IHE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1000.
COUNTING "l HE COST.
Bad Highways Levy Tax of Half a
Billion Dollars Annually.
It is estimated by the Agricultural
Department at Washington that the
farmers of this country carry upon
their shoulders a tax of cot less than
half a billion dollars a year, due sole
ly to the almost criminal condition of
the roads. This applies tc the whole
country.
Carefully prepared statistics prove
that each ton hauled over the coun
try roads of America 'iosts the man
who hauls it thirteen cents more than
the hauling of a- ton costs the farmers
of Europe, where good roads are ap
preciated and carefully maintained by
the government.
There are In this country 86,487,000,
000 pounds of farm products hauled
annually from the farm to the rail
road shipping point, ibis does not
Include that which is hauled to the
mill and back to the farm, nor does
it Include those things which are
shipped by express, as the figures are
compiled from the railroad freight
tonnage. Neither does It Include the
product, of mine and mill. It is the
actual Haul of farm products, and yet
tho average farmer does not give con
cern to the cost of his proportion of
it. The average haul troro the form
to the railroad In this country is esti
mated at 9.4 miles, at c excess of
13 cents a ton In cost of hauling
which the American lurmer pays
more than his European brother, the
farmer then pays $1.70 tor every ton
hauled over the country roads more
than it costs the farmer of Europe.
Taft Advocates Good Roads.
President Taft has again indicated
his interest in good roads. The Vir
ginia movement for better highways
has put forward a plan for a road
from Washington to Richmond. In a
letter on the subject the President
says:
"I regard this as part of the gen
eral good roads movement in the coun
try, and I have pleasure in saying
that there is no movement that 1
know of that will have a more direct
effect to alleviate the difficulties and
burdens of the farmer's life, will stim
ulate the traffic, and add to the gen
eral happiness of the people more
than the establishment of good roads
throughout the country.
"I do not think that because this
may have been stimulated by people
using automobiles it is to be frowned
upon, for while persons using auto
mobiles are by no means tho most
important in tho community, the fact
that their sharp Interest has focused
the attention of the public on the
movement entitles them to credit,"
A Systematic State.
The State of Georgia is going about
its good roads movement in a sys
tematic manner. Authorized repre
sentatives of each county in the State
have met In the capltol at Atlanta for
the purpose of discussing the best
methods of bringing the highways of
Georgia up to a high standard. These
men are the road authorities of the
counties, the men that have been
entrusted with the building of roads
and their meeting should be fraught
with much good for the State, for
when road experts got together and
war on concerted plans half the bat
tle has been won.
Get a Sprinkler.
Since water is always needed in
rolling the macadam, a watering cart
or sprinkler should be provided. The
road official cannot often afford to
wait for rain. A cart with a capacity
of from 450 to 600 gallons will be suffl--cient.
Most of these carts are pro
vided with extremely broad tires, so
that the cart assists in consolidating
the stone, Instead of rutting it. Many
communities are provided with one or
more watering carts, so that it is
often unnecessary to purchase a new
one for road building.
A Finished Roadway.
When broken stone Is spread loose
ly, as on a roadway before it is rolled,
the voids between the stones aggre
gate between 40 and 50 per cent, of
the volume of the layer or course.
The roller passing back and forth
over the course consolidates tho
stones and a large percentage of the
voids, often from 30 to 40 per cent, la
eliminated. To secure a finished
roadway 6 Inches thick, about 8 1-2
Inches of loose stones, not reckoning
the binder, are necessary. This is in
part due to the unavoidable forcing
of the stones, to a slight extent, into
the foundation.
8ecures Smoothness.
To secure smoothness and even
wearing, tho smaller stones should
be placed in the upper course and the
larger stones in the lower. When a
road is built with the sizes mixed, un
less the stone is unusually soft, a
rough surface inevitably results In a
comparatively short time after the
road Is opened to travel.
The 8outh Awake.
Under the laws of most of the
Southern states, state convicts are as
signed to road work, and much is be
ing done. Many counties have recent
ly voted bonds for road construction,
and many miles of roads have been
outlined for improvement
Highway to Prosperity.
The good road la a national high
way to prosperity.
MUST KEEP B
FREE OF POLITICS
Munson, Democratic Homines
ForSupremeCourt,Criticiscd.
HIS TACTICS CONDEMNED
Touching Elbows With All Kinds of
Politicians In Tour of the State and
With a Pathetic Appeal For "Com
pllmentary" Votes From Republi
cans. Special Correspondence.
Harrlsburg, Oct. 12.
