New-York tribune., 1890-05-24
THE HOUSE RUNS UPON A SNAG.
HAVE CANALS A RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL?
A POINT NOT DECIDED BEFORE ADJOURNMENT
-TREE.TRADERs WHO WANT PRO-
TECTIvE BARRIERS
INV rp,rc,APH TO THE TRIBUNE. :

TECTIvE BARRIERS
INV ,p,rcnAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
| wasbinpton Nav 23-The House spent To-Day Ill
Committee Of the Whole the River and Haroor p'
- So tsir nrocress until the item appropriatng
| s,oo 600 IN begin work the Hennepin Canal was
reached when snag was struck IL Is the opniioN
Of many members that the committee mas no Jtisuo
ton of the subject Of canals ana the poI Vi oruei
raised was not decided before the House adjourned.
The friends of several other canal projects feel con
eideraho interest in the decision which Will naturally
affect the status of in which their constitu
ents are concerned.
The Committee on Rivers and Harbors certainly
deserves high praise in one respect at least it has
taken the House into its confidence by submitting one
Of the most areSs reports ever brought before tha'
body For example, the report says:
while the biz appoprlae1s 1 In the aggregate Ln the
amount of yet your committee have M no
Interested in the various projects for which aPpropra
tons have been recommended
| One can readily believe that statement BY the
way the Free Traders who rail at woogrowcrs. manu-
facturers miners and others who appear before the
proper committees to argue In favor OF protective
duties uttcr no complaint because those Interested
in the various projects" for river and harboT improve
ments came before the proper committees to demand
appropriations from the National Treasury for I'M
| provcmepts many of which are of purely local i'm
portance and of which are to be largely used TO
protect private property from overflow.
Further on in this candid report are these state
mens the truth of which wellinformed person will
dispute:
There has certainly never been greater demand
made for large appropriations than has been made
upon vour committee In the preparation Of this bill
and if the committee had yielded 10 such demands;
many of which urged with great force the Dill
would have carried double the amount 1t does
And vet the committee "dd not deem it advisable
to recommend the passage OF bill which would be
regarded as excessive in the amount appropriated
,bn hoyn gfv mn.
careful consideration to the reports of the engineers
and 10 all that has been said by the friends Of the
various projects contained in the bill and for which
! appropriations have been recommended both by rep
resentaves and by delegations from all parts OF the
country and while the committee have not been
governed by any iron rule in giving certain per
centage of the estimates they have endeavored to con
| slider each project upon its merits. giving due con
sideraton TO the importance Of the improvement ana
the necessities for larger smaller appropriations.
Here again the influence Of the friends OF the various
| projects" is mentioned without any hint Of dsappro
val or suggestion that the influence was improper from
a single one of the six ardent Free Traders who CON
nose the minority OF the committee. and all Of whom re
carded 1t as highly improper for tho representatives
of American Industries appear before the Ways ard
Means Committee in behalf Of those industries Inc
minority members who agreed TO this report are
Nessr, Blanchard Of Louisiana, who boldly demands
that the general Government shall protect the pdhes
against the noOd waters OF
! Catchnes OF Mississippi, who makes Ike demand
IN hchaf of the planters Of that state stewart Of
Tcxas: Gibson OF Maryland Lester. OF Georgia. ana
| Clarke OF Alabama. All Of these men protested ana
voted AGAINST any barrier to protect American man"
facturers farmers and w0ridngmcn against hooH "l
foreign products. produced by the cheap capitAl ana
chez per labor of Europe, Australia aud south Anc'a
which threatens disaster 10 the HiaHLiVAu i""7" -
! the United states.
