The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-04-14

winch are the heritance OF capitalistlc
expectation must be removed and
iaDor must join management i'm un.
outstanding that the public which paws
| - lne public to be served and simple
justice is the right and will continue
10 be the right of all the people.
Highway Building.
| transportation over the highways is
little less important. but the problems
relate To construction and DEVELOPMENT
uhu deserve your most earnest inten.
li"h because We are laying founda-
llOn Tor long time to come and the
creation Is very difficult to visualize
ih us great responsibilities
Inc highways are not only feeders
| 10 lhe railroads and afford relief from
thelr local burdens; they are actually
INES of motor traffic in interstate
commerce. They are the smaller ar
terieS of the larger portion of our
commerce and the motor car has be-
come an Indispensable instrument in
our political, social and industrial life.
Federal Assistance.
There Is begun II new era In high.
way construction, the outlay for which
runs far into hundreds of millions of
dollars. Bond issues by road districts.
counties and states amount To enor.
nous figures and the country is fac
ing such mn outlay that IL Is vital that
every effort shall be directed against
wasted effort and unjustiflable eX-
penditure.
The federal government can place
no inhibition on the expenditure I'm
several states but since congress has
embarked upon policy of assisting
the states In highway Improvement
| wisely. believe. 1t can assert a wholly
becoming Influence In shaping policy
General Supervision.
With the principle of federal partict.
patton acceptnbly established. prob
ably never To be abandoned, It Is i'm.
portant to exert federal influence in
developing comprehensive plans look.
ing To The promotion of commerce and
apply our expenditures in the suresi
way to guarantee Il public return fol
money expended.
Large federal outlay demands d
federal voice In the program of eX
penditure. Congress cannot Justify a
mere gift from the federal purse tC
the several states. to be prOutet
among counties for road betterment
Such Il course will invite abuses which
it were better to guard against In tn,
beginning.
The laws governing federal ail
should be amended and strengthened
The federal agency of administration
should he elevated To the impOrtanc,
and vested with authority comparabl,
tO the work before It. Aud congress
ought to prescribe conditions to fed
ernl appropriations which will ncces
state II consistent program of uni
formity which will justify the fedora
outlay.
Constant Repair.
| know of nothing more shOcllln
than the millions of public funds vast
ed in improved highways, wasted he
cause there is no policy of maintt
nance. The neglect Is not universal
but 1t is very near IL. There is nOtl
ing congress can do more effectively I
end this shocking waste than cOnd
ton all federal aid on provisions fo
maintenance.
Highways. no matter how genrrOu
the outlay for construction, cannot b
maintained without patrol and COZ
slant repair. Such conditions inslSte
upon IN the grant of federal aid vii
safeguard the public which pays an
guard the federal government aguins
political abuses. which TEND to defea
the very purposes for which we au
thOrize federal expenditure.
Merchant Marine.
| Linked with rail- and highway is tn
problem of water tIunSpOrtntiOn-in
land. cOastwiSe and trnnsOceanic
Is not possible ON this occasion 10 SUI
gest Ia congress the additional legis
lHtiOn needful to meet the aspiration
of our people for a merchant marine
Ia the emergency of war we have con
Structed IA tonnage equaling on
largest expectations. Its war COS
must be discounted 10 the actual val
ues of peace and the large difference
charged to the war emergency and tn
pressing task is To turn our assets il
Tonnage 10 an agency of commerce.
II is not necessary Ia say il 10 con
greSs. but have thought This tO be
| DtlllllnE oNfuSlbll ~ give ubllNt Anu
the United States means Ia ESTABLISH
and maintain great merchant MA
rine.
Marine Laws.
Manlfestly If our laws gOyernn!
American activities on the seas ar,
such as 10 give advantage 10 thos'
who compete with MS for The carryln:
of our own cargOes and those whicl
ought naturally 10 come In American
bottoms through trade exchanges
then the spirit of American fair pla!
will assert itself to give American
curriers' their equality of opportunity
This republic can never realize Ia
righteous aspirations in commerce
can never be worthy the traditions
of the early days of the expanding re
public until the millions of tons O
shipping which we now possess are
cOOrdinated with our inland transpOr
tation and our shipping has govern
ment encouragement, not government
operation, In carrying our cargOe'
under our flng, over regularly Operat
ed routes, To every market In The
world, agreeable to American ok