Show f FEDERAL AID D DLAN Pl LAN N A Future Highways Already Paid for By Tax On Motorist In Inlew view lew of ot the question raised ed In some ome quarters a as al to tho wisdom of the iho federal te aid polle of the gov- gov government hero uro A few tew figures figureR hat will the tho situation to bo be 1 0 Mowed cd from a o new tingle anglo In o 1918 motorists as a a. class have o paid the federal government in the tho th torn form of oE taxes on au- au au and 9 parte arts the tho sum eum total of Since tho the beginning begin ning of tho federal aid the gov gov- government government has expended 27 as Its share re tor for the construction of federal old nil highway projects according to figures complied com com- plied by tho the American Automobile This means that nat tho the government t i h hi expended less len than 36 per cent of ot the amount of ot motor vehicle ro rev nue paid by hy the motorists as ae a a class Into tho the Coffers coUer of ot tho the treas- treas I Ui department u At this rato rate the I government still o owes oweR es the tho motorists some Bomo With thin thie balance bal bal- balance balance ance sheet there can be little doubt I that h they will line up 17 million millions s ron Ion for tor continuation of ot tho the fed fed- fedr r nl il aid policy policy- They The have havo already footed tooted the tho bill hill |