The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-14
IMPROVEMENTS Of
RIVERS LOWER
RATES
CONGRESSMAN RANSDELL TELLS
or GREAT ADVANTAGES I'M
DEEP WATERWAYS.
PLANS APPROPRIATION


Spokane Wash. Sept. Eff I4era
ought TO he Law making il conpu!.
sorry thar eastern and southern men.-
bers Of congress visit the norihwe
lat least once year. 1t would give
them a better idea of the yastness and
the resources of the ccRu;ry.~
Hon Joseph E. Ransdell, Of Lake
Providence, La. congressman and
chairman of the National Rivers ami
Harbors congress. made this declara
ton at meeting of the Spokane
chamber Of commerce which body ia.
stituted the first action agafn8 the
ia lioads under the new interstate
commerce rate act.
Mr. Ransdell is greatly interested
in the opening Of the Columbia river,
Which he declares win give Spokane
i've cent rate on wheat instead Of ii
cents al present - he c1a +. and
his he added will he the means 81
saving $6,000000 a year to ihe g.oE.
ars and shippers in this q stric4 lie
said in part IN the course OF his ad-
dress
"Transpof alton II the greatest and
the most vital question in the world,
and the nation that selves II and
solves II soonest + bound to win In
the fight for oommeTc.ai supremacy.
what then are the best and the surest
methods To go about til solution Of
this great problem2 Shall 1t te with q
rate commission or hall we make use
Of the free waterways cf Almighty
iod, which cannot be monoposizel by
the corporations or the trusts. and
hw which ths. hun hlest eitizen III the
land can ply his little Nat boat and
tow his products to market
Mr.. Ransdel then made com
1atison Of the land and water rates,
showing that while Spokane pays n
cents a bushel on gfa.a to the coast.
a haul OF about 400 miles. By rail the
water haul from burg Pa. to
New Orleans. La. 2,000 miles Is SIPS
for 2,400 pounds, making the land
haul nearly 20 times as great a. the
water haul
Millions For Improvement.
Spokane can ship by way Of the
Columbia river he said. "The gov
arnment is making the river navigable
the total cost Of opening the river
be ng about $100000O0. Four and
lalf million dollars is being ey
pendad at The Dalle ard several
nillioas mere viii be required TO
make the river navigable to Lewiston.
da You already have an electric Hno
projected between Spokane and Lew.
ston and there is no reason why yoJ
should not ship that way and take al.
-antage of the low rates which are
certain to follow the open 'ng Of the
liver
with the opening cf the river
spokane should get a five cent rate
o the coas. but this Is not an the
rood that viii come from the opening
# the river to Portland. Ore II viii
mean additional ia tories and mang.
acturing concerns Of all kinds b..
.ause you have the material near at
land."
Speaking of the work Of the "a
ional Rivers and Harhots c0ngrc S.
which be- said has repre- ssatafige in
very state be- said.
we are working t0 secure an an
neal appropriation OF S51.C10Oo1 FER
iye-s and harbors A present the
pprlpriauon Is made only trian.
uallv and there D. always a p-s.
lon to cut this appropriation Il any
has to be made
Thomas Wilkin on. Of Burlingtoa.
l.. president of the Upper Missi si7pi
liver Improvement League, also ma 'c
short talk in which he ou,l ngd thoc
ork Of the league and Cong essmaa
lesley /. Jones. n Washing On.
1oke Of the organization and par
lses Of the National River and
arb. congress