The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-12-18


vision that the rates for steamship
transportation to and froo the terri
tory shall be regulAted. The as.er-
tion 10 made that water transportatioa
n0n0poly has been O0e Of the chief
causes for tAs control Of Alaska's re-
sources BY one great syaAieats.
Shuts Out Ass~epsilsa.
Ths contemplated legislatioa BRO
viAes for the location Of tovn sitas.
The aeqVisition Of laaa for noAoDoly
hOldihgs b prohibited anA 10 person
a. corporation can acquire land for tAs
purpose Of holding II in idIsnses. TAs
prop0nents OF The measure say that
every safsgussd has bssa takea to Des-
vest The exploitation of ALASKA eos.
tho Dsoot of ooaopolies. asd that the
Ass6 will b found 70 b opsa Tor
"conpstitivs strivinss."
Un6sr the terms Of the bill tho
prasident y authorised at his dessss-
tioa to take over the holdiaSs Of rail-
roads already IN operation In Alaska
Any propssty bslongins to the UaitsA
States now in use in Panama canal
construction and which can b Of ssrv-
ice In Alaska will b transferred fron
the canal strip to the tssritosy. to -
used in railroad building vtsn the en-
ginssss on the Canal Zone Asciare that
their work IL finished. The financial
provisions Of the bill instruct the ssc-
retary Of the treasury to borrow $751;
s1l.000 on the credit Of the United
States and to issue bonds In the de-
nominations Of 500 to $1,000. The
sum Of 100000 10 set aside for ad-
ministration purposes.
oesd Resds Favorsa.
Before long congress expects .
report from its Joint COMMITTEES on
federal aid In the construction Of
post roads. 1t 10 believed by the
members that legislation for . gov
ernment appropriation for highway
building throughout the country will
be made an administration matter,
and enacted into Law with the sane
tion OF both houses with very few
signs of division on party lines. The
several states. In order to secure gov
ernment aid In road building. will be
called upon to appropriate their pro
rata share Of the money.
The joint committee has Jonathan
Bourne. Jr.. ~ its chairman. Mr..
Bourne is no longer in congress, but
he still retains his committee mem
bership. He has formulated his own
plans for coed roads and his example
has been followed by Senator Swan
son Of Virginia and by Representative
shackleford Of Missouri.
The members who have Interested
themselves In this matter Of improved
highways have founo it exceedingly
easy to build good roads on paper.
particularly 10 a. the paper used ~
the paper used as the basis of ad-
vance construction has the treasury
note formula printed on its face.
Money is needed to build good roads.
and 1t IL the matter Of cash. 4 lot Of
cash. which blocks the progress Of
building and possibly. only possibly.
may block the future quick progress
of wagons and automobiles. Generally
speaking. however, the sentiment for
better means Of communication
through the country IL strong In both
houses Of congress. and the cry OF
movement
Dourne's Ambitious Plan.
The plan OF former Senator Bourne
IL ambitious. He would like to have
the government issue $1,000. 100000 in
bonds. the issue and the sale mot to
exceed such amounts as may be nee
essary from time to time to enable
the treasurer of the United States to
make payments from the United States
highway fund to the several states In
accordance with the provisions of this
act"
1t is a part of Mr.. Bournes plan to
have the money accredited to the
states in proportion to their total land
area. their population. their assessed
valuation Of taxable property, and the
total mileage Of public highways. On
the basis Of appropriations amounting
to $1,000. .000. 900, and provided that all
the requirements of the act shall be
complied with, the different states will
get large sums of money varying Of
course with the size and wealth of the
commonwealths. Illinois. for instance.
would get about $4,000. 900, while its
neighbor state. Missouri, would get
about $35, ,000, 900 sums which 1t would
seem would build several miles of fair
ly good roadway.
What shaekieford Proposes.
Representative Shackleford, who 10
a member of the joint committee. has
allowed some of his views on the sub
ject to be known In advance Of the
committees report. He has NO such
vaulting money-spending ambitions A.
those which seem to be lodged in Mr..
Bourne's head. 1t is probable that his
views more nearly coincide with those
Of the average member Of congress. In
truth 1t 10 likely that Mr. Shackleford's
scheme, which he already has put into
bill form, will be found to agree pref
ty closely with the provisions of the