Show THE TIlE COLTON T BILL ILL With lith ith transcontinental traffic ever a and 1 ever increasing it has become patent that the construction of primary and interstate highways is is lagging behind in these Western states that have haver r large areas o of f taxable non-taxable lands within their borders The languishing languishing lan lan- b gI process in fact has reached the point under the Federal Feder l lAid Aid plain I The situation is primarily due to the fact that these public land states are unable to meet Federal Aid appropriations for forthe the h good reason that their resources in population and wealth are disproportionate pt to the task required of them K This simply means that the national roa road program is facing an cores emergency gency It is necessary to amend the law v so that Federal Aid will conform to conditions in the States in question This iS is f the v purpose u pose of the bill introduced by Congressman Colton of Utah in the first session of the Sixty eight Congress It has two main provisions first the granting of per pel cent Federal aid for Primary and interstate highways in the public land States where the population does not exceed ten person to the square mile and second the repeal of the per mile limitation of the amount 5 may be o given in those States What is proposed is simply a necessary development of the graduated scale so as to permit the switching of funds to primary highways without increasing the allotment of any State fI The e Colton Collon bill was indorsed by the last two annual meetings of the Association of State Highway officials and has the support of the Bureau of Public Roads Its enactment is necessary if we weare weare we weI I are to have the flung far-flung system of highways contemplated un under top un der del the Federal Aid plan American American Motorist 1 I |