Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-19
j. s. IS GENEROUS
TO ALL THE STATES

WASHINGTON. - Congressional
outbursts of oratory In defense Of
state rights to the contrary, Uncle
Sam is. has, and will continue to be
a most indulgent father" to the for
ty-eight states OF the union in mat
tiers monetary.
His annual output to the states
for social welfare and improvement
dents the treasury vaults upwards
of one hundred and eleven millions
Of dollars year.
A concrete example of the ease
with which uncle" is worked Is Of
fered by a perusal Of treasury de-
partment records for the fiscal year
just closed. During the twelve
months ended June 80, 1922, Uncle
Sam donated for the promotion Of
education, construction Of roads, pre-
vention Of disease, etc., exactly $111,-
065, 1908. Other expenditures during
the year for the sole benefit Of the
states places the total materially
higher, but this figure indicates the
major output annually, and proba-
bly, will be slightly exceeded during
the fiscal year 1928.
a The department Of agriculture Is
perhaps the greatest of the fairy
q hn1nin0
hand to the states in behalf Of Uncle
Sam. This agency of the govern
ment handles numerous federal aid
funds from which advances were
made last year as follows:
Payments to states and terrific
ries from the national forest fund,
1,107, 500; payments to school funds,
Arizona and New Mexico forest
funds, $4,000; establishment of ag-
ricultural experimental stations at
colleges from the appropriation for
the states relation service, $1,44O,-
900: cooperative extension of agri-
cultural work, $3.50, 900; co-opera-
tive construction Of roads and trails
in the national forests, $1,720,000'
cooperative construction Of rural
post roads, $S5 900; construction
of federal forest roads, $4,000, 900;
forest road development, $2,500,00O
work on forest highways, $2,5O0,000.
The department of interior like
wise handed out a sizeable sum of
money during the fiscal year 1922,
the major item, standing at $2,5OO,-
900, having been allocated to colleges
for the promotion of agriculture and
mechanic arts. Other expenditures
included $1,659.308 in payments to
states from receipts under the oil
leasing act Of February rs, 1920, and
about $50 1000 in aid under the five.
three and two per cent funds to
states"
Federal aid to states In the matter
Of training and rehabilitating war
veterans is another item which helps
to shrink the treasury's reserve.
Funds were distributed for co-opera-
tive vocational education in agricul-
ture, $1,362,600; cooperative voca-
tiona1 education in trades, $1,372,-
500; general cooperative vocational
education, 1881 900, and cooperative
vocational rehabilitation of persons
disabled in industry. $76S,000.
PreVenLlOn OIL SOCldl ulScdScS uASO
is matter of sufficient concern to
the federal government to warrant
the expenditure of federal funds in
the states. The interdepartmenta
social hygiene board during 1922 ex.
pended 100000, while under the re-
cent act appropriating 100000 for
the prevention and control of social
diseases, 1925, 900 is given to the
states for cooperative work.
All-in-all, Uncle Sam isn't such a
tight-fisted old gent as some. Of our
honorable representatives in con-
gress would have us believe.