, 1880-09-07
ILLINOIS RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.

How this 'Grcnt scheme EJnr ysec1l Ncg-
lcctetl By tongrr~Ainen-tvftn9 thu rc0-
pic Dcniant:-Tho Inevitable Result.
SrttiM Correspondence NJ The Chfcayo Tribune.
HAVANA, ILL.,, Sent. lit seems 10 he tho
desire nfa large number Of farmers nil! b,lsl-
ness-lncn resident Of tho Illinois River co,s,-
try that some nttentt0, Should be given this
region by the Federal Congress, desire al-
most universally concurrcd III by Democrats,
Republicans, mil Grcenbackcrs | ani of thu
first cnsa, yet bug Of THE THtnUSE 4 pl-
ticn herring Of what We tho people, consider
grievance. 1t Is this: We reside In II
district which plys almost inEf Of tli0
Federal revenue nssessr. ne!,il,st tl,e people
If illlnnis. And for that revonuu or tux We
have thus far rccelvc, III tho sl.apc of Fed
crai ald hardly 0ne .lnIlar. Our people nre
,uninly agricultural, though tho great nggrt-
gateof capital III his district is Invested IN
manufactures. The pr0dnct nf our firms
alui tllu prnllct IF our manufactures, llDw-
ever, MUST be cSfnrteu to secnre u M!Arket,
nil'l sla Is our GRIEVANCE nt,aiilst tho Federal
government, that while It lus taSctl us TILL
llmlietlly 1t lias given us no real help toward
reaching Il ulOfiubtu ,.lAskct.
.SU fur as Tho State Of Illinois is.concernetl.
tlirsa people have been catrfutly, louked
pended 70 srearo cheap TRANSPORTATION, by
MMtct,wnys tn the lnkes ainl the Gulf via tho
Illinois River u,Ml the llllnols IL Michigan
tanal. ln.leed, 50 necessary did lll1s seem tho
cral Assembly aptointei Co,un!issiuners Ito
devise, consider. md ntlapt sucl, measures as
might be- requisIt TO. effect II communication
W locks md tlnns between l>ake Mtcllignn
a,Ml tl'e A!tssisStppl 1llyer" And from TINT
0o0, ,0D In the cTUrt tocAcm;Nlt transportation
any t1 niakc Il secure e ull her people.
AilsI now, when nll these xtlllS llnyU been
mercy uf tho railroad corpnrattuns, except II
few months III the year. We see by thu rc-
l'rts ~ ConE;r..ss tllat ut every session tl'o.l-
ssIonghs, hayons, and Unknown creeks, while
tho grgnlcr linturnl artery.-tho only natural
nieanS OF communication between the Grent
Lakes md the t;rent Gulf-llns thus iar hncn
gress,l,an =. q. FarweIl srcnretI aIl appropri-
ntlon OF slGO,D 100 for this Improvement, but
tias WAS tho first, nl1d when ltc lrlpprl ont
81 Congress that WAS tic last, no ftlr rs we
,,tt A. Grlaley, S': in Mclean County, short
son, riulcutGd tho ltpu uf uakl,lg an Npprn-
plIatlom from Congress for Improving, deep
sayihs tllat "tl!e t!tcucral Goyen,mem hail
n9 PCT rivers" Sumo nf Ills Democratic
11!!lelMls tIok tho liberty Of hunting. up Ills
congressional rucUru OIL "pGt-1tyer" upprt,-
htatlons, nnd they found tint on every illlns-
!lot INVOLVING hi appropriation uf nlulrY for
Sol0e dtuM allA stittklng Southern creek or
pIqynll, a. din! Stevenson WIS retultlctl "4Aye.n
iie 9AS beet! in Congress two terms, and,
M''l!e hnlf nf Ills nrn,te nrp directly Interest.
sd IL Tic Illinois lsIsvr " nl outlet, 10 has
!leycr yet hui tho muI,llnod or tho cnurngu
70 ask VI Congress dollar. IN appropriation.
fIor these reusDlls our people prOpusG to drop
!l!l;i. It Is selt-uyiunt tint tho StNtp OF I'LL
II,a!s Will nuycr complete tho Illinois River
'l'proHelnenti indeed, 1t should nevrr havo
oeGEh this grent Nnti0Eul work. And. ii
ever completed, IL must ba done ly thu Gen.
erai Government. va want not only nh O,it-
IT. "a tho Lakes, but to tho G,tr, u.l.l, III Atr.
osescllsoll rlhiuuleA such n proposition, wu
IrGP0Se, BY Democratic votes tDelcct Dietrich
=, smith. lln,selr Il hilsinrss.il,Nn, and ono
WHO rtltzcs every tlny thu necessity nf This
sse'1t work, anl who, lnstcad ot rldlcuIMr
~ ~ REQtiu HehGlne. Nis,!llaes tn support It.
try ''''''
~ 1natters not to our people who Is l,rcs.
,ut!lt or wlln IL tiuyerntir, but 1t does grluve
~ tn sec ih'' l0lls Of tlolilrA s1unlldn,tsl 0n
~ Mo"utilsrn creeks aIRl bayal.s fluid by the yntp
y 9,oN1tr o1tr C"'grexs,An) WIcA tho great Illinois
as'er cannot get Il dollar.
MAsoS CutlHrY DEMocilAr.