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Show FEDERAL AID IS DID FACTOR Many States of Union Benefit By New Road System Used By the Government Congress Is made up of representative representa-tive s from 48 states A certain num-, num-, ber of these states wherein propula- tion anil wealth have accumulated pay a substantial part of the federal taxes. It Is true that these taxes aro frc-tly frc-tly paid on Wealth Which does not exist in the slates In which the taxpayer tax-payer resides. Hence the state does not always deserve the credit for such wealth, but the fact still remains that the owner lives and votes in the stati through which the tax filters Ino the national treasury. Federal aid to road building has been employed judiciously in certain states and very badly in others i n-i n-i fortunately the law docs not compel i the slates to function as states and in 'consequence one- of two thin was done with tin federal money In some j of the states: It was matched by , money from the rich counties or it was distributed piecemeal among all the counties. Tin. . , Ltes which pay a large bulk I of tho federal taxes are inclined to favor b national system of highways and they are becoming Increasingl oppo.s. ,i to i he dissemination Ol t. d-Bral d-Bral money on all sorts of road projects pro-jects and on disconnected system-, of highways) Tho.se who advocato such practices should bear In mind that the more progressive roads 1 it,- are sufficiently strong to prevent their 1 continuation. |