Members of the judiciary and law
yers generally throughout Pennsylva
nia are commenting adversely upon
tho remarkable campaign that Is be
ing conducted by C. Lallue Munson,
the Democratic nominee for associate
Justice of the supreme court, In his
own behalf.
This ambitious gentleman has cast
aside all regard for precedent and has
Ignored traditions of tho legal profes
sion in making a political canvass for
election to the highest Judicial tri
bunal In tho commonwealth.
It has apparently not occurred to
Mr. Munson that tho proprieties of tho
situation should prompt an aspirant
for an office of this exalted character
to respect the sentiment of tho people
which has been manifested upon many
an occasion In absolute hostility to
anything calculated to bring the judi
ciary into tho gamo of politics or to
besmirch tho judicial ermine with
the contaminating Influence of a per
sonal political campaign.
Pronounced Public Sentiment
In Pennsylvania, probably more than
In any other state, has it been agreed
that candidates for the supreme bench
should refrain from any act that might
be construed as appealing for or so
liciting votes or to influence a political
campaign in any particular.
That an aspirant for the greatest of
fice of a judicial nature in the gift of
the people of the state should be found
going from county to county, from bor
ough to borough, from ward to ward,
In a mad hunt for votes, touching el
bows with all sorts and manner of
men, good, bad and indifferent, with
no evidence of a realization of the un
dignified, unwholesome and dangerous
character of the canvass, has. call
ed forth a storm of protests such as
would startle a man of ordinary sen
sibilities. A Judge's High Ideals.
Judge Robert von Moschzlsker, over
since he was honored with a unani
mous nomination for tho supreme
bench, has refrained from taking any
part whatever in the political cam
paign. He spent tho summer in Nova
Scotia, and since his return has been
Industriously engaged In the perform
ance of his judicial duties in the court
of common pleas of Philadelphia. Ho
has declined every Invitation to ad
dress meetings, to attend receptions of
a political character or to participate
In public dinners where any reference
might be made to his candidacy.
In his speech of acceptance of the
nomination, Judge von Moschzlsker
showed how much ho respected public
sentiment. Among other things he said:
The candidate for judicial office
occupies a different position from
other candidates. Under our cus
toms he is nominated by the party
convention and may reasonably
look for tho usual party support,
but ho is not in a position to dis
cuss politics or the policies of his
party, for the reason that when
elected to the bench he has noth
ing whatever to do with politics or
the carrying out of party policies.
In fact it becomes his duty, when
elected, to forget that he was a
candidate of any particular party
and to proceed to administer the
law for the whole people without
regard to any principles or poli
cies, save the principles of the law
as he is given the power to under
stand them. Fortunately, these
ideas have become fixed in Penn
sylvania, and it is not my desire
to make any departure therefrom.
Not a single word or a single act of
Judge von Moschzlsker since that day
can be pointed to that might bo even
twisted into a suggestion of an appeal
for a solitary vote.
Policy of a Politician.
How different with his opponent,
Mr. Munson. Mr. Munson is now on a
tour of tho state, shaking hands with
all who will honor him with an oppor
tunity to do so. A complete political
machine, entirely Independent of the
regular Democratic state committee,
has been running in his special inter
est ever since he entered the race.
Canvassers are out in the state, letters
are being written to Republicans so
liciting their support for his candi
dacy, and individual appeals are being
made for "complimentary" votes for
Mr. Munson from men of the majority
party.
Every precinct politician under
stands tho old "complimentary vote
game."
It has been worked time and again
to fool the unsophisticated, and It has
time and again been successful.
What is a complimentary vote?
It is just the same aB any other
vote, only that it is usually a vote got
ten under false representation. The
theory of the man who goes after votes
of this character is that the man from
whom ha asks a complimentary vote
1b so Ignorant that he does not know
that he Is voting against hl3 party, hlu
party nominee and his party's princi
ples, Just as positively and just as ef
fectually as the man who has always
been out in tho open as an avowed
political enemy of the party from
whom the complimentary vote is so
licited. C. LaRuo Munson, the Democratic
nominee for associate Justice of the
supreme court of Pennsylvania, nomi
nated in a Bourbon Democratic con
vention nnd placed upon a Bourbon
Democratic platform, in which every
prlnclplo of Republicanism Is attacked,
and particularly tho fundamental prin
ciple of protection, which is a vital
issue in tho present campaign, pre
sents a unique spectacle in the present
contest in appealing for votes, com
plimentary or otherwise, from Repub
licans of the Keystones State.
