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

OF the whole Union, aud we cannot
rightfully claim he Intervention Of the
federal government for any strictly loc4l
| oliects But rs to the duty Of the general
government to improve natural cAannels
81. commerce, clearly pertaining to tie
general welfare aud neces ary to inter
State commerce, there Can be III
reasonable greund for doubt. Mere than
fifty years age, p resident Monroe
cnmmepded TO Congress the prepriety Of
limproving the navigation OF ives err
rivers between their Highest navigAblc
points, for the purpose of facilitating
.'lnttrcouIse between the Atlantic ann
, WESTERN csuntr7" The gJqernment has
hitherto most signally failed TO fulfill the
measure of its obligations in this partic-
alar. Congress has made large and uri
form concessions to special industries
fosteFed by Eastern capital, and those IN
dustries have bean largely s1sta ned ly
indirect taxation upon Western labor and
the products Of oar fertile soil Eoulsv
a. well a. the discharge Of clear con
stitutional duty, requires 3 different ca.
innate and the superintendent Of federal
obligations in future, to the end that the
/ blessings of government to our 4gricul
'ural and crmmerclal population may
better accord with its cost Its i'm
practicable in this plf &c to explore OF
explain all The mysteries of tsxati~I
lup"n We~tern labor and PRODUCTS as
But the direct and ind rect CO tr ibutions
OF Wisconsin to the federal treasury are
believed TO equal six or eight millions OF
j dollars per annum, Ia addition to taxes
i indirectly imposed for the protection OF
of the national iev( mug. It is oby lou.
4 that for the most Of this ion We are
unlikely TO derive any adequate retarn
SO far az our ability to bear the burden
IS enlarged by an increase of those
facilities ut transportation now demand
ed by the genera! interests of both Eas
seIn and Western trade aud commerce
! l congratulate you upon what has
been already achieved in these particu
lars, having q direct relation t. the
prosperity Of our own people DurinA
the year ending on She 30th OF Juue
last, the total sum Of $142,1875G was
expended by ;he federal government toI
the improvement Of karbsrs at Menomi.
nee, Green Bay, Sheboygaa, PORT WASH
l. e on, Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha.
A considerable sum has also seen ex
pended on these harbora during the CIR
rent fiscal year, aud the work will re-
O4biy be continued thcenSuipg year, IN
Accordance wi h th0 recommendations Of
assistant englaeers, w. III. Harding,
under whose immediate and efficient
directions these improv~ ments were
prosecuted during the past season. The
aggregate exports and imports to and
, fr"m thess h4rbors are now imme. sc, the
Aexports Of Milwaukee alone exceeding
three million tons, and those of the
OIL her porfs named being piope slouately
large. The ben its which accrue to i,
Federal Governneut and to tho COZ /,
from tnese expenditures on our laks
shore re general and perm4ncut, swalle
the expenditures are limited and tsmpo
rory
e TINE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
An amount comparatively moderate
has also been expen cd by the govern
Fment the past calendar year on the Miss
i>sippi river At points contiguous to,oar