The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-07-07
by William Bruckart

state remained without new highways.
Further, the states are required to
spend at least so per cent of their total
share within the confines of cities and
towns, for there is where the greatest
amount of unemployment exists. An
other requirement is that secondary
roads, farm-to-market systems and
highways of that character, may be
constructed with 25 per cent of the
states total, while the other % per
cent may be expended upon compile
ton of the federal highway system.
The point of all of this is that the
federal government is determined to
enforce distribution of the funds
to as many areas as possible. This
serves the purpose of providing the
work as near as may be to the unem-
ployed and prevents "hogging" Of
available construction by any section.
The government also put it's finger
on the methods to be used. 1t is say
ing to each of the states that no con-
vict labor may be used, that the con-
tractors must pay wages that permit
of decent and comfortable living
standard, and that workers may not be
kept on the job longer than 80 hours
per week in order that the maximum
number of workers may have jobs.
This principle is regarded as espe-
cially important because it establishes
the six-hour day and the five-day week
for the first time on large scale. How
long it can be maintained is now q
matter of pure conjecture, but it will
remain as the principle on all federal
grants to states for highway building
during the expenditure of these funds.
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The ALLEGATION of the $400,000O00
fund by states is as follows: Alabama.
$S,37O,133; Arizona,
ALLEGATION $5,211,96o; Arkan-
by States sas, $6,74s335; Cali
fornia, $15,607 1854;
Colorado, $6,S74530; Connecticut, ST.
S65,74O; Delaware, $1,8190SS; Florida,
1921 1874; Georgia, $1,000, 1S5; Ida
no, $4,4s6,249, Illinois, $17,570, no;
Indiana, $1O,037,S43; Iowa, $10,055,-
ego; Kansas, $1O,0S9,604; Kentucky,
$7,517,356; Louisiana, $5,S2S,591;
Maine, Sc, 1863, 917; Maryland, 1864, 527;
Massachusetts, $6,597, 100; Michigan,
$12,736,227; Minnesota, S1O,65S,569;
Mississippi, $6,97S675; Missouri, $12,-
1S0,306; Montana, S7,439,74S; Nebras-
ko, $7,S2S,961; Nevada, $4,545,917 New
Hampshire, $1.909,S39; New Jersey,
$6,346, $50; New Mexico, So, 782 ,935 New
York, $22,330, 101; North Carolina, &c.
522, 293; North Dakota, $5,804 AS;
Ohio, $15,4S4, SOP; Oklahoma, $9,216-
79S; Oregon, $6,106,S9G; Pennsylvania,
$1S,S91,0 Rhode Island, $1,99S, 70S;
South Carolina, $5,459,165; South Da-
kota, $6,O11, 40; Tennessee. $S,492,619;
Texas, $24,244,024; Utah, $4,194, 709;
Vermont, $1,S67,573; Virginia, $7,416-
757; Washington, $6.115,S67; West
Virginia, $4,474,234; Wisconsin, &c.
724,SS1; Wyoming, S4,5O1 1927; District
of Columbia, $1,91S,469, and Hawaii,
$1,S71 ,O62.
While most of us believe there has
been a depression on throughout the
country, none would
TOURISTS believe it to be true
Smorm CoDifol if the sole yardstick
for measuring bust
ness conditions was the tourist travel
through the national Capitol building
in Washington. Although accurate
figures are not available, the corps of
guides who lead visitors through the
great building on Capitol hill tell that
they have had what they call big
year thus far. To the uninitiated, it
Is plain to see that thousands of per-
sons are making n visit to Washington
this year, for there has been steady
stream of visitors passing through
those long corridors day after day in
an almost unending procession. The
same is true of the Washington monu-
ment, that tall obelisk ranging 555 feet
in the air as mark of the reverence
held for the father of his country.
Passing by the monument almost any
time during the day, one can see
familiar sight, queue of tourists
awaiting their turn to ride to the top
in the slow moving elevator within
the square walls of the structure.
A few nights ago some of the folks
in the treasury had occasion to work
late and in the course of the evening,
one of the cOlored messengers was
asked to visit an Office for file of pa
pers, the regular occupant of that Of
fee having gone home. The messenger
went but came back soon, saying he
could not get in An investigation re-
vealed the Office was unlocked. Some
further inquiry ELECTED the informa-
ton from the messenger that two
years ago an official had died at his
deck and the messenger maintained he
had since observed ghosts in the
Office.
g. 1898. Western Newspaper Union.