The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-03-22
FORSYTH, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MARCH %, 1906,
"Gettin' Skeered,r

turn White river over to the juris
dictiOn of the state OF Missouri: thai
the action vacating the stream by the
general government would be giving
away franchises worth millions tC
greedy corporations; that the stream
would be spoiled ior boating and fish
ing, that We would lose our principal
source ofrevenue: ct ce,cra nd nauseam
The Republican desires to call at
tention to the fact that the act before
congress gives no franchise 70 anybody
but merely declares the river TO be un
navigable, which ii is in fact in any
sense in which congress takes cOgni-
zance Of the rivers of the country, and
passes its control over to the state Of
Missouri, bringing its control nearer tC
the people of Stone and fancy counties
than it now is. That the river would
be spoiled for boating in any sense fol
which it has been used for that pur.
pose since the coming Of railroads tC
Springfield is the mcrcst moonshine,
as is also the plea that fishing would
be spoiled. The state requires the
construction and maintenance of fish
ladders in all dams on state waters,
As TO the loss Of Il principal source OF
revenue, the Republican would like tc
know of any one who has derived any
material revenue from White river fOl
fifty years except the tish-hOgs those
who trap and dynamite and seine the
stream to such an extent that there i,
little left for the ordinary citizen who
desires a little healthful relaxation OF
a little wholesome addition to the daily
bill of fare.
There is no single interest that the
Republican knows of that will be in
jured by the proposed legislation
which will simply place the strcan
under the jurisdiction of the state o
Missouri, which prescribes the term,
upon which the river may he used fol
industrial purposes. Further, it will
be open TO all alike for such purposes
and not alone to greedy millionairs.'
Furthermore, the fish will remain, tn,
scenery will remain, the resorts will
remain, and In turning the immcasur.
able power now going to waste into
channels where itwillc do part of The
world : work the citizens of Stone ant
Tancy counties and of the entire south
west will be the gamers in large de
gree. For instance, il will solve the
transportation problem for q larg,
scope of country which will be man,
weary years in getting it in any othel
way: it will cheaper freight anC
passenger traffic, in which ever,
citizen is interested and by which every
citizen will be the gamer in dollar
aud comfort: it will inaugulate manu-
featuring activity in all this great sec
tion, to the untold enhancement 0
property values and gain to the peopl,
in the way of wages.
Among the things being considered
in the light Of the power which may b.
furnished by our noble river, ncvc
more noble than when 50 employed
are the construction Of electric lines
one from Springfield to Harrison, on
from Branson direct TO st. Louis, tC
gether with minor electric road prOpOsi
tions. How would The benefits thu
conferred compare with the littl
practical good the people have derive
from the river since it first ran towar
the sea? Who would be damaged b
these enterprises save the railwa
corporations? Ten chances TO one
every time you run up against a ma
who is making any strenuous oppositio
TO setting White river to useful wor
you will jostlc some one moved by raj
road influence.
These are some OF the things tina
occur to the Republican, and all fC
which il can find space at this time.