As the personal director of his own
canvass, Mr. Munson should take him
self into council and decide to aban
don his present political campaign out
of deference to the unquestionable! and
unquestioned public sentiment
If he shall do this, his standing with
the bar of Pennsylvania, after his over
whelming defeat on Nov. 2, will at
least not bo as low as It otherwise
would be.
GOV. STUART
SHOWS THE WAY
Popular Executive Lauds the
Republican Nominees.
PENROSE SOUNDS A WARNING
Philadelphia to Stand Loyally by the
Full Party Ticket, and Importance
of Big Vote In State Is Dwelt Upon.
Special Correspondence.
Philadelphia, Oct 12.
With Governor Stuart presiding at
tho opening meeting of the campaign,
the largest Republican rally ever held
in South Philadelphia, the canvass for
the state and local candidates may be
said to be fairly under way.
That every man on the Republican
city ticket will be elected by at least
60,000 majority is tho confident pre
diction of those in a position to gauge
public sentiment and that Judge von
Moschzlsker, Philadelphia's represen
tative on the state ticket and his col
leagues, Messrs. Slsson and Stober,
will poll the full party vote, Is con
ceded on every hand.
There Is a spectacular campaign be
ing waged by a few malcontents
against the local Republican ticket,
with the aid of the Wanamaker news
papers.
The fact that all of the independent
newspapers are this time refusing to
foster the schemes of tho Van Valkon
burg political bureau is a source of
chagrin to the old-timo insurgents.
The great mass of tho public spirited
citizens are In line with tho Republi
can party.
Governor Leads the Way.
Governor Stuart's attitude Is truly
representative of the thought of the
best citizenship of the community.
In his address opening the campaign
the governor among other things said:
"I am here tonlcht in behalf of the
Republican ticket at a Republican
meeting, to speak in favor and to use
my best efforts, and by my presence, to
show ray sympathy with the Republi
can ticket, and my Interest in tho suc
cess of that ticket in state, city and
county, at this time, in Philadelphia.
"The state ticket Is headed by a can
didate whom you well know, and that
position is justice or me supreme
court.
"That gentleman has been nominat
ed by the Republican party for the of-
nce or justice or me supreme couri,
nnd tho name of the Gentleman Is
Judge von Moschzlsker, a resident of
Philadelphia county, and a member of
the Philadelphia bar, and he has filled
tne position as a memDer oi one or our
courts for the past seven years; a
young man of undoubted ability and
integrity, and a man, to my mind, who
will make one of the greatest jurists
of this commonwealth. By reason of
his position as a candidate for the su
preme court of Pennsylvania, he will
not be here tonight"
He then paid a tribute to each of
tho local candidates, and in present
ing Messrs. Sisson and Stober, the
state nominees, who were present at
tho meeting, he was very felicitous.
Tribute For Penrose.
Not only was the initial meeting of
the canvass a great and imposing af
fair, but on the following night there
was a great demonstration - given in
honor of Senator Penrose by tho work
ingmen of Kensington in recognition
of his services in formulating the new
tariff bill.
This was undoubtedly the greatest
gathering of the kind ever held in this
city. It was an expression of loyalty to
the Republican party, which will be
evinced, as they said, in a practical
way in the vote at the coming elec
tion. The nominees on the Republican
state ticket bad a conference with
Colonel Wesley R. Andrews, chairman
of the Republican state committee,
mis week, and report that the recep
tions accorded them in every placo
they have visited. have been spontan
eous and cordial in their enthusiasm.
They are assured that there are no do
factions or dissensions anywhere, and
that they can expect the full party
vote at tho coming election.
The schedule of meetings for this
week Include visits to Unlontown,
Grtensburg, Huntingdon, Lebanon
HoMedale, Scranton and Wllkes-Barre,
Market Reports.
WHEAT Firm and lo. higher: contract
grade, October, ll.14al.15.
CORN quiet; unchanged.
OATS Firm; good demand: No. 2 white.
natural, 45Hc.
BUTTBR Steady: receipts, 6,833 pack.
ages; creamery, specials, 31a31Hc.i extras,
30n30V4c; thirds to firsts, 25Ha29c; statt
dairy, common to nnest, Zia30c; process,
firsts to specials, 2SaZ7c. ; western, factory,
seconds to firsts, 23a24Hc; imitation
creamery, 25a2Gc.
