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THUESDAY, MAY 17, 1917.
LA GRANDE ifVENEG OBSERVER.
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Good Roads
By E. J. ADAMS, State
"Rural Credit Bonds."
(e) They tell us "rural credit
bonds are not analagous to road
bonds."
Let us see! We have loaned the
credit of the State to farmers to the
amount of $18,000,000 that the State
might thereby borrow money for a
lower .-ate of interest and loan it to
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ave a flavor and aroma which
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For Oregon
Highway Commissioner
the farmers at an advanced rate suf
ficient to cover the cost of the trans
action. This has been done to enable the
farmers to improve theft farms and
increase " thoir productive power and
no one complains of this wise loan
ing of the credit of the State.
But this road bonding bill in effect
merely asks that we in turn loan the
credit of the State to the automobile
owners for the construction of high
ways to be used jointly by the farm
ers as well as themselves, and the au
to owners alone will pay off these
bonds and the interest upon them;
while they are doing so, will save the
waste entailed by bad roads and by
capitalizing thi3 waste secure the
roads practically without cost to any
of us.
It is just as important that the
farmer be able to transport his prod
ucts to the shipping point or market
at a low cost as it is that he be en
abled to increase the production of
his farm, but we are not asking him
to borrow money and put it into
roads; we are simply doing for the
automobile people what has already
been done by another law for the
farmors.
"War Is Imminent."
(f) They tell us that "war is im
minent and we should not enter into
any undertaking until we' know what
the far reaching consequence of war
may be." ; '
In answer to this lot me call your
attention to the fact that the burden
of producing supplies to sustain the
armies of the -world will rest most
heavily upon the United States as our
part in this war game.
Relief of Congestion..
There are today thousands of tons
of produce lying upon the farms
whore it was grown that cannot be
transported to r. shipping point or
market on account of the bad roads.
There are other thousands of tons
that can be transported to a shipping
point but because of a shortage of
cars cannot be shipped to the market.
With good roads both of these con
ditions would bo avoided. Not only
that but the producer would be able
to take his produce to market at this
time in the year when it was most
convenient for him, . or the market
price was the highest, and thereby
increase the net returns to the con
sumer. Military Necessity.
Again, should we become involved
in war, the scene of which was laid
in Oregon by invasion of our coast,
it would be practically an impossibil
ity to transport our troops over the
highways of the State. It becomes
very important that these highways
lM put in shape 30 in casd such a thing
might happen, we would be ready to
impress into service some, or all, of
the 40,000 machines owned in this
State and hustle our troops whither
soever we would.
If our roads were in proper shape,
we could transport an army of 200,
000 from one end of the State to the
other in twenty-four hours. As they
now are we could not do it in twenty
four years. Do we believe in pre
paredness or not?
Use War Prisoners on Roads.
Again, instead of transporting the
products of our farms to Europe to
feed the prisoners of war where they
are guarded by the soldiers that might
otherwise be doing duty in the
trenches, would it not be a practical
and economic thing to transport those
prisoners to the United States and
Oregon where we might guard them
with our own untrained soldiers, feed
them with the production of the farms
where they are grown and use their
labor and experience in the construc
tion of our State roads system?
To do this will require money for
the purpose of buying the material
upon which their labor would be per
formed. Must Use Horse Sense.
Again, if none of these thingn hap
pen, and for any reason the condition
of the labor market, or material mar
ket, should be such that we could not
how build roads economically and un
der normal conditions, the mere fact
that authority is by this bonding bill
granted to the Highway Commission
does not mean th.".t tho Highway Com
mission must exorcise that authority
whether or no, and horse sense would
dictate that if conditions are abnormal
and there is no immediate need for
tho roads that we are to construct, or
such a need that they should bo built
regardless of cost, then the road
building program should 'be postponed
until cost conditions again become
normal. But at all times, we ohould
be ready to do that which should be
dono for the best interests of the
State.
(To Be Continued.)
Society of Complete,
Rest Returning Home
Chicago, May 17. (United Press)
Tramp, tramp, tramp the boys are
marching, but they won't enlist, sea
soned old campaigners of the road
though they bo.
These particular "boys" whose
summer rendezvous is the Chicago
"slave market" on Madison svreet
near the river, are variously known
as bindlo stiffs, earchowers and mem
bers of the Complete Rest society.
Because of thoir numerous presence
in the block which boasts more em
ployment offices than any other in
the world, recruiting offices have
dubbed the place "Slackers Lane."
There are perhaps 2500 of these
knights of the highway. With other
citizens who toil not nor spin, they
have been wintering in Southern Cal
ifornia and Florida, but now they are
flocking back to their old haunts.
Why they congregate among the em
ployment agencies nobody knows.
Tho agencies mean nothing to them.
Because of these agencies, the I. W.
W. dubbed that part of Madison
street the "slave market."
At foraging for provisions, re
cruiting sergeants believe these gen
tlemen would prove an asset to any
army. Uncle Sam needs fighters, but
when the recruiters invaded "Slack
ers lane" their appeal went unheard.
"What has the government ever
dono for me?" was a stock reply.
Tho mobilization of unemployed
grows greater daily. With selective
conscriptioni as authority, old-fashioned
"press gang" raids may be di
rected against the slave market.
Hot Lake Notes
Hot Lake, Ore., May 15. ((Spe
cial) During the past few days the
following have registered at the Hot
Lake sanatorium:
E. J. Adams, State Highway Com
missioner; Ray W. Logan, J. D. Mc
Kcnnon, Justice J. W. Knowles, of
La Grande. They were guests of
Dr. Phy while staying over here on
the tour of the valley, lecturing on
the State Road Bond issue. Others
registered include: Ed Brown, Rus
sell, Ida.; Aug. Mickalson, Prineville;
Mrs. Francis Buckley, E. G. Watson,
M. Fitzsimmons, Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Meier, J. L. Roscnbaum, Mrs. M. E.
Hallett and Mr. T. P. Downs, Spo
kane; R. H. Covant, Miss Laura M.
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