Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-09

1 court adJudgeS the natives foreigners
or citizens 1t will make no difference in
this case. as almost one-tifth of the en-
listed men Of the navy are of foreign
nationality.
RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
Major Townsend Max es a strong De-
tense of the Measure.
Davenport. April s.Major G. Nc
Esloeweli Townsend, engineer in charge III
government work on the upper Missis-
sipni, delivered an address before the
Davenport Business MEMS Association
last evening. One of its features was a
defense of this years river and har-
Dor billy While his showing of the volume
OF Mississippi river commerce and COM
lparison OF railroad and water freight
rates was quite remarkable. In the
course of his address he said:
The commerce of the Mississippi and
It's prlnciple tributaries in 1900 exceeded
333oo0.0o0 tons. This was exceeded by
only two river systems in the world
that of the Hudson river and of the
great takes
Coal is shipped from Pittsburg to
New Orleans at four-tenths of a mill
per ton mile. lumber from the ST. Croix
mill 10 St. Louis at six-tenths OF a mill:
wheat from 81. Louis 10 New Orleans at
"A cents per bushel, or about IL cents
per ton mile. The cheapest railroad rate
have been able to discover is that on
coal to the Atlantic seaboard on the
chesapeake and OHIO railway mills
per ton mile while the average rate on
allsthe railroads of the United States is
rs mills per ton mile.
The tons of freight carried on the i 500
miles Of the Mississippi river is about
5.4000o0; on the 1000 miles of the Sante
Fee taking it as a typical railway, o.
100000 The mile tonnage Of TIL. river is
4,6O0o00.000; of the railroad, 100000, 600.
The average freight rate on the river is
considerably under mill per ton mile;
on the railroad. ss4 mills per ton mile.
The statement Of the senator who.
talked the river and harbor bill To
death. that the towns along the banks
Of the Mississippi are going into decay,
VIII not stand very rigid scrutiny. Iowa
has seven cities on its river border
Davenport, Dubuque, Clinton. Musca-
tine, Burlington, Fort Madison, sKeokuk
that prove il untrue
ne river anu Narpor sesat IS also
iaFeels a ehifnera.s nus eVii = nol as
extensive a s ord'narily supposed. inat
swhlch we can creek may nave com
rnerce' mere important than what We
CAL a river. ne lfelsnl passing thru
hlii van kuli exceeds that OIL tnf chi
eago river. and New;own creek mas
tonnage greater than ne upper Nissis-
slppi.
pras,d.n, = 1ar.,,
% : = = ! ~ = - 7 80
Correspondence OF Associated Press }.
Honolulu. April :. via San Francisco,
April s.--A bill has been introduced in
the house providing for an income and
land tax, and another bill to levy d tax
OF $40 ton on all sugar produced IN the.
lslanGs. The independents are still
somewhat divided, but the sessions of
yesterday aud today Indicated a dispo-
sstiQn 70 come together in order to carry
sout the party Legislative program before
1t is 100 late. Most Of he party meas
lures are hanging fire, an in a few days
II VIII be too late Tor the party TO pass
awning over veto from GOV. Doe.
me senate mas hnaliy accepted the
fessha'lon OF PRESIDENT Rus'eli, as ne
continued 70 refuse - wisnaraw ~. ana
ms morning senator sNalue' a naive
from w alluRu, Maui, WaShchoSen pressi-