The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-17

t'oll ana improve
~ VI 'hc deep waterways rcouir-
I" To provide better and chooo,.
transportation facilities is. | believe
ioo per cent investment from, ,t,.
az mat two thirds of the hrllv
''e'Hh' could be shipped bv water
'"'eS' at cost to the shipper of
not more than onc-six,h of five ,r.
sent ran rates. The importance Of
''''' becomes apparent when if is
0n'e''oered that the food question
Is becoming world problcm
The state of New York is ex-
pending 6l0l, 900 900 to ENLARGE
the Erie canal. and 500 600 ONO
10 the amount required to improve
the Missouri river from no;rt
ABOUT ~ miles west of the Yellow
stone park to where i, meets fin,
MISSISSIPPI river, ,, 547 miles. Then
there IS the projected waterway
from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of
Mexico and scores of others neces.
sary to cheap and better transporta-
uon facilities. Millions of dollars
VIII be saved annually to the peo-
pie of the United States bv the
completion of these works.
he maintenance of the great
est waterway in the world, com
posed OF the Great Lakes, on which
the government of the United
States has expended more than co.
600, 900 for harbors and connecting
channels, presents all argument in
favor of the scheme to develop
thousands of miles of territory in
the Missouri and other valleys.
The other project outlined in the
foregoing are of equal if not greater
importance, and with proper back
ing they can be carried out success
fully.
No one questions the statement
that good roads have a high money
value to the farmers of the nation,
and ii may be said that this alone
is sufficient to justify the cost of
their construction as rapidly as
practicable under an efficient,
economical and equitable system of
highway improvement. The big
points in favor of this expenditure
is the economy of time and force IN
transportation between farm and
market, enabling the growers to
take advantage of fluctuations in
buving and selling, as well as Ell
HANGING the value of real estate.
1T is estimnted that the average
annual loss from poor roads is |oI
cents an acre, while the estimated
average increase resulting from I'M
proving all public roads IS 80 Inc
losses in five years would aggregate
81 32 for every section OF land or
more than enough to improve two
miles of public high way. Inc
necessity of good roads IS Obvious
az it would enhance the value OF
each section of land about s., 7oo'
or more than double the estimated
cost of two miles of improved high-
yav which constitutes the quota
for $40 acres of land.
The value of our forests was
never better appreciated than today
within the arid and seml-arld por-
,;ors of the western states 'leaily
va 600 900 acres are covered WITH
,,oodland, of value for fuel fence
nosts and other purposes essential
80 the success of the farmers
There is also 81 900 ooo ACRES
covered with heavy forests haV'"s
commercial value for timber anu
,oo. for saw mills, also hundreds
of thousands of acres OF tl'iio',
lands in other parts OF the Oi'''eO
States ReforestatIon ana co'''o
,,ation of the vast resources 9"
neces.ary to provide future genera
t;ons with timber and lumber SUP
lila. The government IS e&pe'''
,na large amounts of money every
sr 70 nrotect its forest from iiie''
or+ lumbcrmcn say NAV