CHEESE Firm: receipts, S09 boxest
state, new, full cream, special, 15Hal6Hc;
small, colored, fancy, IGVic; large, col
ored, fancy. 15Vic: small, white, fancy,
lBUc : skims, full to specials, 6V4al3Via
EuuS Firm for fresh: receipts, 7,292
cases; state, Pennsylvania and nearby,
hennery, white, SGa40c.; gathered, white,
2Sa35c.; hennery, brown and mixed, fan
cy, S2a35c; gathered, brown, fair to prime,
2Ca30c; western, extra firsts, 25l&a26c;
firsts, 24a2Gc. ; seconds, 23a23Hc
POTATOES Easy ; Maine, per bag, tla
1.86; state and western, per bbl., tl.76a2.12;
Jersey, per bbl. or bag-, tl.7Sa2.15; sweets,
Jersey, No. 1, per bbl., S1.60a2; per basket,
G0a90c.: southern, per bbl., Jl.25al.7I.
LIVE POULTRY Weaker, but nominal.
DRESSED POULTRT-Steady on fowls!
weaker on chickens; broilers, nearby, fan'
cy, squabs, per pair, 40a60c.; 3 lbs. to pair,
lb., 20a26c; western, dry, picked, 17al8c;
scalded, 15al7c; roasting chickens, near
by, fancy, 21a2Gc; wostorn, fancy, 17al8c.;
mixed weight chickens, nearby, fancy, 16a
22c.; western, mux lea, naisc; dry pick
ed, corn fed, average best, 15d.; scalded,
averago bost, 14al5c; Michigan scalded,
average best, 16c; Ohio scalded, average
best, 15al6c; fowls, barrels, 16al7c; old
roosters, lie; spring ducks, nearby, 19a
20c; Bquabs, white, per dox., 2a4.
GAME Frozen partridges, per pair, Hi
woodcock, Jlal.23; snlpo, English, per doz.,
J2.50a2.75; rabbits, per pair, S0a40c.; Scotch
grouse, M.50a2; foreign golden plover, per
doz., $3.60; wild ducks, mallard, per pair,
Jl.6tol.75; teal, bluewlng, tlal.23; green
wing, 75c.atl; foreign venison, saddles, per
lb., 3Sa40c.; whole deer, per lb., 28aS0c.
PIGS Country dressed, pigs, per lb.,
lOallVia
$210,000 FORGERY ON BANE.
Shortage Hidden by Placing Spurious
Notes In the Vaults.
Mineral Point, Wis., Oct. 12. Tho
First National bank here has discov
ered a shortage of $210,000 due to
forgeries of notes.
The shortage was hidden by the plac
ing of forged notes of local business
men in the bank's vaults. No arrests
have been made.
Japanese Honor Buddhist Prince.
Honolulu, Oct. 12. The biggest re
ception given to any Japanese since
the visit of Prince Fushlma was nc
.torded to the Ituddhlst prince, Count
ICozuI Otani, who arrived on the
steamer Mongolia. The wharf was
lined with thousands of Japanese.
Madman DUg Twenty-one Graves.
Laurel, Miss. The mystery of
twenty-one newly dug graves, dlscov
ered on a plot of ground adjacent to
the negro cemetery near here, has
been solved by the arrest of an aged
negro, obviously demented. He said
that God ordered him to dig 121 graveB
and to work at night only. He has
been engaged in the occupation near
ly three weeks, at night
THE EDUCATED PUBLIC.
Sympathetic One Then people do
not run into you in the street any
more?
Blind Man No; since I began using
this auto horn I have had a perfectly
clear road.
Then and Now.
Dear Rollo: Those books that you
have been reading are out of date.
There was a time when the boy who
swept out the corners without being
told became the president of the con
cern; but not now. This is an age of
specialists. If you become an expert
sweeper they will keep you at it Ef
ficiency is the watchword. The way
to rise is to get caught bossing an
other boy that, you have hired to do
the sweeping. Then they'll put you
on the road and you can get rich pad
ding your expense account
Embarrassing to Both.
Old Mr. Flaherty was a general, fav
orite in the little town where he lived.
The doctor was away nearly all one
summer nnd did not hear of tho old
man's death. Soon after his return
the doctor met Miss Flaherty and In
quired about the family, ending with,
"And how is your father standing the
Intense heat?"
8ucolnct
Justice O'Halloran Have you anj
children, Mrs. Kelly T
Mrs. Kelly I hov two living an' wan
married I
Husbands and Babies.
After the baby comes, a woman re
alizes that the lesson in patience she
had to learn to get along with her
husband, was only the a b o of what
she had to learn later. Atchison
Globe.
Wisdom of Little Value.
"Superior Wisdom," said Uncle
Ebon, "don' 'pear to do much fob.
some people, 'oeptln' to keep 'em wor
ried 'bout de mistakes dey la enabled
to notice la lothera."
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