Show SENATORS FAVOR GOOD ROADS growing belief that government should concern itself with construction st of highways highway national roads como come in for repeated reference refe ronco in the senate debate relating to the post office ampro appropriation privation pria tion bill it Is evident that there to la a constantly growing bellet belief that the federal government before long should hould concern itself with the construction st or of trunk line roads roada thus encouraging cou raging and making more convenient the great flood of interstate t travel ravel during the debate in the senate senator swanson of virginia made this comments comment wo wet are now confronted front e d with the proposition whether the federal government shall or shall not extend all aid for tho the development improvement and construction ol of highways the time has arrived or will very soon eoon arrive when the people of the united states will demand that the federal government shall extend proper aid whatever may bo be the views oi of some it to IB P question that must be inevitably met and one that cannot be shirked sh irked when a government cornea comes to extend aid tor for roads roada there are ara two ways by which it ft can bo be done it can furnish the money and construct the road itself or it can aid sti mulato and lend inducement to fo the local authorities to do the work of road construction and improvement senator cleyburn Iley barn of idaho belle believes when the government enters upon this class of work it should be for the construction ot of roads up to io the standard of the highest use not all at me no time but continuously and gradually not roads roada one part of which would bo be worn out before the other ether was waa constructed hut but a system ot of pra pro gres sivo construction that ame bould ro cult within a reasonable time in a system of permanent good roads senator williams of mississippi Missle li Is a contender for first drat class construction 1 said ho he you must make one aln gaad road d good d then you must make another goods good and then a third and then a fourth thore thora must he be some poma scheme whereby they could ba don fl with fairness to the states and the overal sections of the country senator lodge of massachusetts contends if we wa aro are to enter upon the policy of federal aid in good roads it t will involve an expenditure of moro more millions than the panama canal copt atad and jt J ought to t bo done onh after most careri td elation ano and on a broad well understood well arranged plan so abat for or the millions expended 0 we o may get value in the tha return wo we desire id 14 good roa roads d a 1 senator do hourne U rne ot of oregon who to i chairman c cc the senate committee on and post roads said bald 1 I am heartily tn in favor ot of good roads my pinion Is IB bo however wever that we havo bave not sufficient information to take intelligent i at action as 03 to the tha best beat method of |