The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
And Its Passage There is Re-
garded Great Constructive
Triumph of Author.

garded Great Constructive
Triumph of Author.
/ WASHINGTON. May Ex-senator
Bankhead, OF Alabama, has within
the last two weeks achieved the
greatest constructive triumph OF his
1 life in the passage by the United
States Senate of the hill providing
for the building of good roads in this
country under conditions respectful
I ~ jealous OF the limitations of the
constitution. the necessities OF the
people and the rights of the states.
The Bankhead bill has been passed
by the Senate by safe majority and
is substitute for the Shackelford
bill which passed the House by an
overwhelming vote some weeks ago.
4 1t will now go to conference and as
4 1t covers the provisions in the Shack
elford bill. and more. 1t will doubtless
be agreed upon by the two houses
and become law with the approval
of the president.
The bill authorizes the secretary
of agriculture to cooperate with the
states. through their respective state
highway departments. in the con-
struction OF rural post roads. A rural
post road means any public road in
the United States over which the
United States mails are transported.
A state highway department means
any department, commission or Of
fetal or officials charged with the
work ordinarily directed by highway
departments. The bill provides that
the roads built under its terms shall
be properly maintained" which
means that they shall be kept in as
good condition as when they were
first built. It is further provided
that the roads constructed under
this law shall be maintained by the
states or by subdivisions OF the
states
Big Money Appropriate.
The bill appropriates. "out Of any
money In the treasury not otherwise
appropriated the sum OF s75,O0O,-
600 for the construction OF rural
post roads In the states and $l0.-
100000 for the building OF roads in
the national parks. The appropria-
tons are to be apportioned among
the several states in this manner:
One-third in the ratio which the area
OF each state bears to the total area
of all the states; one-third in the ra-
!, ito which the population Of each
state bears to the total population
!, OF all the states, as shown by the
latest available federal census: one
third In the ratio which the mileage
| OF rural delivery routes and star
routes in each state bears to the to-
tai mileage OF rural delivery routes
and star route in all the states. For
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1917,
the sum of $4,000 900. 900 will be APP
propriated: for the fiscal year nedlns
June 80. 1918, 100000 900: for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1919.
!, 100000; for the fiscal year end
ing June so, 1920. S2O.O0O,0Oo, and
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1921, S25.000,O00.
The management and distribution
of the road-building fund will be in
the hands of the secretary Of agri-
, culture who is authorized to make
rules and regulations for carrying
ont the provisions of this act" The
act specifies that mo money appor.
toned under this act to any state
shall be expended therein until Its
Legislature shall have assented to the
provisions of this act" The secre
tary cannot pay out any money or
any road project until the plans
graduation.
The examination for commercial
: agents in district Offices covers thu
following subjects: Economic ant
commercial geography; statistic
and methods of investigations; for
eign languages translation from tn,
foreign language into English); pro
: motion Of commerce (the work OF thu
r various foreign trade promotion
: agencies): the technique Of foreigl
: trade Questions on practical export
:, ing); and education and experience
n The last named subject, education
r and experience. Is rated on state
: ment prepared in advance on the as
c sembled examination by the appli
! cant. and counts more than any 9th
II er one subiect In the written exami
s nation. The commercial. agents 1,
r charge Of the district Offices of tn
l. bureau receive salaries ranging fror
l. s1.400 to $4,000 per ennum. TIL
, commercial agent who assists tn
o commercial agent in charge ordInai
g, lily receives salary ranging fror
d $1,000 to $1,000 per annum. lively
n hundred dollars is regarded as tn
II regular entrance salary for sue
u commercial agents,