Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-13
GOVERNMENT WILL
BUILD GOOD ROADS
FEDERAL GOOD ROADS BII.L
WILL IN ALL PROBABILITY
m ACCEPTED ~ CONGRESS
By y. 7. JONES.
Slalf Corresponileni.

WASHINGTON. March lg.--Cungress
probably Will soon pass. n not al this
session then al the special scstlon
which Mr. Harding will call early in
april the Federal good roads I'm This
measure has the support Of the p,rart
mont ~ frririil'rrr 1rf nrihr-i-r- 'h-
expenditure by the Federal Govern.
meni Of 100000, 600 for good roads dur
ing the coming fiscal year. which be-
gins next July 1. The sioo. 0o0 40 fund
In TO be distributed on ffty.nfty basis.
IN cooperation with the states. on a
proportionate basis ~ population. area.
and mileage Of Government mail routes
The money will be- expended by the
Bureau ~ Good Roads ~ the DEPART
ment of Agriculture. and by the state
Highway Department q the forty eight
states.
The benefits u good roads are too
well kn0~n 10 dearribe In a newspaper
article. one benefit. however. has been
generally overlooked al this time That
IL the continued participation ~ tn
Federal Government IN good road build.
INT will mean the employment ~ many
persons who are now out - work. and
anything az this time that gives en-.
pioyment 90 the millions who are now
seeking work IL certain 90 be- Of bon.
cit 20 the country AZ larg, The prin
elpai benefit 81 good roads IL the i'm
proveineni In the avenues ~ quickly
getting perishable food supplies from
the farms 10 the ccn;ers II population
Good roads also improves the morale
m II were OF the whole farm popula. /
ton. as u enables the people who live |
In the country 90 get into easy touch /
with the center q trade O. say nothing 1
of the better accessibility ~ places ~ 1
worship and amusement Improved road /
certainly make for greater contcn,meni |
on the farms. a. well as increase the /
productivity and profits Of agriculture
In the last five years the Federal /
Government has expended tsf5 O00. 900
Tor improving roads. and the various
statee an equal sum. According % the
Good Roads Bureau o. the Department
or Agriculture there IL now under con
tract but $1,000 900 q road improve
ment. The last appropriation will run
out on July next. Ten % the States
Georgia. Idaho. Illinois. Florida Della
ware. Maryland. Rhode Island. Wash.
ington. Kentucky. and West Virginia
have exhausted all Of their road build
ing funds. twenty-five other States
win have used IN all q their road
funds before or by July I next. II
Congress should fail 20 make a big an.
preparation for good roads thiriy.five ~
the States. therefore. would have 20
cease Improving their reads. az FAR rs
Federal assistance IL concerned.
Officials q the Good Roads bureau
said today there will be- spent In the
next fiscal year. including independent
State aid. more than one billion dollars
for improving the roads ~ the country
The program. looked nj ~ a whole. in.
cludes the linking w throughout the
whole country q the principal market
centers interstate and intra.s,ate.
Bureau officials and congressman ex'
planned that the primary importance %
improving the Nations highways lies
In and directly contributes 90 the pros.
perity and conientment 81 the entire
population. and that nothing Congress
can do WOULD be more beneficial than
continued and persistent good roads
Improvement. The importance of hav.
Ign good roads stretching over the
whole country IL seen In one statement
Of Herbert Hoover. during the World
War. IN which Mr.. Hoover ald that az
least 30 per cent. Of the perishable
food products raised IN the United
States did not reach the markets be.
cause Of lack Of suitable roads
There II another angle 20 the good