The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-11
APPROPRIATIONS OF ss1so,ooooo
AUTHORIZED FOR THE
J; NEXT THREE YEARS. .Ff&S
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HOW MONEY IS APPoRIloNED
Each State Must Il Match. thu Sun
GiYen by the covernment and Mus.
PraperIy Maintain the Highway;
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By.JAMEs xP..hoRAADANs.

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amounting to $19O,OOO,00O, carried by
the postoffice appropriation bill signed
by the President June 10. Fifty mil
lion dollars is authorized for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, this year, ano
$65, 100000 and $75,00O,Oo0, respective
ly, are authorized for each Of the two
succeeding fiscal years. In addition
Sc, 100000 is authorized for forest
roads for each Of the two fiscal years
beginning July I, 1925 and July I,
1924. The funds will be administered
by the secretary Of agriculture
through the bureau Of public roads.
The apportionment be- made to
the various states is approximately as
follows: Alabama. $1,035, 614;. Arizona
$702,1sS; Arkansas, $836,095 Cali
fornia, $1,641 1899; Colorado, 1894, 1T
Connecticut, $500, 500; Delaware, $243,'
ESQ; Florida, $591, PIT; Georgia, ST.
G31 ,872; Idaho, $625, 1891; Illinois, s.;
164,1s7; Indiana, 81 ,3o5904;; Iowa,
81, 4O1,915; Kansas, $1,401, 521; Ken.
lucky, $944,7S6; Louisiana, $664,66O ;
Maine, $463, 44O;77 Maryland, 1927, 086;
Massachusetts, $73o, 7s4; Michigan, ST.
;499,6Ss; Minnesota, 81 ,415,7S1; Missis'
sippi,. $sG3,271; Missouri, 81, 632, O86;
Montana. $1,031,257 Nebraska, ST.
1854, 126; Nevada, $685., 1924; New Hamp
shire, $243, $50; New Jersey, $62S, 5S1 ;
New Mexico, 1898, PIG; New York, ST.
464,299; North Carolina, $l,139,568;
North Dakota, $776,476; Ohio, $685.
OO3; Oklahoma, $1,168, 226; Oregon
$7SS,A3; Pennsylvania, $2..265, 800 ;
Rhode Island, $243, $50; South Caro-
lima, $7O7, 492; South Dakota, $780,
7O7; Tennessee, $1,O9S, 461; Texas, ST..
95O,115; Utah, $566,278; Vermont,
$243, $50; Virginia, $971,219; Washing
ton, $735. SO6; West Virginia, 1884, 1905 ;
Wisconsin, ,211; and Wyoming,
$623,07S, making total of $4S,750,'
600. 49,. j.,
States Must Match the Funds. :
These funds must be: matched BY
the states and will be administered
subject to the general provisions al:
ready in force. -.
The new legislation reduces the
maximum participation on the part Of
the government from $4,000 to $780,
;;25O per mile for roads constructed with
the appropriation for the next fiscal
year and $4,000 per mile thereafter,
Bridges over 200 feet in span may be
considered. as separate projects to
which this limitation does not apply.
In states where more than per cent
of the area is unappropriated public
land provision Is made for an increase
in the amount per mile. The act also
provides for the extension Of federal
aid to the construction Of structures
required for the elimination Of rail.
road grade crossings.
Important provisions Of previous acts
under which large funds have been sue
cessfully administered are applicable
to the new funds. States must main.
tain adequate highway departments.
Funds to match federal aid must be
placed under the direct control Of the
state highway department. The type
of surface constructed must be ade'
quate for the traffic anticipated, with
reasonable grades, curves, and other
features. States must obligate them.
selves to maintain all federal.aid
roads constructed, and in case this is
not done any federal funds available
for new projects may Mbe withheld
until the roads are put tntoas atisfac:
tory condition. :. 2 =
! State Systems co-ordinated.
Plans for the proposed system have
been received by the bureau Of public
reads from all but eight states, and
the state systems are being CO.
iordinated so that when Joined together
they will serve the best interests of
the whole country. In the meantime
only projects certain to be in the pro-
posed system. are being approved.
The new appropriation cones at a
time when several states are nearing
the limit Of funds available. /. The
authorization of funds for threeAyears
in advance will be OF greatSbenefit to
all states in that it will permit them
ic lay their plans for some time ahead.
Uncertainty as to future federal aid
is removed and provision can be made
lat once for raising state funds to
matchIit. ga
Wrong Time, to. Raise Prices. "
Men influential in the adminis'
tration are raising their voices against
the tendency to push up prices
again. "The present is good time to
sound warning against any general
effort to put up the prices Of those
things the mass Of consumers, must
buy" says the comptroller Of the cur
rency, D. II. Crissinger. "Such move
ment, 1 feel, would just at this juno
ture be likely to prove untimely, and
to bring unfortunate consequences. I
am familiar with the fact that in gen.
eral the tendency is to buy on a rising
market and to sell on FILLING market.
But that doesn't by any means assure
that business is bound to get good
when prices are getting higher, or get
worse when prices are getting lower.
$50 I want to warn against any ten-
dency to whattIs believe the economist
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