The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1909-05-07
What All the World IS Doing
Trend of Civilization from Week to Week.

the United States Recently the
merchants Of Kansas City, Mo-,
organized a steam boat line and
subscribed for two million dol
lars of stock so that the Kansas
City merchants would receive the
benefits of low cost of trans
portation of me chandise shipped
into Kansas City and also in
reaching trade and disposing of
their wares? Another large cor
poration has been formed to run
a line OF boats from st. Louis to
New Orleans, and everywhere
there is great activity in prepar-
ing to handle business via the
water route. In Germany they
utilize small streams and handle
tonnage on them that
we would consider impracticable
to utilize at all.
1t will be interesting to watch
the outcome of those who have
violated the laws regarding the
navigable waters of the United
States on the Red River as sec
tion IL of the River and Harbor
Act, approved March 3, 1899
reads as follows:
That every person and every corporation
that shall violate any OF the provisions of
Section .. 10 ant, il OF this act act OF any rule
orr 1, M,
pcrsuaice ot the provision Of the sal section
II shall be guilty OF misdemeanor and CON
yiction thereof shall be punishable by u fine
not TO exceed S25O0 nor less than $500 OF by
Imprisonment not to '.xceed one year OF both,
The action of Uncle Sam at
Fargo will be watched with
great interest as many people
have had a hand in bridging the
Red River of the north and if the
government is going to enforce
the law strictly to a letter it will
undoubtedly cause a great deal
of hardship for the various peo-
pie that have had a hand in
building these bridges.
Recently Press Dispatches
were sent out from Winnipeg to
the effect that the Canadian
Government would take charge
of the Red River where it enter
ed Canada and put it in shape
for the operation Of boats clear
to the Hudson Bay providing the
U n ted States Government
would open up the Red River.
Last winter Senator Kit.r:dge of
South Dakota secured the pass
age bill looking after the navi-
gationof Lake Traverse. All signs
point to opening up all naviga-
ton from Lake Traverse to the
Hudson Bay by the United
States Government and the
Canadian Government.
1t was estimated by Edgar M.
Bennett formerly Of Sisseton,
but now OF Lennon, who
was advoca ing the Big
Stone, Traverse, Red River,
Hudson Bay route for the trans
portation Of grains of the north
west to Europe that it would be
a saving of about ten cents per
bushel on the freight via the
water route and Hudson Bay to
Europe. This would mean an
amount Of money for
the farming interests of the
northwest every year. Many of
the old settlers will remember of
the various meetings that Mr..
Bennett called at Fargo, Grand
Forks, Crookston and other
places advocating the Hudson
Bay Route and tne writer at
tended several of these meetings
and many Of the wise would
shake their heads and say I'm
possible, never will be done, "
etc. Link by link is being
added to the theory that Mr..
Bennett advocated thirty years
ago. He may yet live to see his
ideas put in actual operation,
and then ne will be in a position
to say, Il told yon so.