Both are to expedite transportation. to help interstate and foreign commerce. Suppose the $400.000.000 (perhaps more) spent in the Philippine acquisition had been turned loose. under the welldirected efforts of some executive department of the Government. for construction of good roads. does anyone for a moment question which would have been the more beneficial to the people of this country? We have spent $450.000.000 on livers and harbor!. millions for railroads. immigration. irrigation. foreign commerce. mail facilities. and are going to spend hundreds of millions for an isthmian canalall worthy objectsand yet not a cent in a century for good roads. Public health appeals for it. It is no exaggeration to say that public roads leading to our towns and cities contain cesspools of disease. microbe incubators. and germlife preservers.
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