The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-11
BIG APPROPRIATIONS
TRANS MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS
 MAKES RECOMMENDATION.
Government Asked for Fifty Millions Annually for Pressing and In- dlspensable Work of Im-
 proving HarbOrs and
 Waterways.


 San Francisco, Oct. 10.-The Trans its 18th annual session. adopted the following report from the committee on resolutions:
 'The committee recommends an an- nuaI appropriation Of $60. 000. 006 for the pressing and indispensable work of improving harbors and waterways of the country and favors the project of a deep waterway from the laks to gulf; also the permanent improvement for navigation purposes of all rivers pene- trating the heart of the trans-Mlss- lssippi country.
 The proposed inter-coastal canal from the Mississippi to the Rio Granje Is endorsed. as well as the plan for deepening a channel some where on the Pacific coast that vessels of the greatest draft can be harbored, there by providing a home for a fleet of war vessels. The report halls with satis- faction the progressive, statesmanlike and patriotic utterances. actions of the President of the United States In regard to these great measures" and calls upon Senators and Representa- tives in Congress to support him in this policy. The creation of the Depart ment of Public Works Is favored.
 Congress is asked, to enact laws aie- quately defining the duties of railroads with respect to furnishing cars for transportation of perishable freight. fixing penalties for disobedience.
 The importation of free sugar grown by cheap labor is opposed. The ex- sisting conditions of the American mer- chant marine is characterized as dan gerous both to our naval. military and commercial strength and national pro- gress" and Congress Is urged to pro- vide Iiberally for its expansion and maintenance at it's next session.
 Unless the Pacific Mail Steamship Company improves it's service to south American and Central American ports it is suggested that the United States establish its own lines of communica- ton with these countries. Under the head of tariff deciprocity. the resolu- tions say:
 "we endorse the principles of re- ciprocity to the end that tariR sche- dulles shall be made adjustable that the President of the United States shall be able to enter into reciprocal agree ments with foreign countries, which will admit us to widest possible mark cts consistent with the maintenance of the industries of this country, the products of our country and its manu- lecturers and that in the event of the establishment of a minimum schedule of duties, the same be made upon a truly reciprocal basis SO as to give op- portunity to negotiate commercial agreements.". ..-
 It is recommended that Congress en- act grazing laws, subject always to the right of the homestead, and that the rental charged for use of grazing upon public lands be as low as possible and that the profits accruing should ga to the localities where the land is sit- uated. An amendment to the interstate commerce law is urged empowering the commission to suspend advances in first rates or change classification before they become effective pending investf- gation as to their reasonableness, as well as the submission of all rates to the commission before they become effective.
 A bureau of mines, improvement of Pacific coast harbors, construction of trails and roads in National. parks and forest reserves. the making naviga bie of the Arkansas as far as Muskogee. Oklahoma. and the opening of Bayou LAFourche in Louisiana are strongly favored.