means to get his claims presented, or to be 

 seen and be judged by any even standard. 

 With the choice left where supreme law 

 places it in the legislature the selection 

 will at last be made in the open and with 

 something of deliberation, and by men only 

 who represent the party in power. It may 

 also occasionally happen that a United 

 States Senatcr, the peer of any candidate, 

 may come from Jackson, or Lansing, or Kal- 

 amazoo. or Ludington, or Pontiac, or even 

 I'vom some grange center in Lenawee 

 county, or some farm home in I.apeer 

 county. Of course the large cities will 

 ;il \vnys cut a great figure in the selection of 

 a United States Senator in Michigan. They 

 will have some good candidates and somo 

 just claims, but the argument here pre- 

 sented is intended to show how absolutely 

 they will control if a change in methods of 

 selection is made. 



To be Continued 



Good Roads News and Comment 



Continued from page 25 



country roads in its vicinity. The business 

 men of the city have expressed themselves 

 as being willing to help the good work along 

 in every way possible. 



It seems to be the general impresssion that 

 the work of road building should be done as 

 thoroughly as possible. Many have stated 

 that they would rather see a mile of road 

 well built than five miles poorly constructed. 



A large attendance is expected at the 

 County Road institute to be held in this 

 city, by Horatio S. Earle, state high- 

 way commissioner. Chairman V. C. Wat- 

 tles of the good roads committee, will short- 

 ly announce the names of the members of 

 the sub-committee who will look after the 

 details. The plan is to begin work on the 

 roads immediately after corn planting. 



What Marshall Thinks 



The proposition embodied in the Brown- 

 low-Latimer good roads bill is but the de- 

 velopment of an idea long hekl in the minds 

 of economists. The general policy outlined 

 is to bring about, so far as may be, a uni- 

 form method of local construction, repair 

 and maintenance throughout tue United 

 States, the general government to co-operate 

 with any state or political subdivision there- 

 of in the actual construction of permanent 

 highways. There is no question that con- 

 gress has the constitutional power to pass 

 such a law. The government undertakes the 

 construction of canals and improves rivers 

 and harbors and has given its aid generously 

 to the building of transcontinental railways 

 all upon the theory that it is an obligation 

 of government to do all in its power to 

 facilitate transportation and navigation in 

 the interest of commerce. The theory is 

 correct. It must not be forgotten, however, 

 that the commerce from the farm is that 

 upon which all other interests rest and de- 

 pend, and that without facilities of transpor- 

 tation between the farm and the railroads 

 and waterways there would be no commerce 

 for these to move. Marshall Statesman. 



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