EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS TTU'RSDAY, MAY 8, 1028.
Uncle Sam and His Nephews, the States ,
A re Collecting Over
Lillion Dollars in
Yearly Tolls on Motor Vehicles and Fuel
a
More Than Meet* the Nation’* Billon Drllar Highway Building
Bill— Thomas H. MacDonald, Chief of the U. S. Bureau
of Public Road», Tell* Striking Detail*.
By J U D 8 0 N
C
W E L L IV E R
America has reverted to the ancient system of collecting
tolls wherewith to build and maintain highways.
In 1925 these tolls amounted to $1,094,000,000, collected
through motor licenses, gasoline taxes, property, corporation,
income production and other taxes on automobiles, automobile
manufactures, the petroleum industry, etc.
In the same year $1,003,000,000 wa9 spent on rural roads.
It took near a century to build $20,000,000,000 worth of rail
roads. A highway system costing that much will be created in
twenty years at present rate.
The*« are «ome of the high points
presented by Thomas H MacDonald
Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads,
Department of Agriculture, tn an in
terview on highway development
"The equipment of this continent
With modern roads has been the most
amazing provision of a public utility
that any community ever accom
plished m a similar period,” said Mr
MacDonald.
"Historians say the
Roman Empire was held together by
Its highway system, radiating from
Rome to the Provinces But America
has converted a continent Into a
neighborhood within a few years
“ This accomplishment really repre
sents the Inauguration of a new sys
tern of taxation; a system of licenses
and excises levied against particular
privileges or classes of property, the
proceeds being dedicated to highway
development.
•'For 1925 state taxes on gasoline
aggregated $143,000,000 Add to that
$203,500,000 for automobile registra
tion and licenses; $150,000,000 as
property taxes on the 20,000,000 auto
mobiles; $143,430,709 as the Federal
excise tax bn automobiles, parts and
accessories for 1925; $50,000,000 to
represent wheelage taxes, special
taxes on gasoline or cars, and fines
collected from, motor drivers. The
total reaches approximately $749,
930.709
N e a rly $1,100,000,000 Y e a rly T o ll»
"But these figures do not Include
Income and corporation taxes derived
from the motor car business Nor do
they Include state, local, production,
corporation or Income taxes of the
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tlon
Driving from Boston to N*w
York, a man msy psss through four
states
Every one might bsv» a
splendid highway system; but if these
did not artlcnlste st tbe state I'ne*
the trip would be almoet impossible
Thanke to tbe eyetematlzatlon under
Federal Influence, country roads are
as superior to state boundary lines as
are railroad*
"The Federal highway act of 1921
requtn h that a complete nation-reach
Ing eys'em of roads be designated
within two years, as the roada to
which Uncle Sam would give aeetst-
ance. It was found that there were
1.566 061 miles of highway In tbe
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Unifying the Reed System
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petroleum industry. Yet that lndub-
try has a capitalization of about
$9.000.000,000. A modest estimate for
these, added to the preceding figures,
makes a total of $1,094,930,709, which
Is considerably more than the entire
amount spent on country roads.
“ You observe that I have not In
cluded the government's expenditures
of nearly $100,000,000 In Federal aid
to road building. In the eight years
from 1918 to 1925 inclusive, the Gov
ernment has contributed $460,000.000
to help the states build roads That
Is considerably lees than half of what
the country spent on roads In either
1924 or 1925 Moreover, In the same
eight years, while the Government
was distributing that $460.000,000 to
the states, It collected $873.000.000 In
Internal revenue taxes on motor cars,
parts and accessoriee.
Other hun
dreds of millions were collected In In
come and corporation taxes from mo
tor car manufacturers and dealera.
Thus It appears that Federal con
tribution to roads as compared to the
contribution of people who make and
use the cars and the gasoline bae
been decidedly modest
“ But while Federal contribution Is
only about 10 per cent of highway ex
pense, It has accomplished results al
together out of proportion to Its
amount First, It was an Incentive to
the States Tlu Government required
them to invest as much as It con
tributed Then the Government take»
part tn a general supervision of con
structlon and a share In determining
routes. So we have built roads on
better standards, and have got them
organized Into a truly national sys-
tem instead of fortyelgbt state sy*
terns.
