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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1904)
CLOSING DAY AT OREGON STATE FAIR (Continue from first page.) reminder of the lndiilercnco of tho present jjonorqtion to tho superb ex iimplo Qf the Virginia ancestors in good ronds construction, ono hundred years ngo. Tho First National Highway. Tho nntional government itself thon led tho way in wagon road building, mid limited as woro tho revenues, yot tlio most gonerous appropriations woro niiidq for construction ns well as for iiiiiintoiinnco. Tho first great high way so built wbb known ns tho Cum berland road, or National Pike. It was authorized in 1800, nnd extended through Maryland, Virglnln, Pennsyl vania, Ohio, Indlnnn, Illinois, and ns far west ns St. Louis, and was over S0O miles in length, being tho longest continuous rondbod ever projected by any government on enrth. It connect MHMaHMMWiaMBMaHHHMnMHH ed tho nnvigablo waters of tho Atlan tic, pnsscd over tho Alleghany moun tains, and terminated in tho great vnlloy of tho Mississippi. It had its inception in the compact between the national government nnd tho stato of Oluo, under which that state 'camo into tho Union, nnd by which it wns provided that tho nation should build tho great road from tho proceeds of tho sales of public lands in Ohio, tho one-twontleth part of which should bo set nsido from tho revenue for con struction. President Jefferson npproved tho law by which tlio appropriation wns mado, and ho secured tho consent of tlio three great states for tho location of tho road within their boundaries, and thon bo appointed tho commission to lay out, tho road. Tho cost of this road amounted to $0,821,240. This was an onormous outlay for an infant nation, ns then tho entito population did not exceed 12,000,000 of people but it illustrates the earnestness and the appreciation of tho nntibn in tho matter of tho national aids to good roads. This road wbb tho first con venient land route for tho early immi gration to tho Mississippi valley. In my youth I recall tho long caravans which passed over it. Often from soino high elevation forty stngo eoaehoi loadod with passengers could ?i n C .' Ig SIS!CQSpSJ3gCStjrSiJ urwa t SWEBBWBB&SBEBESBBSSBl MIMftBiffl be Been wending' their way over the well paved pike, nnd Innumerable freight wngons with often air and eight horso teams attached to them, convoyed tho freight from east to west. In later years, President John Quincy Adams, in a moasuro to con gress, as to this road, said: "I deem it my duty to recommend to tho con sideration of congress an adequate provision for tho permanent preservn tion and rcpnir of that great national work." Other national road making soon followed, this in various states, anil twelve different great roadways nro built with nntional aid, and $11,-sago ho repeated to congress his do 000,000 was tho total coat to tho gov-.siro for what ho termed "A plan suf- ornmont, until a different policy pre- vailed when presidential vetoes held such appropriations to bo unconstitU' tionnl, Our Earlior Presidents. Favored Na- tional Roads. It will thus bo seen that tho earlier Presidents of tho Republic bolioved in nntional aid to good roads, and favor- oil appropriating tho surplus in tho U. S. treasury, to roads, canals and to river and harbor improvements, and tho people in thoso early days hnd no hesitation to demand of congress a sharo of governmental aid in building tho nntional highways. In his last messago to congress President Jefferson called attention to tho surplus in tho trensury which then amounted to about $14,000,000 after paying the current domnnds and inter est, nnd then in strong words ho asked: "Shall it Ho unproductive in tho public vaults! Shall tho revenues bo roducod! Or shall it not rather bo appropriated to tho improvement of ronds, canals, rivers and education and other great foundations of pros perity nnd union?" President Madison in his seventh annual mossago to congress said: '' Amnni. M.rt ...aimi. n? nilitnnittnn ilin public interest tho occasion is a prop er ono for recalling tho attention of congress to the gront importanco of establishing throughout our country tho ronds and canals which can best bo oxecutcd under tho national au thority. 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WELSH, DA1LV 0A2MAL JOUBNAfc, SALEM, and enlarged patriotism duly nppre cintes them." President Monroe, though votoing a bill appropriating monoy to repair tho Cumberland road because of his doubt as to tho constitutional author ity, yot urged an amendment so much did ho believe tho national govern' mont should aid in rond constructing) President Washington, too. in his first message to congress, expressed tho hopo that congress would givo on couragement to facilitate for "an in torcourse between distant rmrts of our country by a duo attention to tho post roads." Again in his third mos-J ficlently liberal and comprehensive" ns to post roads "as they respect thij expedition, safety nnd facility of communication." Sq also Calhoun, Webster, Clay, and other groat states men, spoko and labored for national good roads. Theso words of our ear lior Presidents and statesmen nro oven monl npplicablo today than thoy woro when oxpressed to congress. Tho Constitutional night! Thero is no longer n question as to tho constitutional authority to mako appropriations in aid of intcFnnl im provements by tho genornl govern ment. It was then denied that a gen eral powor could bo implied to do thin under tho constitutional provisien: "Tho powor to regulate commerce nmong tho several states," or further that authority could bo implied under, thnt other provision "Tq provldo for tho common defonso and general wel fare" ,It wag-then held thnt thoso powers conferrod wero strictly do fined and limited, but under tho lib eral interpretation now given Uicho provisions congress has entered upon the policy of general improvement of all nnvignblo waterways and within tho past forty years nenrly $500,000, 000 havo been appropriated from the public treasury for this purpose. In ono session in recent years over $00, 000,000, or nenrly $1 pqr capita, was appropriated for river nnd harbor work, last year in ono session $32,- 000 was appropriated. Tho bonofits havo been incalculable, nnd tho inter nal as well as foreign commerce of tho nation aro indebted for tho pres ent immenso proportions to theso ex penditures. Tho most of tho great public works for navigation hnvo been complotcd, and thero will bo n lessen ed domnnd as timo goes os. But it An LIGHT ; 6MQ0M, SAuftDA, SflpJBMfifln 17, raises the question now moro than over if tho national government can aid the water roads of tho country, why can it not, and why docs it not also aid tho land roads iu tho several states which aro so essontlnl in our commercial advancement? If the revenues which belong to all tho pop ple can bo applied for bno purpose, why can they not 'also bo applied to the other! Tho Willamette river, for instance, is a waterway or boat rond, and improved by tho general govern ment iu its course through Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, Linn, Benton nnd Lane counties. Tho Little Yamhill river, another water rond In Yamhill county, is improved by tho govern ment. Snags nre removed, bars nro dredged and scraped, and revetments mndo that tho public may hnvo nn un obstructed wnter road for traffic. A land road also runs parallel with theso waterways which is much moro need- (Continued on pago eight.) The Yost No. 10 The Machine Behind the IFne Work. Excels all others In LIGHT RUNNING PERFECT ALIGNMENT PERMANENT ALIGNMENT EASE OF ACTION BEAUTY OF CHARACTERS ' AND DURABILITY. 75,000 Sold J. D. BROWN, Agent. 230 Stark Street, Portland. C. M. LOCKWOOD, Local Agent, 288 Commercial Street, Salem, Oregon. We Rent We Sell. We Exchange We Repair. Ideal Fuel & TRACTION CO. ' : Managei. fe8U 1004, wat&q&UMfi iaiBiOiiifiwiiiMiiitfMmaMS PARK AND WASHINGTON STREETS - PORTLAND, OREGON Established in 1866. Open all the year. Private or class instruction. Thousands of graduates iu posi tions; opportunities constantly occurring. Itpaysto attend our school. 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