The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1952 Page: 2 of 10
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a land of brags. One of the brags we
long been most proud of is that our state
one of the best highway systems in the nation.
However, increased traffic has outgrown our
highways. Texas today needs not only more miles
of highway but better constructed and wider high-
ways.
Most everyone is for better roads. But, the big
question yet unanswered in planning a road im-
provement program is, where is the money com-
ing from? The State Highway Department rec-
ently studied the state’s road needs and concluded
that it will take an additional $100 million per
year for the next 10 years to bring our highway
system up to standard. Added to the present high-
way revenue, that would make $220 million per
year to spend for roads.
A request for an additional $100 million a year
to build and improve roads is also certainly to
be placed before the State Legislature which con-
venes in January. Where to get the $100 million
will be one of the mofet difficult problems the
legislature will have to solve.
In recent years cost of state government, like
federal government, has almost gotten out of
hand. There is as gTeat a need for economy in
- State "spending as in federal spending. However,
good roads are one of the things which the public
has demanded and which must be provided in
any state program. Too much depends on good
roads, for good roads are important both for
safety and for easy, quick transaction of busi-
ness. For reasons of safety and convenience we
can not allow our roads to deteriorate.
If we conceed that the experts of the Highway
Department are right when they say that we must
spend another $100 million a year on our roads,
we can only reconcile ourselves tc paying higher
taxes. Most Texans will be willing to pay increas-
ed taxes for better roads. But, Texans will not
stand for an unjust tax which is not administered
equally. If we must have more money for our
roads, then those who use the roads should be
taxed in proportion to the amount they use the
roads and in porportion to the amount they con-
tribute to the deterioration of the roads.
From the standpoint of safety, one of the rea-
sons we need wider highways is that so many
large trucks are using the roads that they often
block traffic, causing a safety hazard as well as
an inconvenience. Heavy trucks also are the lead-
ing contributors to the rapid deterioration of our
present road.s.
The average automobile owner in Texas will be
willing to accept a slight increase in car regis-
tration fees or even a slight increase in gasoline
taxes. But, the main burden of providing the
needed funds to build, improve, and maintain our
highways should be carried by the operators of
heavy trucks who are most responsible for creat-
ing the present need of $100 million per year to
bring our highway system up to standard.
A Pledge of Loyalty
(EDIT OH’S NOTE—The editor believes
the three greatest attributes to character
are love, kindness, and honesty. But rank-
ed close behind them is loyalty—loyalty
to God, to country, to family, to friends,
and to employer. Too little has been said
about the latter — loyalty to employer.
This past month Hubert Harrison, presi-
dent of the East Texas Chamber of Com-
merce, wrote the following, which The
Sun feels is worthwhile reading for all
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I will not li*
I will nut discuss company affairs with
aiders.
I will not be a faultfinder and disturber in the
office or shop.
I will not accept a company’s wagea without
giving it my best efforts.
I will not talk against my boss and will not
let my wife and children do so.
I will show my appreciation for the time and
money spent on my training.
I beliqve that loyalty in ^business outweighs
many other talents.
I believe that disloyalty to my employer is a
living lie.
I believe that disloyalty can destroy me in
spite of everything else I do. &•
I believe that if I cannot be loyal to my em-
ployer. I ought to quit.
I will believe in my job or find another one.
Hr._____. ______
Mr,. Zulu Kennady were i
in Will, Point Saturday.
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Malcolm Strickland and family
spent Sunday with Oaell Casey
und urtfe.
Rev. Smith filled his appoint-
ment at Starr over the week end.
Mrs. Griffin has returned from
Dallas where she has been visit-
ing.
Bornice Farrar and Berlin Brown
had business in Grand Saline Mon-
day.
Several from here attended the
singing convention at Mt. Lebanon
Saturday night and Sunday.
Johnnie Buchanan of Morton
spent one night last week with
Homer Strickland and family.
Genghis Kahn conquered Asia in
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The Sun Office Grand Saline, Texas. However, the manage-
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Harle, Neil. The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1952, newspaper, December 11, 1952; Grand Saline, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1016426/m1/2/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.