The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-12-27

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came the other day a delegation which
presented him with some handsomely
bound resolutions, asking his support
for the issuance of great book OF
bonds for the purpose of develo ing
the interior waterways Of the I'm q
States Just at present Va ngton
is crowded with delegates to a RIVER
and horbor convention and ora 5o rs
from Walla Walla, Washington, d, WI
to Savannah, Ga, have been pea n
ing, and with good rsason the ne
cessity of developing water co1umuni-
cation as a correction for railfoad x
tortions. And even SO hardened a
railroad man as "Jim' Hill appeared
before the convention TO urse 81
development of our inland wa erW Us.
Perhaps here was some hing ns1-
ter about Mr.. Hills argument. me
phase of it would st. ike he nan
VINO has studied the question with / e.
culiar force: Without quosir g ter"
ally, Mr.. Hill said in effect this:
Canals capable of .transror ing one
| thousand ton brges will rot so oil
the problem. A one thousand ton
barge can't compete with one box
car. Canals and river channels capble
Of accommodating vessels, whether
barges or steamers, of ten thous nd
tons are essential. Obviously Ar.
Hills purpose was to applaud the
theory, but to make its appllcat on
utterly impossible.
But barking back to Spea' er Can
non. He told number Of gentlen en-
interested in what Is perh DIS the
most vital movement for the improve
ment of freight conditions in the I'm
tied States that he would have none
Of it. He would not aid vote of a
hundred million bonds for the I'M
provement of interior waite Us, nor
would he one for five millions
OF bonds In brief, his pcs, ion Is
cerned, they must be develop ed slowly
out of curren revenues. He sa be-
nevolently that no doubt when the
present ninety millions Of Al or can
people had grown into four huod ed
millions, the system now sought, could
be put into effect. But until that,
time he would not turn over a hand
to aid it. How much this will poru-
larize him with the Ieop of the
West and the South, who W tn suf-
ficient railway facilities. have IN gnifi
cent possibilities for water ira S. or
tation, if developed, can only be left
to conjecture. Still it may be Id
for Mr.. Cannon that he has thrived on
appropriately and may still think it
not bad political asset.
FREE SILVER AGAIN.
No. this time from the Democratic
party, that famous party CT repud
iation and dishonor." But before this
congress is over you are going to find
Republican senators and congl ezsn en-
from the middle West urging as re-
: Lief from the present financial string
ency, a renewed coinage of silver.
Colorado has a new senator by 1.-The
name of Guggenheim. He is one o
seven brothers who control the silver
smelling business, practically of the
entire country. His brother Solomon
is travelling through the West pre- CHI
ing new form of silver coinage. He
offers this suggestions: The West
frame bill giving the secretary Of
the treasury Discretionary power to
purchase silver bullion up to fifty
million ounces, and hat all silver 20
purchased be Immediately coined to
silver dollars" He does not SPEC fly
!, the price at which the silver shou d
be purchased, although he says that
when the silver question was agital-
i. ed before throughout the country the
product On was tweuty-three of silver
to one of gold. Now 1t is eight of
silver to one of gid. We accept Mr..
/ Guggenheim's figures without inves-
: tigation as he is unquestionably an all
thority on the subjct.
1t would be curious, would it not, If
Mr. Roosevelt and his par having
adopted practically all the other Drin-