The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-07-30

cessfully Carried Through,
In Which Case a Great Part
of the Credit Will be Due
to the Intelligent, Persistent
and Profitable Efforts of
Hon. John H. Small, the
Wise and Faithful Repre-
sentative in Congress From
the First District of North
Carolina.
Charlotte News
We notice with qualification that
the Democrats of the First Congress
sional district are fully appreciative
o. the great work being done by their
representative in Congress, Hon.
John Fl. Small, and have renomi-
mated him unanimously. Few men
in the nations Congress have rem
dered more faithful and profitable
service, not only to their immediate
constituents, but to the nation at
| large, than the gentleman from the
First. lt would have been a fatal
blunder, in our Judgment, to have
failed to send Mr.. Small back to
| Congress, when there was danger
that the work he hGd undertaken
would languish and fail OF accom-
plishment.
For various reasons Mr. Small will
be remembered in Congress, but his
chief work, and that which has. by
the way, attracted the attention of
the entire nation, has been his efforts
towards the cOnsummation of the
giant inland waterways project-his
efforts being particularly directed
to the opening up of the route from
the Chesapeake Bay to the Beaufort
Inlet. 1t begins to look now as if
this colossal scheme will be success
fully carried through, and in such
case great part of the credit will be
due this worthy Tar Heel. On good
authority it is estimated that the
annual saving from such a route
would be approximately 100000
annually, and the value of such a
waterway to this State would be of
almost inestimable proportion.
By his valiant services Mr. Small
has attracted the attention of the
country to North Carolina; he has
submitted a commercial proposition
to the nation which bears the stamp
nf ,icylf
bly, has he demonstrated the merits
of his gigantic project that the Gov
ernment has taken the matter up,
and the President, backed by the
governors of the various States, is
laying plans for carrying out the
scheme
In order that everyone may be
thoroughly versed on the nonumen-
tai work supervised by Mr.. Small,
and that readers may see how the
nation has come to appreciate the
services of one of our State Represen-
tatives, we desire to quote here an
extract from an editorial which will
appear in the August issue of the
National Magazine on Congressman
Small and his work. We quote this
article, in part, as follows:
thousands OF bills pour in on
every side, at each session of Con
gress, and among them are a few
measures that look we'll into the fu-
ture. Congressman John I'll. Small,
of North Carolina, has not only given
attention to the local interests of
his constituents and to general legis-
latiOn, but his greatest public service
has consisted in directing public at
tention to the improvement of the
waterways of the country. Begin
ming in 1899, when he first entered
Congress, he began to concentrate
much of his time upon this subject
He made occasional talks in the
House of Representatives; he ap-
peared before committees; he visited
the seaboard cities between Balti-
more and Jacksonville: he furnished
material to the press and contributed
to the magazines.
"He cOntended that no substantial
progress could be made in the i'm
provement of our waterways which
did not embrace the entire country
and contemplate the waterways OF
all sections. Naturally, most of his
attention was directed to the con-
| structiug and Improvement of the
chain OF waterways from Boston TO
Florida. But there is one particular
link in that chain which he considered
OF paramount Importance. That
was the link extending from Chesa-
peake Bay on the North, and thence
Southwardly through the sounds
and rivers of Eastern North Carolina,
and entering the ocean again at
Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina This
protected route will avoid the dan
gers of Cape Hatteras and Cape
Lookout, probably the most dan
gerOus points on our Atlantic coast,
and will also remove the present bar
riers which restrict the water traffic
OF Eastern North Carolina. Those
persons who have made a coastwise
trip will never forget rounding Cape
Hatteras, and will welcome a route
avoiding Diamond Shoals and Cape
Lookout. The most dangerous
point along the coast is Cape Hat
teras, and is retarding the coastwise
traffic from North to South. The re-
moval of this danger would give a
great impetus to coastwise trade.
and accelerate this class of traffic
for a large volume of bulky merchan.
disc would then seek this route. Nav.
igation South of Beaufort Inlet is
comparatively safe.
/ This project, known as the Nor
folk-Beaufort Inlet Waterway, has re-
ceived the enthusiastic endorsement
OF a large number of commercial or
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