Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1921-04-22

lot thp public understand wherein our
-y~icm aud the federal regulations are
lacking la hclpfulnc-s or hlndcrlng IN
restrictions The remaining obstacles
which ure the hcrlmnccu of cupiiallstic
exploitation must be- removed and lu-
Dor must Join infringement In under.
standing that the public which pays. Is
itr public Too be- served and simple jus
tlce ls the right and Will continue 10
bee the right Of all the people
Trunspnrintiun over highways Is IT.
Me- less importnnt but the problems re-.
late t0 construction and development
and deserve your most Earnest uttrn.
ilou, hccause We are laying u foundn.
lion for u long time to come and the
crenllun Is very difficult 10 visualize
la lbs grcnt poss ibilitlrs.
The highways IRE not only feeders
TO the railroads aud afford relief from
their local burdens. they ARE %actunlly
lines of motor traffic In Interstate
commerce. They are the smaller mr..
lerles of the larger portion 0f our rom
mcrcc and the motor eur has become
nn Indispensable instrument In our po.
l%itlcnl, social aud Industrial life.
There Is begun n new era IN high.
way construction. the outlay for which
runs fHr into hundreds ~ millions of
dollnrs. Bond issues by road districts,
counties and states mount To enormous
figures. aud the country Is facing such
mn outlay hut II Is yltnl TINT every
effort shnll be- directed against wasted
effort aud unlustlflnble expenditures,
The federal government can place
M inhibition on the expenditure In the
several states but since Congress has
embarked upon II policy of assisting
the states In highway Improvement,
wisely, I believe, II ran assert q wholly
becoming Influence In shaping policy.
with the principle Of federal pnrticl.
patton n%cccptnbly established, probably
never To be- abandoned. 1t is important
10 exert federal influence In develop.
Ing comprehensive plans looking TO the
promotion Of commerce and apply our
expenditures In the surest way to
guarantee n public return for money
expended.
Federal Aid to Be Guarded.
The large federal outlay demands II
federal voice IN the program Of eXpen.
dlturr. Congress cnn not Justify u
mere glft from the federal purse to
the several %stutcs. to be- prn. rated
uut..,ts ttn gntptIns f,t p.uI l.tt.r.
mcni. Such u course viii invite abuses
which II were better to guard against
In the beginning.
The laws governing federal aid
should be- amended aud strengthened.
The federal agency of administration
should be- elevated 10 the Importance
and vested with authority comparable
io the work before 70. And Congress
ought 10 prescribe conditions Ia fed
ciul appropriations which will n%ocossi.
tate n consistent program of uniform.
lty which will Justify the federal out.
lay.
I know Of nothing more shocking
than the millions of public funds
wasted in improved highways, wasted
because there is no policy Of mnInte-
nance. The neglect Is not universal,
hut II is very great. There Is nothing
the Congress can do more effectively
To end this shocking waste than con-
lltlon all federal aid on provisions for
maintenance, Highways, no mntter
how generous the outlay for construc-
tiun, cannot be- maintained without
patrol aud constant repair. Such con.
dltluns Insisted upon In the grant OF
federal aid will safeguard the public
which pays aud guard the federal
government against political abuses,
which tend to defeat the very purposes
for which We authorize federal cXpen.
diturc.
Linked with rail aud highway Is the
problem Of water transportation In.
lnnd, coHstWisc and trans. oceanic. II
is unt possible un this occasion to snr.
ge-t 10 Congress the additional logls
lntion noedful tu meet the aspirations
ut uur people for 20 merchant marine
In the emergency nf war We have con
expectations It's wur cost must h,
discounted 10 the actual values oI
p,trc, and M" large diffcrcnc,
charged 10 ihc war emergency and III,
pressing task is to turn our assets IN
Tonnage to uu agency of commerce.
u is not necessary to say II to con.
gross. hut ! hH,c thought this 60 hD