The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-05
Improve the Chance.

pose to do anything to secure an increase
in the appropriation for Savannah harbori
T. II so, il is time they were doing it, They
cannot afford to remain inactive as long as
there is n chance to have the appropriation
increased There is a chance, and they
should make the most of it. If they expect
others to do what they ought to do them
selves they will be disappointed in all proba-
bility. Experience shows that Congress
helps those who help themselves
The MORNING News has written to
Georgias Senators, pointing out to
them how. important it is to
Georgia that her chief seaport should have
harbor capable of accommodating vessels
of the largest draft. Senator Brown has
replied in a characteristic letter He is
always ready to take off his coat and roll
up his sleeves. as it were,
when work is to be done for Georgia, or
any part of her. On some national
questions he may not always be in harmony
with the majority of the people of the
State, but he stands shoulder to shoulder
with them WHEN there is anything to be
done to promote the States interests In
an emergency he is generally called on, and
he responds promptly, and, as a rule, ac-
complishes what is wanted.
or course he feels that Savannah harbor
ought to have been provided for before the
river and harbor bill was reported to the
House. If Representative Norwood was
not able to get the River and Harbor
Committee to deal fairly with Savannah
barbor, and it seems that, Notwithstanding
all his efforts. he was not, the entire Geor-
gia delegation i'll the House should have ex-
erted itself to the utmost to got such an APP
preparation as would come somewhere near
meeting the requirements of the chief sea
port of the State The delegation may have
done this, but if it did, the fact is unknown
to our citizens. 1t is not believed. however,
that any Georgia Representative was in
tentonally neglectful of his duty in this
matter. Whatever neglect there
was must be attributed to a
failure to realize the responsibility
which rests upon each Representative to adj
vance the improvement of Savannah har-
Dor in every possible way, it being the great
seaboard outlet of the State. and every
citizen is, to a greater or less extent, inter
ested in having its facilities for the accom-
mediation of commerce enlarged Deeper
water in the harbor means cheaper incom-
ing and outgoing freights, and cheaper
freights mean better prices for producers
and cheaper prices for the consumers.
If the whole delegation had used its infu-
ence in an effort to get such an appropria-
ton as Savannah harbor needs it might not
have succeeded, but if it had failed there
would have been some satisfaction in the
thought that the effort was made
But it is not yet too late to have the APP
preparation increased before the bill goes to
the Senate. The bill may be amended
when it is considered in the committee of
the whole House. OF course the chances
are against its being amended in the House,
but if the Georgia delegation acts together,
vigorously and earnestly, there is a chance
of Its being done.
II the appropriation is not increased in
the House the Georgia Senators will do all
that can be done to have it increased in the
Senate Senator Brown introduced, and
had passed, the resolution providing for
the 22-foot Improvement, and, if we
are not mistaken, he first sug-
gested the 2S-foot improvement He
says in his letter to the MORNING NEWS
that while it will be difficult to get the APP
preparation increased in the Senate he will
have it done if it is within the bounds of
possibility. When Senator Brown under
takes anything he generally succeeds in
accomplishing it. He desires whatever
assistance can be rendered him, and would
like to have in pamphlet form, if they can
be obtained, the statistics of the exports and
imports of the port, and all other statistics
showing the Importance Of the harbor. OF
course these staff sites will be forwarded TO
him at once and everything else that can
possibly assist him in any way should be
done at once The Presidents of the Cotton
Exchange, Board of Trade and Ocean
Steamship Company should take the lead
in this matter. The business community
will give them all the support they can ask
for. Savannahs prosperity depends upon
her commerce, and her commerce depends
upon deep water from her wharves to the
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