Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-05
CONVENTION CALLED FOR DE-.
GENDER 9 TO II.
Congressman RandselI Says Ins,.,
of the People Will Bring Re,u,,.
Urges That Pressure Be Poo.
Bear on Senators and Ran.
tives-sentiment Growing stro,o

IF the friends of ADEQUATE Man..
for the Improvement Of rivers and h'
bors keep up their insistence ons S@,
they unite in a determined effor.
coming session of the congress, ~s
witness the enactment of the h ".a
river and harbor law ever adontos '''
this country, and that will be follow
by annual bills, with issuance of bonsS
if necessary" u''
Congressman Ransdell of Louision.
president of the national rivero
harbors convention, gave utteranos
the foregoing, in discussing the nros
poets for accomplishing the resrlt.
aimed at by the organization of which
he is the head. He added:
After carefully reviewing the 6a,a
consulting with the directors of ON,
association who met here DURING ~.
governors conference, and reduo,nr
our deliberations to definite er
preston, the foregoing gives my beliof
Everything encourages us-the growth
of sentiment among the strong busI
ness and commercial interests. the
education of the people in the possibl.
tiles of adequate water transportatioD
facilities, the active propaganda which
has been carried on; all of these
things point to success. We find that
among the members of the congress
sentiment is increasingly in our favor
They are more and more realizing that
relief from congested traffic and too
high carrying charges must be had by
means of improving the waterways and
encouraging the water Transportation
Must Keep Working.
But our friends are often intermIt
tent in their efforts, and instead Of
keeping everlastingly at it, they some
times quit for a time, and permit the
subject to get cold in the minds of the
local people.
From Louisiana and Arkansas to
the Columbia river and Puget sound
the people must utilize every effort
and bring to bear on their senators and
that pressure which
will bring results in action by them.
1T is a large project; it involves the
expenditure of not less than $5OOOOO-
600, and that gives pause to some who
have not calculated the advantages
which would flow back to the nation
from the investment of that amount
Of money. But it will pay largely on
the investment.
THE entire world discussed the ca
nal across the isthmus of Panama for
400 years; and the national platforms
Of both of the two great parties con-
tanned endorsements of the project for
II years before final decision was OBJ
tanned from congress. That illustrates
the necessity in this case-that Of
the Representatives in the
to carry into effect what un'
doubtedly today is the unified demand
of the business and commercial con
Germs of the nation"
Urges congressman.
Congressman Ransdell urges that
commercial bodies begin at once to
prepare to send adequate representa-
ton to the rivers and harbors conven-
ton to meet at the national capital
December 9 to IL, and that coinc'
IDENTIFY the same influence get to work
on the senators and Representatives
and induce them to do more than
merely declare that they are in favor
II river and harbor improvement
habit which has been acquired by
for congress, and too often
cured when thew reach Washington.