Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-09
lIVERS AND HAIR
BORIS CONGRESS
bnvened in Washington and
will Hear Many Distin-
guished Men.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Reafirm-
> its demand for an expenditure by
. federal government Of not less
an S5O,O0O,O0O a year in improv-
the waterways Of the country,
National Rivers and Harbors
bngress convened in Washington
day for it's fifth annual session.
stipguished advocates of water
avs improvement from all over the
untry were present, representing
oiects for the betterment of the
ssissippi, Missouri, Ohio and other
gers, the Lakes-to-the-Gulf water
Nv, the Atlantic coast inland canal,
cifc coast harbor and river i'm
ovements and other gigantic
hemes
Among the distinguished men who
III deliver addresses before the
vers and Harbors Congress are
AMBASSADOR Bryce, of Great Britain;
AMBASSADOR Nabuco, of Brazil;
ajor ]. A. Ockerson, of the Mississ-
pi River commission; Governor w.
Frear, of Hawaii; Secretary of
lie Interior James A. Garfield,
GRACE Mcfarland, president of the
e National Civic Federation; Gov
nor N. B. Broward, of Florida, and
resident of the National Drainage
ssociation, Admiral c. M. Chester,
no was a delegate to the Interna-
Onal Waterways Congress recently
bid at st. Petersburg, and Samuel
ompers who will discuss 'Labor's
terest in the Waterways Develop
lent"
Many of the great captains of in
uStry are delegates to the congress,
ndrew Carnegie being a delegate
Om the Pittsburg Chamber of Com
erce and will address the convention
behalf of a fixed policy of the gov
Fnment's part toward the water
ighways of the nation.
While the congress is conservative,
nd hesitates to extend the scope of
5 inhuence-the object being to
feate sentiment looking to the in
erests of the rivers and harbors pro-
ects-another effort will probably
made by advocates of the Lakes
p-the-Gulf Deep Waterway to con-
ert the congress to their way OF
nnking. Other projects quite as i'm
ortant to their particular support
rs will undoubtedly come before the
leetings, and much interesting and
hllghtning debate is promised.
improvements of the waterways OF
pc nation, members of the congress
eiieye, will mean increased and
heapened transportation facilities
or the producer and the consumer
nd that there is no question before
ne American people more worthy Of
heir consideration than the proper
eVelopment of these natural chan,
els of trade.
Ohe OF the most important phases
the convention will be the address
M reports to be made on the water
avs OF other nations, which viii
aOS the backwardness of the Unitet
yates in this regard. Despite 1T
est natural advantages, it is de
AIRED that this country does not be
~ 10 compare with some of thu
Jun American countries in the ex
ehenee of waterways. Ambassador
bryce will tell of the English water
avs IN an address before the con
rs In England, it is stated. I
aeer"ay policy similar to ours ha
een pursued. Many canals have fal
- INTO disuse and rivers are neglect
= out in spite of this rail- rates II
usiahd cost about three and one
- times as much as those by ca
n germany, France, Holland an
'siom totally different policy ha
- pursued Rivers and harbor
e Oeen Widened and deepened. an,
o1neeted by many transverse canals