The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-01-22

w lsConsln rivers. For the first time he
M iena government assumed the active
and exclusive responslhiliiy,of this i'm
p',rtant national enterprise ia October,
1879 Al lhst tiae thv work was trans
feIred from the Greon q and Mississippi
Canal Company toths United States gov
ernmenf, and during the past year the
Improvement has been effectively pros
eu.ed under the lmmediate direction of
assistant United States Engineer, Capt.
J:hn Nader. In his ieccnl report OF
pregress, OIL. Houston, IN general charge
Of this Improvements, states that there is
To public work more national Ia its char.
acter than this; that by this route the
products Of the Southwest will fnd cheap
transportatiop to The se2t,oard, Ind the
umbrr and lro7 Of the Northwest to the
Mississippi Valley, and that there is no
nther r'ute which, vii! meet the necessi-
Ties Of so large a section of the United
States 1T Sc small an expense" Cap. Ma
der es'lmates thar the whole work may
be completed in accordance with the
plan early in the year 1876, aud ut an
expense tothe nation trIfl,ng in cempari-
son with the benefits anticipated.
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION By LAND.
The permanent provement Of natural
wafer Channels Of q national Lbaracte r
doubtless furnishes partial xolut on OF
he question OF cheap transportation.
Bot the question ~ one Of vital s,gnifi
canoe ID all its phases, and also must be
fearlessly and nfeligent)y considered in
relation to land carriage, with view to
every possible relief rom existing evils.
Wisconsin has territorial area approx
mAting tbat of ali The New England
States com binpd and its soil abounds with
many sources of agricultural and mineral
wealth, now con, parativeiy Yalueles=, be
cause of the obstacles tn q quick and
cheap traAsit OF freight to distant mar.
kets Every reduction in the cost of OK.
chspgss between the producer and the
consumer necessarily enhances the value
OF tYeLy acre OF our territory.an induces
a corresponding investment Of capital
hnd Ia Dor in the development Of our ma
teriai prosperity. The serious conRiders-
ion of this matter can 20 longer be"pru
IDENTIFY postponed The agricultural
classes upon whom rest the heavier bur
dene Of land who are ordinarl-
~ the last to claim or receive speciai
protection at the hands t the Legislative
poHer, are but reasonable in their de
maud for security IN the future against
thc wrongs Of the past, ard for such in.
PREVENTION Oh the part of their representa-
IiQts as shall secure that j~st reward for
Intelligent labor already generally assured
70 the American people in nearly all
her departments Of labor and lnterprizr.
w cannot be blind to The general trurh
that classes favored by gnvsrrment, OF
conspicu aus in the management of cor
porate interests have become possessed OF
wealth far in excess Of human want, OF
TIE natural fruits Of human industry
Shile the average farmer Of our State
.carcoly realizes The Ordinary wages OF
his hard ana protracted daily abor, aud
is compelled to rely npon the indirect in
faence Of immigration, mostly from for
Iai-n Mathis. for any visible Increase in
bis landed possessions. Certain it is,that
| Wisconsin, with large and constant ac-
cesaions to her private capital and work
| ing population, with soil naturally pro.
dQc>i7e Tar beyond the average Of Ameri-
can States, and with an amount Of Ok
ports large in proportion to her popula
tlon, should have reachcd at this time 8
rank il the scale Of material progress
much higher than she nav occupies.
I doubt the propriety Of appeals to the
federal s 'vernment for relief from abuses
10 tho operation Of railways Apart from
the question constitutions, power, al
ways worthy Of grave consideration in
CONNECTION with internal enterprises of
tbis kind, il must be confessed that ex
perienae has not given occnsion for un-
limited confidence in the ability, purity or
lmpartiality of Congress in the manage
naent Of enterprises of this claes
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