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Roads and markets hinge on better state highways
The piece argues that good roads link farmers to towns and markets, reducing costly rail reliance from distant states. It condemns abandoned farms near markets, urges road improvements to unite producer and consumer regions, and suggests prison labor to build roads as a public benefit. Also notes anecdotes about Jesse James acts and Oregon wive-search era, and touches on naval moves and bimetallism funding.
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