The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23
WATERWAY IMPROVEMENTS.


washington August sI--(Speeal 1.-The people IN va
ous sections of the United States where appropriations arg
required for waterway improvements are JUST "uW ~
to what the session OF congress VIII 10
passage of a bill next winter
~. well k,oyr fact that Thomas Henry Carter ssna-
tor from Montana prevented TIE passage OF river ana mar
bill the last session Of congress- IL y pies" ~
those who are acquainted with Mr. Carter tha ne uiu @
take this course the government any money ou.
cause he was unable to get through measure IN when ne
was interested during the closing hours OF the last congress
1t is maintained that failure to pass river ana mar
Dor bill at the last session of congress though soe's
$zooooooo called for will not in the end save t"'
United States any money.
The recent trn Of the majority of the members of the
rivers and harbors committee of the last congress to the
South far West has convinced nearly every
who took the trip and who will serve IN the next hous
the appropriations the Forthcoming RIVER and haroof Dill
will have be greatly increased thar twas foy 10 ue
feat the at the last session.
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Mr. Carter who now heads the Louisiana exposition COM
mission at salary of $4,000 per annu, given great
deal of credit by the so-caed reform newspapers oil e
country because he finally prevented the OF the river
harbor bill March last Future congresses however
will undoubtedly convince the editors OF these reform OF
economic publications that It unwise move TO have
this bill killed in the last congress The reasons why TINS
situation will probably develop is due the fact that the
death of the bill in the Ffy-sixh session has crippled the
improvements the waterway projects his is par
tcuarly the the Great Lakes ana IN
the far Southwest The who made the Journey
to investigate what should be done with the improve
ents already under way returned three weeks
and since that time every who made the trip
ing the view privately for public consumption that the
country will probably money by the failure of the ap
preparations for waterway improvements through the efforts
Of Mr. Carter OF Montana the closing day Of the Fifty
sixth congressional session,
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1t is about as impossible reduce the money annually
necessary for waterway Improvements the United States
off money paid FOR pensions by the pension
bureau For than twenty years Commissioner Evans
has that expenditure Of money has increased per
annum very largely until the tide has reached what the
ordinary taxpayer believes to be the limit Commissioners
Evans has been criticised by members OF the Grand Army of
Republic he has refused to allow what he
siders unnecessary payment who fought under the
Stars and Stripes from 1905 and during the Spanish
American and water those who have served the United
States in the Philippines To the pension appropra
the congress would have been unheard
thing In many respects this would be considered in
side-trackng the and habo appropriation bills has
been done at least two or three times since 1880
But it suggested by Chairman Burton Of the rivers
and harbors by any OF his associates that
the appropriations will be doubled Ii believed be
fact notwithstanding that the house committee will pass
bill increasing the appropriation in the congress from
$2oooo,ooo something like $3soooooo $4ooooooo AS
there viii be National campaign year. it is not
likely that increase in appropriations for waterway
projects will be defeated the first OF the Fifty
seventh congress FRED F. ScHRApER.