gives the following ginplilc iieioutil of the gte.it National Convention lor good loads at St, Louis: I No moie successful ((invention was cer held lu the Interest of iiuj Indus-1 Indus-1 1 In I movement than the gund loads' convention that was held lu St, Louis. In tho liumbei nud Intelligence of Its detegntes, lu Its cuthuvtnHiu nud work-lug work-lug cnpacltj. In Its unanimity and sin-gleness sin-gleness of put pose, lu th ntimhei of able sprakets and h redout fwmi partisan parti-san or political Jr'li'ci'ccs, It wns rel-dom rel-dom If eer equaled. Two thousand delegates ftom licit Ij cvety State and Tonltoiy lu the Union attended the convention. I'lom the (list day to the last the most dominating dominat-ing Idea was the necessity of government govern-ment aid in the consti action of i tir.it routes gov eminent aid to be conditioned condi-tioned upon nn equal n mount of local aid as set foitb lu the Bruwnlow bill. The best evidence, hovvevei, was In the adoption of the declination of piln-elples piln-elples and lesolutlotts on the Inst day of the meeting. There wns not a dissenting dis-senting voice In thnt large assemblage. The declination of pilneli)lesi ns set fortli asserted that the building of good roads In the United States Is now of pni.imount Impoitnuec to national prosperity nnd commercial supremacy; thnt the hnrmoiilous co operation of township, county. State and national governments Is needed In fin Utei .nice of this end; that though the appropriations appro-priations hltheito made by Congiess for the Improvement of tho llveis nud hnrbors wore beneficent nnd commendable, commend-able, yet the time has como when the agricultural dlstilcts should bo assisted assist-ed lu the mntter of building hlghwnjs. so thnt tho benefits of the hop mail dcilverj- mny be extended and thus ptoinote n higher order of citizenship nnd nlso meet the ovcr-gt owing necessities neces-sities of the gient ngrlcultuial Interests Inter-ests of the country, upon which Its prosperity nnd growth depend. The principle of Slnto nnd county co operation wns commended, nnd It was more than once emphasized that It Is as much the duly of the general government to nslst In the building of hlghwnjs ns It Is to lmpiove the llveis nud hnibors. The icsolutlon fawning nntloml aid Is to be presented to the Congiess of the United Mates by a committee composed com-posed of ono member ftom e.telt State, to be selected bj- the seeretat.v of the National Good lto.ids' Assoi latlon. The building of the Mcmnilnl road from Montlcello to the UnlveiHlty of Vliglnia lu honor of Thomas Jefferson, Jeffer-son, who signed tho first bill for the construction of n national highway on .Match 20, 1S00, was unanimously approved ap-proved and Indoised by the convention. conven-tion. Among the most distinguished speakers speak-ers at tho convention weie Piesident Itooscvelt, WlUlnin J. Biyaii, Senator Latimer, of South Caiollna. nnd Governor Gov-ernor Cummins, of Iown. Mr. Boose-volt Boose-volt nnd Mr. Bnnn both spoke of the necessity of building better hlghvvnj-s for the tuition, nud thou':h neither committed himself to the ptoposltlon of advocating government aid. j-el the Infeienco was clear tint both would favor such expenditure. Senator Latimer Lat-imer mndo n strong nnd unanswerable argument in favor of government nld. There 11111 bo no more enrncst woiker for good londs lu the next Congiess than Senntor Lntlmei. Tho President mnde some good points. Among other things he said: "It Is tho habit of road building that gives to a people peini.iueut gi outness. "The dovolonmeiit of the lion load hns been nil thnt ono could wish, but It Is mere piosuiuptlou to consider good inllvvnjs as substitutes for good high w nys. "We want to see cities built up but not nt tho expense of tho countiy dlstilcts. dls-tilcts. "If the winter means to the aveiagc farmer u long lino of liquid morasses tluough which he must painfully foicc his tenm If bent on business, nnd through which be must wmle or swim If bent on pleasuie: If up nidluniy tain stoim menus thnt the fntmei's boy or girl caiinnt use their lilc-jels. you lime got to ppect that those who live In the una! dlstilcts will not llud fin m life nttiacthc "We should all encoui.igo any (heck to tho unhealthy How fiom tho countiv to the city." This movement In favor of government govern-ment nld Is gatheilng stiengtb day bj day. |