Bellefonte, Pa., October 17, 1913. —— AUTOMOBILE FEES $1,200,000 Bonds Provide a Safe and Sane Way to Secure Prompt Construction of Modern Hijhways in Accord With Modern Methods. | i | ! The development of the automobile | as a practical commercial factor pro- duced a revolution in traffic on the | roads. And the changes have been so rapid, and the motor car devoted to such a variety of uses, that those who have not kept up a close observa- tion are amazed at the figures when they are presented. From a purely pleasure vehicle the | automobile has become a commercial | necessity. Its range of usefulness is practically ten times that of the | horse, either for load or for distance. | Very recently, in addition to the or- | dinary passenger automobiles, and the | auto-delivery wagons, and local auto | trucks, there have appeared on the | roads great automobile freight | wagons, carrying efght to ten tons of | freight, running on regular schedules, and carrying goods to and from points | not reached or not well served by | railroads. These auto-freight lines, wherever they have been installed, | are filling a long felt want in provid ing for the traffic necessities of many | communities, and their number is in- creasing wonderfully. Where there were ten of these auto-freight lines a year ago there are 100 now, and will be 1,000 a year or two hence. The same is true of the auto-omni- | bus or stage lines. Hundreds of com- ! munities which have been striving | vainly for years for interurban trolley | lines, now find themselves well satis- | fled with an automobile stage line, which possesses many palpable ad- vantages. This class of travel is also growing so fast that the great facto- ries, with all their facilities, are un- able to keep up with the demand for | these vehicles. These are the reasons why the | Pennsylvania Motor Federation, | through its Good Roads committee, | has taken practical charge of the | campaign for Good Roads in Pennsyl- | vania. Its officials worked for Good | Roads laws in 1907 and 1909 in the Legislature; and were on hand in 1911 when the splendid Sproul State Highway law was <nacted and the constitutional amendment was iaunch- | ed on its course, and were again in | evidence before the Legislature of | 1913, for the repassage of the amend- ! ment resolutions, all of which plans | were successfully carried through. This organization assumes charge of the campaign to secure the ap- | rroval of the amendment by the | electors of the State at the polls. It assumes this work not only because | of the intense interest of its mem- | bers in the roads themselves, but be- | cause it is the only thoroughly or-| ganized body which possesses the | facilities for carrying on such a cam- | paign. ! To bring all the facts and argu-! ments clearly before the voters of | Pennsylvania requires thorough or-! ganization, and equipment for pre- | senting the subject to the people; | and this organization and equipment | the Pennsylvania Motor Federation possesses. There are more than 80,000 automo- biles in the State of Pennsylvania. That means one automobile to less than every mile and a quarter of roads in the State; one automobile to every 400 acres of land; one auto- mobile in every $90,000 worth of as- sessed property, real and personal, in the State. This year the automobiles pay into the State treasury in registration and other fees more than eight hundred thousand dollars. Next year the amount will probably reach a million two hundred thousand, or an increase of 100 per cent in two years; and | long before the entire issue of bonds has been disposed of, and the roads improved, the automobile fees are likely to amount to a sum Suflicjent / to pay much more than the two and a quarter million dollars which the interest and amdrtization of the bonds will cost. ! In 1909, when there were 19,000 : motor cars in the State, the idea that | the number would double in five years was treated with derision. But | the doubling occurred in a single | year instead of five, and by the time the five years shall have expired, at the end of 1914, according to present indications, the number of motor oe hicles will have reached more than five times the number. ° Certainly the motorists want the | roads built; but their wish for the | roads is coupled with an interest in the upbuilding and development of! the magnificent resources of the! State, the enrichment of its people, | the elimination of the waste in its energies and substance, and: the ma- | terial, moral and social welfare of all. The motorists favor the issue of bonds for road building for the rea- son that this is the only safe and sane method of procedure; the only method that will secure the construc- tion of the highways promptly and in accordance with modern methods; and, because by the building of the highways an era of unusual prosper- ity must come upon the State in which all will share. Trollope’s Recipe For Novel Writing. Mr. Trollope wrote immensely and never waited for inspiration. He said the best recipe he knew for novel writ- ing was a patch of cobbler's wax on his chair and to take great care he sat | on it.