MOST ALL OF ROAD DOLLARS GO TO LABOR

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS

As patrolmen are available.

The following is a recapitulation of revenues from field operations from August 11, 1931, to June 30, 1932:

Special attention is called to the fact that the revenue collected by the Highway Patrol from foreign vehicles, in the amount of $79,959.35, in itself shows a profit of $26,612.52 over and above the total operating costs of the Highway Patrol.

FOREST GOSSIPS

Autumn brings a tone of sadness; Gone the aspen's welcome gladness. No more tales with leaves aquiver Of the dale and of the river.

Spring, the balsum and the hemlocks, Den'zens somber in their green frocks, While the giddy aspens daily Of forest gossip chatter gaily.

Take the path or take the roadway On a June or on a May day, While the birds their thoughts are trilling When the course of life is thrilling.

Take the path that leads through aspens And you'll learn of all that happens: The different songs of birds while mating, Of everything are aspens prating.

Leaves aturning, always list'ning; This way, that way, always whispering; Tales of all that roam the wildwood, Of their ways and of their live'hood.

Now the frost has chilled their fervor, And it seems that its endeavor Has stilled the aspens, and they sleep As tired children sleeping deep.

Autumn brings a tone of sadness, Gone the aspen's welcome gladness, No more tales with leaves aquiver, Of the dale and of the river.

"Without question one of the best ways of providing jobs is the construction of highways since as much as 91 cents of every dollar received by the contractor goes into the pockets of labor."

This statement was made by W. C. Markham, executive secretary of the American Association of State Highway officials.

Mr. Markham said: "The severity of unemployment is very greatly dependent upon road building. If in the near future highway building funds were reduced unemployment could be expected to increase materially. however, if road building is maintained at the pace it progressed last year, many thousands of men will be kept at work and away from the need for charity.

"Recently the Bureau of Public Roads made a very careful analysis of the breakup of the dollar spent for concrete pavement. The Bureau learned that 91 cents of the contractor's dollar goes to labor and through a large number of channels, a fact that benefits many workmen and adds to the desirability of providing road work as a means for combating unemployment.

"The money spent directly by the contractor for labor is only the beginning. The contractor, directly and indirectly, pays out more than a third of his dollar for transportation of materials and equipment and hauling means an extensive use of labor. When he buys his materials and equipment he is also paying for great volumes of labor required in manufacturing and production.

"Therefore, it is easy to see that labor is benefited as follows in the spending of the contractor's dollar: Directly on the road job, 15.45 cents; from transportation of materials and equipment, 17.5 cents; from the production of miscellaneous materials and equipment, 16.22 cents; from reinvestment by property owners, 13.85 cents; from the production of cement, 6.1 cents; from the production of aggregate, 5 cents; from the purchase of new equipment, 5.27 cents; and from miscellaneous items, 7.18 cents.

"The dollar benefits many people in its travels. Both the states and the Federal government, through Federal Aid, must devote every dollar possible to road construction if they would take the best means of placing men at work," concluded Mr. Markham,

Highways Are "SelfLiquidating" Investment

Profits from improved highways based on savings in transportation costs, time savings, and increased comfort and convenience in daily life, more than equal the cost of such road building and are truly "self-liquidating" investments, declared T H. Cutler, president of the American Road Builders' Association.

The profits from the 700,000 miles of improved roads in the United States have been estimated as high as $2,000,000,000 annually, stated Mr. Cutler. "These profits represent the savings over what travel would have cost had these country roads remained in an unimproved state. The losses that result in cities where streets are unimproved are beyond estimation.

"Motor vehicles traveled last year about 180,000,000,000 miles, based on gasoline consumption of 15,000,000,000 gallons at 12 miles per gallon for each vehicle. It is estimated that at least half this traffic is on the 700,000 miles of improved roads out of the 3,000,000 miles of highways in the United States. Improved roads lead to savings of from two to four cents per mile traveled."

Mr. Cutler believes that these travel savings are but a small part of the profit of improved roads. The balance sheet of improved roads shows also on the credit side social advantages of inestimable value, police protection, and increased safety to the traveler, improved postal facilities, increased property values due to better transportation, improved business facilities that benefit the individual merchant, manufacturer and farmer, savings in school administration, and the development of recreational facilities that have resulted in a business with a turnover of several billion dollars annually."

"The benefits of good roads may easily amount to several times the cost compute in dollars, and, in addition, an amount beyond estimation in health, happiness convenience, safety and higher standard of living that improve the business every manufacturer and merchant in the country," continued Mr. Cutler. "Highway investments are 'self-liquidating' in more ways than one. Also, they are a capital investment in better business, the profits of the investment being enjoyed for many years."

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