The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-08
HARRISON SAYS
 GOOD ROADS BILL
 MAY BE DEFEATED
Representative States That Amendments Will Lose a
 Federal Aid-Discusses Measures Pending

Now that the revenue bill is out of the way. an effort is to be made t1 | speed up the work O. the legislature
 according to William L. Harrison, rep resentative from Jefferson county
 who is spending the weekend at his home in Birmin sham. With seven
 more legislative days remaining, it is
 planned to consume three each week
 and the seventh is given over usually
 to awaiting the signature of bills on
 the part of the governor.
 MT. Harrison issued a warning to the people of Birmingham and the entire state regarding the good roads meas ure now pending before the legIsla-
 ture. Although he strongly favors the measure as originally presented and still has hopes that it will be passed. there is danger that amend ments will so thoroughly change the purport of the bill that it's usefulness may be hampered, if not. destroyed
 Some of the amendments which have
 been proposed and which threaten to
 become parts of the bill will prevent
 the state from receiving any of the
 federal aid for good roads, which is
 one of the chief purposes of the pro-
 posed bill
 Now that the revenue bill has been
 put through, indications are that tho
 work of the legislature will be great. ly speeded up," declared MT. Harrison
 ney+a arJa vl.; r1rf ff.,.
 day is Wednesday, the house and sen
 ate meet as a committee of the whole
 tomorrow to consider the educational
 bills. These measures will provide
 increased appropriations for the ele-
 mentary and high schools of the state
 as well as for the University of Ala
 bama. Auburn and other institutions
 of higher education. 1 am in favor o1
 the general purport of the measures
 and think they will be passed.
 T was opposed to the revenue bill
 as passed and voted against the in- clusion of the tonnage tax The meas
 ure had been debated for long time
 and with the strength of the admins
 tration behind it it could not be de- feated at the final vote. The income tax feature was so emasculated by changes and amendments that it now applies principally to salaried men Farmers and landlords are exempted from it's provisions.
 The appropriation bills have been held up pending the passage of the revenue bill, but as they have beer practically agreed on little delay is anticipated in their passage The b;l to take the convicts out of the mines and work them on the roads, whict passed the house some days ago by good majority, is the special order Tor the forty-sixth day in the senate The Rogers amendment to work ths convicts in state-owned mines will be considered. I favor the Orr bill, which passed the house. wssrch provides fol the removal of the convicts from the mines gradually between now and 1923 One of the most important meae ures to be settled by the legislati.rt during the remaining days is the statt highway commission good roads bill This act is in danger of being either defeated or else so thoroughly changed that the state will lose all benefit o1 the federal aid, which is most i'm. portant reason for enacting the high. way bill If some of the amendments now being considered are made a part of the bill it is certain that we car get no aid from the federal govern ment. l still believe the bill will pass in it's original form, but it will take some hard work to put it over.''
 MT. Harrison will return to Mont. gomery this afternoon.