—*Leaves From a Life.” SHG Reed © | No State Tax Is Levied on Pennsyiva | roads, the Farmer pays for the bad ‘a matter of state concern. {| 'a purpose in the accommodation of | local travel would require; importance as a through thoroughfare | becomes paramount. | | of the State and its institutions, is | much more fortunately situated than a —— FARMER PAYS FOF BAD ROADS | There is a certain lanquid, dull feeling times. He wonders what can be the matter with him. He has no ambition. He loses interest even in his business. In such a case the man usually stirs up his liver with the first pill or potion | which comes convenient to his hand. But stirring up He needs building up. Unconsciously he has put into his work more strength each day than could be made up by each day's food and each day's sleep. So that with every day there's an increasing overdraft nia Real Estate, Special Licenses and Direct Taxes on Corpora- tions Provide the Funds. Whoever may pay for building good roads and pays dearly. He pays in the sweat of his brow; in the wear and tear on horse flesh; in the dam- age to vehicles and other equipment. He pays in the coin of the realm for the unnecessary time consumed by employes and he pays in the starva- tion of his finer social and religious sentiments resulting from the isola. tion which bad roads enforce at cer tain seasons. Yes, the farmer pays an excessive price for the bad roads. There are states in the Union where one-half, or one-third or one-fourth, or one-eighth, or some other frac | tion of the cost of highway improve- ment is taxed against the abutting property. This method is a relic of That overdraft has to be made good be- fore the man will recover his strength and energy. The use of Dr. Pierce's Goid- en Medical Discovery gives marvelous results in such cases of “run-down” health. It contains no alcohol. It is not a whisky medicine. It strengthens the stomach, cleanses the blood, increasing the quality and richness of the vital fluid. It nourishes the nerves and gives a healtly appetite and sound refreshing eep. Rewards of Genius. From the Philadelphia Telegraph. Jack Stafford of Fall River won a thous and dollars from Reginald Vanderbilt by leading his prize wild boar around the horse show arena at New Bedford the | other day. There's no use talking, if a ancient times when travel was large | 5" on) smart he can make lots of ly local. Under modern conditions, i : where traffic is general, its injustice money in this country yet! is apparent. ! Those should pay for improving the roads who derive the benefit from: = Medical. ‘them. Modern travel has so revolu- | tionized the use of the roads, that! the main roads, particularly, become It is true | that every mile of a state road serves | ge Judge for Yourself road makes necessary a more expen sive type of improvement than the | WHICH ER hoy; SHE ERIM ENT and its | CITIZEN'S EXPERIENCE. Something new is an experiment. Must be proved to be as represented. The statement of a manufacturer is not convincing proof of merit. But the endorsement of friends is. Now supposing you had a bad back A lame, weak, or aching one Nould you experiment on it? You will read of many so-called cures. Endorsed by strangers from faraway but its use as a main There are very few states in the Union where no state tax is levied on real estate. Pennsylvania is one of | them. By reason of its large cities ' and great industrial interests other | sources of revenue make the levy of places. such a tax unnecessary. Consequent- Jus different when the endorsement ly the Pennsylvania land owner, who | Easy to prove local testimony. Read this Bellefonte case. ays not a dollar toward the support p Ppo Jame H. Rine, 239 W. High St., Belle- fonte, Pa., says: 's Kidney Pills are certainly a wonderful kidney remedy. Ten years ago I first used them and at that time I told in a public statement of the benefit they brought. That statement still holds good. Ih are the citizens of other states where | practically the entire cost of state! i ave often urged administration and state institutions FUE AOIs BOO A dney. Pills and in falls on the owners of the land. | every instance where my advice has been followed, relief has been had f ney trouble. er 1 hear an complaining of kidney disorders, I advise a trial of Boan's Kidney Pills, knowing that they will have a good effect.” The farmers are the persons most directly Lenefited by the improvement ! of the highways. Their land is ma- terially increased in value when these ! The above statement must Carry con roads are built. They will save the | viction to