The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF OUR PUBLIC ROADS
Right and Duty of Congress Unquestioned from the Founda-
ton of the Government

Extracts from speech Of Oscar W. Underwood in the I. {. House of Rep
The House beng in Committee Of the Whole II H0u US on the Y, stats s of the
SPECIFICATIONS qmq alton for the Department Of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending
Mr.. Underwood said:
,L Mr. Chairman nf or o5jScHsn is made made to t, t he a ggSopG ta3 i90h ia9sd ts the the 'm le
served powers Of the States wish to say there is no man . m the floor OF
s s"sss H9 5ss p 7 sn 'si I Ssns % 4 ii: ? soysyi s ySSs ssS5naRs sS tn ,{ Union have
the the part Of Of the the Federal Federal Cow n - / DO not Believe the Central Goys@ INNER
55aIsvs that the Federal Government within n is IS .T Sd5 d powers over j. has :Hou its
,sis 5o5cs and eject 10 the s.n +. 81 25, R0ws5 81 gvs s. It t@ by the s5aH t.: 49, and as oe
G IS 'n esst sIaess o and R0 pot-r S IS' the language OF lie CONSTITUTION - " s""'
to T 5s5i car BE ae IN 35sa s: u HhsfH sf. 5aa' +: 4s e !:a5Hss po, ss55s: the S:! R2"s 5
build poston H4 and II, 1 to e eSt@On;i p0s sT Sy 4 4at the TO f aMq GIr not con tg.
Plate oF present , dHloR% 1 Int and md ,5 m4de m m #sh f5oO of t fe S;dt5oe;, t ad
diy nos nt dreRa Of 9 a tme coming omninng 70 when las the SS mail a" could be Be del at every
ind the United States VAS no greater in the days OF the fathers than today:
NJ. Douglas! 4: s wsssf dos; .t the sp ss P@s find ada .ss5i9s in the Constitution
aH so unSs tS dsd* Wby eG H s nsy t eea 5'e rR Ra{ Constitution give, the power
M Mr. ,h D0 5i Been The held da4 m BAG a O Se 1s di aGns1tH aSng Is from 90 fuHdHn th P9ns'01OS
A. e5 N IN iaVor Of Of ia The ies Construction lion Of Of the cunbsFand road By 81 Of the
Nj: Underwood, The contention that is m. made 4n% today sh by the s leaders 10 soO of the
s ss Ss5T PSs s +; 5 sSs ss s 5% i; z n Sss5 t. II + 5 s5s5S d s1fs f e: a! Ss half sffff'; s:a|a9 % Of Pe aa5
s :snsa By a ss a G e5SsPS %sR OF the "'"'" 0''HS "' ." "@A S""' "
On March a. 1918, the House Of Representative. passed the following res
,. oss:s:; monty THAT to- es s: ::s. s:; 3ss; Of s 1ss:e :sS G Entity :s t. sss ;s;
roads, and Of canals, and for the Improvement of waterways"
? Thomas Jefferson said, in a letter to Mr. Iieper, in 1908:
war be necessary, it car be carried o n without a new tax OF Dan, an
drriae peace We may checker or whole country with canals roaoS
ETC. This is the object to which all or endeavocs should be directed.
While Secretary of War in 1919 MI. Calhoun made a report o the House
Of Renresentau on roads and canals, in which he said:
mo object of the kind is more important and there is none to which
State or individual capacity is more inadequate. 1t must be perfected
bv the General Government or not perfected at all"
In addition to this. Congress has a stronger and more specific cIrsnt for
a nal s.s this I sP5eese.s and snd bo,s the iH!h05 ceols sSnt in his By book ,Rs o 9'c cenaisa'
tonal Law, says:
Every road within a State, including railroads canals turnplkes,
and naypabe streams, existing or created within a State, becomes a
oostroad whenever, by the action of the Post-Ohce Department. pro-
, vision is made fol the transportation of the mails upon Oh over it"