Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-06-29
USE TRUCKS ON THE HIGHWAYS,
Dial Opposed to Letting Valuable
Machines Rust Out In Weather.


secure as much of the surplus army
property as possible in the way OF
automobiles and road equipment for
the highway commission of South
Carolina
Il can see no good reason" he said
for the army keeping It's trucks and
letting them rust out in the weather.
AS | stated while ago, last Satur-
day saw hundreds Of trucks perhaps
at Camp Hollabird, out there in the
weather, and my information is that
they were put there before the arm
istice. | have telephoned the bureau
Of roads, but they told me they had
no trucks whatever at Camp Holla-
bird. They further told me that they
could use all the trucks they could
get. The trucks l saw are absolutely
new and have never been used. |
cannot see any difference between
tn War Department, the Postonce
department or the good roads bu-
reau, or any other department. The
property is bought from the money
collected from the taxes of the peo-
pie and is paid out Of the same pock-
etbook. do not want TO be unfrien>-
~ to the War Department, but do
not want ii 10 arrogate to itself the
heller that it can take this property
and keep it there and let it rust out.
can see no better use for these
trucks than for building good roads.
II the PoStOllicc Department needs
some. let he Postolice Department,
have them. There should be no an
tagonism whatever between the War
Department and any other depart
ment Of this govern ment To my
mind, the War Department does not
need those trucks; otherwise they
would have used them long before
this.
Il think it would be very we'll 10
let half Of them go, but if we sell the
other half we will get very little for
them. We will throw them away.
the attention Of the Senate is that
the property Of the United States
ought TO be used. 1t ought not to be
allowed to rust out We should do
everything we can to build up the
roads in this country. have no i'll
will against the War Department. /
nave great many friends in that
department, but the people Of this
country are a lite b;t impatient uycr
thcir Xjravacuuco."
IN q word senator jHul'S position
is tina, 1t makes no difference what
department mas these trucks; that it
is absolutely wrong to allow them to
detcriorate when all the State high
way commissions are begging for
them. Whatever friction may exist
between the War Department and
any other department, he believes,
should cease. and the best use be
made of the various articles Of equip
ment in the interest OF the people
generally. He said he would continue
his Efforts and follow up every pos
sibe avenue to secure them for high
way objects instead Of seeing them
rust in many places throughout the
country.
THE people," Senate Dial con-
cluded. "are little bit impatient
over the extravaganza of the War
Department. Down in my part OF
the country, last year and year be-
fore last, that department allowed
the linters to stay out in the weather
and absolutely rot. Thousands and
hundreds Of thousands of bales of
linters Of some value simply decayed
ana went to waste and were hauled
out and thrown in cutters and then
around in the fields. Several hun
dred bales in my own town were
hauled ont and disposed Of in that
way. am trying to get that depart
mcnt TO realize that the people Of
this country are tired of paying taxes
and not III; 4 dollar bring 90 cents
in return. We want to stop appro-
prialing money it is not necessary to
appropriate. want the War Depart
ment to have all that is necessary to
keep it up in proper shape. but the
people OF this country will not stand
for any such reckless extravaganza
and any such Incidence and wilful
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and paid for them they have gone
down below par. and at the same
time we look out of every window