the mind of every reader. Dont money, some twenty million dollars amply Mah yo A ups which overtakes an energetic man some | ==—=== | i is not what he needs. ' against his account in the Bank ot Health. . | | | | Scrofula The following testimonial clearly shows the Senders ul efficacy of Hood's Sarsa- parilla : “When my daughter, now Sows up, was only three months old, had a swelling in her neck, which the d 1 scrofula. She was failing in alth. 1 read of a cure by Hood's Sarsa- pariila, and thought that if this medicine would cure one it would cure another and give it a trial. When our little girl had taken two_ bottles she was entirely cured.” Mrs. C. E. Steward, ; there is no real substitute for Hood's Sa illa. 1f urged to buy any preparation $aid to be “just as good,” insist on having H 8. Get it today in the usual liquid form or in the tablets called Sarsatabs. : Hardware. .Cabinet Dockash.. Quality First The short story of a Cabinet Dockash. Let us show them to you. Olewines Hardware 58-1 Waverly Olls. a year in Pennsylvania, which unim- | game th nt Mr. Ring had-the remedy proved roads cause ®» be wasted. ' mony. ay stores, ros. They, in fact, are the most immediate a ey Coos Back s Bl ON bay beneficiaries of a broad scheme of the Name." 58-41 road improvement which gives them a state-wide system of good roads for which they do not pay a dollar. The revenues of Pensylvania are made up of from eighty to one hun- dred items, of which fifteen are spe- | — — cific taxes, about twenty represent | shoes. various licenses; there are a variety ' of fines and penalties, and some fees and other incidentals, but by far the | great bulk of.the money comes from | the various taxes on corporations; ! on capital stock; on corporate gross | receipts; on corporate doans; on for- eign insurance companies, etc. Prob- | ably the heaviest tax payer of all is the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which, since its very inception, has been an advocate of highway im- | provement, and is now strongly in| favor of the Constitutional Amend- ment which will permit the issue of | bonds for the construction of roads. | In the first report of the Treasurer | of the Railroad Company in 1854, | stress was laid on the advantages ! gained by the company from the | building of wagon roads to the cost | of which the railroad had contributed. It is from th revenues that the | cost of carrying the fifty million dol- lar loan will be taken. The reason why the corporations do not object | to the loan, in the fear that it will | add to their taxation, is that the in- crease in business, in commerce, in production and in transportation | brought about by the construction of improved highways will be so great | that any possible addition to their | taxes would be but a trifle in compar- i ison. The tax on gross receipts where the increase would mainly be, is a ' tax which any corporation is willing | to see increase, as it means a cor- | responding increase in business and | greater profits. Automobile registration fees have been increasing in leaps and bounds. | They were six hundred thousand dol- lars last year and will be Se ‘dred thousand dollars this year with every indication that they will reach one million, two hundred thousand doilars next year. With the building of good roads more pecple will use automobiles for every trade and pro- | fession. Already the motor trucks | are dominating the heavy hauling | business in the larger cities. It is not at all imprebable, taking all the | factors into consideration, that in| three years more these registration ' fees will again double, and long be- | fore the bonds for the last of the fifty million dollar loan are issued, the automobile registration and other | fees will pay the entire amount of its carrying charges, interest and sinking fund. Bush Arcade Building, Yeager's Shoe Store “FITZEZY" The Ladies’ Shoe that Cures Corns Sold only at | Yeager's Shoe Store, BELLEFONTE, FA. —————————— | The colored preacher who remarked | aggrieved that their liberty to slam doors “Brethren, there is one place to which | and romp around the house should be we zan turn and always find sympathy— | curtailed by the requirements of “Moth- the dictionary,” probably meant more er's nerves.” Help is better than sym- than he said. Certain it is that about | pathy, and help for every nervous wom- the only place to which some women | an is found in Dr. Pierce's favorite Pre- could turn for the sympathy they need, | scription. It heals diseases of the vom- would be the dictionary. The husband i anly organs which cause nervousness, doesn't sympathize. The family whis- | and it nourishes the nerves themselves per “Mother has one of her nervous into strength. It does away with the : spells again.” Everybody seems to feel “nervous spells” of women. 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