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Show IIS FOR TIE HIGHWAY BUILDER I ,U'''IN l-'H (-OMMt'MTIIX Pl.W. : MMl ltd V IMIMtOVKMHVrs. ', , HcnlnllM, r0 A n (iencrnl Prop- ', Ixltlnn the lwltln f Alt) I'on J of Ulior 1H lir the I pkrep of Thoniuglifnie Miiih Itrttci- H- suit PnidiinM Willi fnli. ; irrcpstnl b th tiUttl 8II iteparl- J mil of agrlcullur i , For nny cntmmmtl) that U planning ) the Improteuiciit of It roads there are ' ten fuudametitnl axioms which tho Lulled Htatii deptirtmeut of ngrlcut- lure declart to le self evident. First That nil who share In the ! benefits of road Improvement should share proiwrtlonntcly In tho burden. ' Second. That the degree of Improve. '. ment should be proportlonnto to tho ', truffle tmiiortancc of tho road Improved, ' Third Tliat the rnto of payment or ! the rnto of nccumutntlon of tho linking fund on nny public debt contracted for road Improvement should approximately approximate-ly equal thu deterioration of tho Improvement. Im-provement. Fourth -That road building and maintenance comprlsa work requiring special qualification. Flftlu-Tbat nxponalblllllc should Im definite as to vrsoua. Blxth-That continuous employment I more conducive to efficient scrvlco than Intermittent and temporary employment em-ployment Seventh Thnt the specialists who direct rend work should l appointed Instead of elected, and that thry should hold otllce during rdlclcncy Instead In-stead of for n ft i til term Highlit.-Thnt uo rend 1 wholly permanent per-manent nnd that It require contln- '. , ,"i tip' vMfM 3tsv-CeasEBHVHfli irc!&4'aPPVL0K BOID IX MOUTH CABOMKA OUXU PT rTATCTB LlilOK. uou upkeep, for which DunncLtl and supcrvUory provisions must be made. Ninth. That cosh U a much mors satisfactory form of tax than Is labor. Tenth. That all agencies at tho disposal dis-posal of the stato, capablo of use In vtcrL of public Improvement, should be so used rather thnn In such commercial com-mercial production as would conflict with prlrato enterprises. The tint axiom means, among other things, thnt the country road I a mnt-teru mnt-teru of Importance to other bcsldu those who lire ou It or travel over It. It takes the product of thu farm to tho city und the product of the city factories to tho farms. The cond axiom, that (ho degree of tho Improvement should ho proorllon-ate proorllon-ate to the trulllc Importance of tho roid. if strictly observed, would do away with ono of the most fertile source of watte and extravagance lu road Improvement. If tho third axiom U rigidly observed there wilt bo uo danger of tho community commu-nity being left with n bonded indebtedness indebt-edness for which there Is no Improvement Improve-ment to show in return. It must Im remembered, re-membered, however, that, nlthough no road as a whole I ermnuent, certain feature of It. such a the location and grading, are so. The fourth, fifth, sixth nnd setentb axiom strlltu ut the notion which used to lie more ircvalcnt than It Is now, thnVrimd building Is merely a matter of putting n certain number of ieople to work for n ertalu length of tlmo. For almllnr rtnaons specialists now strongly urge ns a general proosltlon Hut abolition of an) funn or labor tax for thu upkeip of road. Thu equivalent equiva-lent In cash will prodiuo much better results for the rtaon that experienced men can find Ntemly emplo)inent by beluc put to work lu thu places where the) nro most neided Tho final axiom, thnt nil agencies at tho dHpokiil of the stnto should be used u fur us olti!o for public Jmpnive- ment Insleml or tiuiinierclnl pronuc tlon. refer, of course, to convict labor tijKin the road. Under the guidance of skilled men there I no reason why this could not bo done attlifactorlly The nxlom. hen ever, goc further thnn this, for It Implies tho titllluitlou of various other ngencle that have nothing noth-ing to do with thc state prUon-the stnto geologist, for example! tho faculty fac-ulty of tlio state university, tho state bure.in of statistic and agriculture and the state civil service commission. |