GRADE SCHOOL NOTES—
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cans® of the cost, partly because of
competition between routes. When a
stream separates two counties, or two
states, tt Is often Impossible to get
them to agree where to build or how
to divide the cost of a bridge
In
such cases the Federal authority has
repeatedly mediated differences and
secured construction. Let me men
tion some Instances
“ Missouri has been a state for over
a century Divided east and west by
the Missouri river, communication be
tween the two sections has been lim
ited, to the state's disadvantage Four
bridges across the river were required
In the national highway program, and
Federal co-operation with the state of
Missouri has made them possible
Two are completed, the others are un
der construction The four will cost
a little more than $2,000,000, the Fed
eral contribution being nearly $1.000,-
000
Getting Bridge* Constructed
“ Another bridge that has a peculiar
Importance, both locally and nation
ally. has been needed for generations
across Raritan bay, New Jersey It Is
one of the links In the chain of com
munication between New York city
and the country at large
In 1924
New Jersey had some $700,000 of Fed
eral aid allotted to her roads and in
1925 over $1.000.000. So the state
agreed that this Raritan bridge should
be built, costing about $4.000.000.
Federal fund* made up about one-
tbird of tbe amount The bridge, over
a mile and a half long. Is now nearly
completed.
“ Such Illustrations might be multi
plied Indefinitely. National participa
tion has repeatedly made possible the
accomplishment of vitally important
highway development’
According to the American Petro
leum Institute, tbe gasoline tax was
first Imposed to 1919 In Oregon. It
has now been adopted by all ths
states exespt New York, Illinois, New
Jersey and Massachusetts The ten
dency has been continually to In
crease tbe rate of tax per gallon. As
late as 1921 gasoline taxes for the en
tire country were only about $5,000,
000 tn 1922. $12.000.000. In 1921 al
most $37.000.000; tn 1924. $79.000.00«,
and In 1925. $141.987.749
With good prospect* that the “gas"
tax will be adopted soon by states
which do not have It now and with
the «allonage rate* being Increased in
other »tales, It Is calculated that this
tax alone will soon raise $100.000,0««
a year, quits possibly during 192«,
TTTRFB
Afoni;:.?
Yearly Record Smashed in 8
Firet Grade----
Florence Sagner and John Geil
are absent from school on account
o f illness.
Mrs. Clara Hinicbothem spent
Monday morning in thci primary
room.
The first grade are making dain
ty little booklets to be given their
mothers in honor o f Mothers’ Day.
The first grade have read two
primers, a supplementary first read
er and are now beginning their Bea
con first readers.
The course of
study requires only three weeks
work in this book at the close o f
the year, as the book is to be com
pleted in the second grade.
Second Grade—
Mrs. Petrasso visited the se :ond
grade this week.
924 miles, were to be Included in the Fourth Grade—
The children receiving the Palmer
national system, eligible for Federal
aid Nearly every mile of that 2,866, Method Button for acceptable work
661 was a candidate for designation in writing are Ruth Saunders, Max
as a Federal highway But In the end Gilgan, Frances Wiley, Harold Per
the system was laid out as a truly na ry, Ervin Douglas, Sam Whitehead
tional one.
and Malissa Sarver.
'When the map was published It
They will now try fo r the P r o -'
showed nearly the 200,000 miles of
designated routes Since then 46,485 gress Pin whic his the next award. !
The fourth grade have com pleted!
miles of these roads have been Im
proved, nearly 13,000 more are under their text book work for this year
construction, and over 2,000 have been | according to the State course o f j
approved for early beginning of work. : study. The remaining time will be
In addition to that many states have
built, without Federal aid, extensive spent in review.
sections which are included within Fifth and Sixth Grades—
The
following
pupils received
this national system. In fact, these
state contributions aggregate 65,000 Palmer Pins for writing;
Carol
miles, so that approximately two- Yocum, Kelly Douglas, Paul Beck,
thirds of the 200,000 mile national Lloyd Kaake, Walter Sagner, Au
highway system has already been Im
drey Ingles< Cecil Cahill and David
proved
Eschleman.
