The Marshall republican., 1914-01-16

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splendid building and also for ha,
ing such a man as c. u. Bacon fc
postmaster: said he had known hi,
Tor four years as sheriff of Salin
county and four years as deput
sheriff and he came out with his re
putation enhanced by faithful scr
vice. The Judge also compliments,
the assistants in the postoffice.
The next speaker was u. q. scbu
rig. Who has been closely connectr,
with the new government building a,
Superintendent Of construction an,
he said in part.
IL has been said that the architec
ture OF q Nation expressive of it's ma.
tiJnal character. While there hay,
been and are In existence today ma.
ticns. which wero and are possessed
with an architecture Of great attain.
ment. the national character haa not
always been OF an enyiable nature:
however. the architecture has gener
ally boon expressive OF truth and
ir"cdom through the hand OF the
dcsigning architect
The architecture OF the building
In which We are gathered tonight Is
an adaptation OF one of the earliest
types OF Greek architecture TO mod.
crn structure. Its details arc so we'll
rroporiioned. in fact so perfect aud
beautiful that for over twenty-five
hundred years there has not been
conceived and put into execution rny
thing that may be regarded as an
Improvement from an architectural
standpoint.
is Il not worthy to a place In your
community. when its educational va.
luc IL considered. dIsregarding for
tho urcscnt the great practical VA.
luc II will have n cog In the trans.
p%ortation. distributing and financial
machinery OF the nation?
The value Of an education cannot
b" measured by the actual cost OF the
schooling. IA q like manner the edit
.cational value Of this building can
not be measured by It's cost to the
however as every good citi.
yea is intensely interested I'm tho
economical distribution of public
funds. | believe It Is well To consider
u moment In n general way. the
roportion of the aggregate national
appropriations now being used for
new construction etc.
This h. n billion dollar country and
Il H. never going To be- anything less.
Congress finds II necessary for
The richest country ON the Globe 10
appropriate yearly one billion dol
.ura, About 10000. 900 or 1 per cent
billion dollars Is now used Tor
icw construction OF buildings under
mo office OF the supervising arcii-
oct Ut the treasury department. A
.ritlc over two per zen will include
nearly everything that IL required to
o%nstruct. equip, maintain ana opcr-
tie the buildings,
The money spent Tor the constric-
ION OF this building Is your share as
part or the one per cent OF all
appropriated for construc-
as before cited. From the be,
OF this community. | believe
Is all YOU have received directly
rom tho federal government. !
I am satisfied In my own mlnd
hat you have N OF the best federal
uildinSs OF It's type In existence. {
architecture "a OF a type being 4,
sec by the best architects. und tho 5
overnment now has under constrrc- 1
n 100000 building and IN I
or contemplation several buildings,
hich embody the Greek Doric dc {
Ills, which You see In this building. 8
he building is an ancient structure I
NJ yet up to the latest styles Of the q
icsent day. and modern IN every G
v
IL is a fact that u really good piece q
architecture receives universal ap-
roval' and judging from the apple- d
shown by the people NJ .hls 8
'wn. and the lack Of any criticism A
hatever. l believe We have sufflci. a
II proof that this building Is an eN- Il
'ntional piece of architecture. I,
never been connected with a n
In any capacity where the o
ioiic appreciation was as marked rs "
sht here In Marshall. d
The fact that only the small
mount OF n per cent OF the total l.
preparations of this country is 81
'ent for federal buildings Ike this, s
to prove TO you how difficult a
Is to obtain the funds for a build- q
of this type, The man who goes "