TO OFFER HOAI) Rll-f,
According to agreement, the new
road upkeep bill frpm Morgan
county, to be offered to the legis
lature soon after it opens July 10,
will be introduced by James A. Fore
man, former sheriff of the county
and member of the legislature. In
speaking of the provisions of the
bill, John Patterson, who has Just
returned from Hot Springs, stated
that while he will support the road
upkeep bill, he hopes some way will
he found to prevent a “flat per
capita tax" for roads as contem
plated in the bill. He said it did not
look right for men and boys who
had no rolling slock to pay as high
road tax as men who had many ve
hicles. Mr. Patterson added that the
present system of taxing automobile
owners would go a long day toward
equalizing road taxation. The bill to
bo introduced by Mr. Foreman will
put the whole matter of the upkeep
of Morgan's roads under the author
ity of one man and this officer is
to be appointed for a term of two
years, after which time he is zn bo
elected, by a vote of the people ot
synthetic product will furnish strong
competition to the Chilean nitrate,
and will act in some degree as a
means of price reduction. Still it Js
evident that the Chilean supply will
be important in this country for
many years, and that we have a
great interest in having the product
efficiently produced and marketed
economically."
The last Congress, dominated h\
republican politicians, strangled *o
death not only proposed Muscle
Shoals legislation but a resolution
titered by Senator Smith of South
Carolina, and Senator Harris of
Georgia, creating a fund of $10,000.