II NAV be Of interest to know that Of the appro
nriatons made By the River and Harbor Act of l777
there remained hand April so. l6s0 avalapie p''
ances amounting in the aggregate 10 more Una"
81 100 oOo not including balances of the appropila
tious for ;hc improvement # the mississippi anu
Missouri rivers the amount Of which Is not known
Among the balances wero tic following 10 'he ''"''
Of appropriations for the improvement oil r'c' '-'
| ha-bo,s IN the state Of Ncw-fork;
wilson $40 Ocot. sNs9 Dunkirk. sl@'o' bN''t''
s3a 2ls oak orchard s742 Tonawsnda harboI ara NJ
arara River. *2G"3o. Fort Niafa'' S'u'' ,,.,
.ol o9o: Great Sodg. E1y. s1093j, Llac Sous h'''
=; ~ O.v,to sG7 lIi. Suckc't arbor S3S3 "i-'i''
burg y 4s3 Rouse. Point br'a4"a'r 'lo' sew ,'1'
50 40: Eat River and Ucn cate. Slodo-o' h'I''i
river s34 1gO Ncwfo,h creek. fjOf Bn't'rhi" nan
ud SO 545; GoNonu- Bay f2l"'i HND>." N'' Do
s1s 700. earqcr,s 1921 Roudout. s5ois; chsih' '-
tween Staten Island and Ncw-Jcr'fy s'S I.'sMh1 h''
| :3.77j. other minor WORKS. TlooVo. . .,,, ,
V1,ou the hill wa considered today MT hlIl'' oi
south Carolina moved to increase the appropriation io
imnrovlpg Winyaw Bay, :, g. from Sioo'ooo I" FI'o'
! 600. The motion vas lost
Nr eprpcer Of Illinois, and Mr. sweeney, Of Iowa
| ,gored amendments intended to limit to Tl"-VoV "'
sum which NAV be paid after condemnation pFoo"edhs
| for lock and dam No. ] o" the N"AoNs''-'a '''''
| they wee rejected.
W. Williams Of ohio. criticised several items ID uf
hul a. evidences Of log rolling the part Of the com
| nittcc and said that this was no ume' VIE" .'
o,dcrs were knocking at the doors Of '"nsfe'' i''
their lust rights. 10 spend cXifavaeant SUM III "'
| i,onrovenout of streams four mile, Ira length.
Mr. hit Of Illinois, moved an amendment I" give
the civ Of Gaena H.. the right 70 take up mo WORK
Of harlor improvement there dropped By ihc %ovgri
and compieeo God H. IToVa9aR c a9 a a" me oyenmcni
| eetimates for completing the work were fl"OpVV'
sum larger han Gonge' |9gG ~ prevent the
Gneucton Of the Of the city, that me Pee
HENDERSON. Of Iowa supported the amendment and II
va, Mr. ~ T",t Of Illinois, offered an amendment appro
| ,ri',inr $50 900 secure continuous naNlstbI'
waterWay between Lake Michigan and the Mi,',il Is, Pp
River adequate for the passage OF inc Iai IA a.
tinnj River Steamboats, and naval vessels 9nu io'
the continuation Of me survey a 9 'e Io the committee
had not considered the proposition ana " sI4n nD'
included in tne 6 To moySn 10 S amend the amend
mcnt bv hyng the appropriation at rl@o'Ooo. M hls
was accepted by SIR. Post, but the entire propoS'uo
was rejected by tho House. oo ooo T., A.,
when the paragraphs sppropratng 500 for the
Can.I was reached MIR. Turner Of Georgia, made inc
nont of order that the committee had no jurisdiction
IoN-cr
,on from The secretary Of War. transmitting the re-
-t an thc survey of the canal, referred 10 the
Eommittee on Rivers and Iarbors, and there might be
nuc.ou a. 10 whether that reference gave thc commit
,ne Jurisdiction lie did not believe that il did. But
| sven if the committee had acquired jurisdiction III
that way il could not properly include canal scheme
in the River and IIarbor bill as had been decided IN
| the preceding Congresses Mr. Hatch, OF Missouri
| argrIcd I'm support Of the point o! order Mr..
C;rnsvcnor Of Ohio contcnded that the COMMITTEE;
was acting within the scope Of its authority In pro
viding for the canal. because II was canal for inc
| Improvement of the Mississippi River.
| f.iip