U n c le Sam at Road S u p e rv is o r
Carol Yocum and Audrey Ingles
"Along with all of this, there Is the
received the Progress Pins and are
Federal supervision over construction
and maintenance. When Uncle Sam writing now fo r improvement cer
helps build a road he reserves au tificates.
Wesley Jacobsen has been absent
thority to require Its proper main
tenance Then there is the business from school on account o f illne;».
of uniform marking along highways, Eighth Grade—
which makes it possible for motorists
The following pupils have made
to drive thousands of miles on a des-
exemptions in spelling,
grdmmar
Ignated route whose markings be
and
arithmetic
in
the
recent
county
come so familiar that after a few
tests: Ruby Bates, Eugenie DuBois,
miles he need not ask directions.
“ Finally Federal participation has Charles DuBois, Vera Chandler,
made possible a great number of James Guttridge, Edith Demoy, Her
bridges at strategic points. Some of bert Fifer, Helen Perry, Alta Dar-
these have been needed for years, yet row and Thurston Yocum.
state and local authorities have been
The eighth grade county extmtn-
unable J o . provide them, partly be-
ations will be given next week.
GASOLINE TAXES BY STATES
Gas Tax
p e r G a l.
1925
2
4
2
2
2
2
2
’ PACE
BORDEN
WOULD
REPRESENT
FIRST DISTRICT IN CONGRESS
Newton W. Borden o f Medford
Will be a candidate fo r the Demo
cratic nomination fo r congress in
the
May primaries, it was an
nounced Saturday by Carl C. Don-
augh, president o f the Democratic
club o f Oregon, who has received a
letter from Borden, indicating that
he will seek the office now held by
Congressman Hawley.
Borden is a practicing attorney
o f Medford and former district at
torney o f Jackson county. H ehas
been active in Democratic politics
and at the present time Represents
Thie it the 181,324th Buick o f the
current series. It marked the setting
o f a record In shipments for Buick
carj in eight months, which exceeds
that of any entire fiscal year in the
history of the company.
During the eight month period
since Aug 1, 1925, practically every
other Fuick record was smashed. The
average monthly shipments was 22,
863 cars, which surpasses the record
of the highest previous tingle month.
This month was October, 1925, when
22,850 cars were loaded and sent out.
The October record was also
broken in each of the three months
of 1926. In January the shipments
set a new record of 23,265 cars which
is 415 cars better than the October
mark. In February the record of
January was beaten by 29 cars. The
March record smashed the February
mark by 2,011 car9.
E . T . Strong, Buick General Sales
Jackson county on the Democratic j
state central committee.
The date for filing having expired
it will be necessary for the Demo
cratic voters o f the first congres
sional district to write in Borden s
name on the ballot in order to give
him the nomination.
No candidate filed thiB year for
the nomination.— Journal.
Manager, gave some indication of
w hat th e com pany was accom plish
ing in an interview a few weeks a|v>.
H e s ta te d th a t B uicl: dculersthrough-
o u t th e Country 1 ad been unable to
stock cars in a..ticip atio n of th e
Spring dem and fo r th e first t'm e he
could rem em ber.
T l v e Hoick re
cords bear o u t b iro n g 's .ta '.e rrrn t
that 1926 would be an exceptional
year b oth for th e a u to in d u stry and
for every other bran ch of business.
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speaking of the
Senatorial candidates,
said:
“ If we were entirely
business-like in the con
duct of our public affairs
intent only upon getting
the best man available
for the money, there is
no doubt
whom
we
would employ.
“ W e would employ a man of proved
achievement, proved honesty, proved fear
lessness and trustworthiness.
W e would
employ a big man.
“ And that man is Alfred E. Clark of
Portland.”
The TOLEDO LEADER:
“ Mr. Clark
is a man who has had a world of exper
ience, has the age, the dignity and ability
to represent the people of this great state
in the national law making body as they
should be represented.”
The EASTERN C LA C K A M A S N E W S:
“There are few men in the state who are
as well qualified for Senator as Mr. Clark.”
The CONDON TIMES: His (Mr. Clark)
knowledge of public affairs, his promin
ence as a lawyer and his reputation an a
speaker will prove valuable assets should
the people desire to send him to Wash
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