The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-19
FRENCH STATES POSITION
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Dobuci SoouIy WI Vic uItu anu b'e
Guiding the counties Of the central
part Of the state tributary To the
navigahle ror,inn ~ the Snake river
m the nor'h. This is not a dream
1t will come. IL will cnme faster
han some If our people even suppose
am in favor OF this policy, and nj
the larger policy OF developing the
waterways nf the Whole country. 1,
would bp a gtlnd business proposition
To issue bonds To complete a compre.
hensive system Of internal waterways.
FMS would be the most businesslik-
way OF handling the question, the
most econninicai, and the way that
would hr.ng the quickest returns
railroads d. not hesitate TO bond.
when, by doing SO, they can build a
abroad that will be m ney maker,
,Or should the government delay on
he deep waterway question, a ques-
ion that means so much for tn.
,eOple generally OF the United States.
BY doing work by pieceneal, much Of
the work Is wasted by the time the
next appropriation Is made, just as
much 81 the value Of a house would
he lost II 1t were built part this year
md part next. Speaker Cannon, H.
, recent speech. Is quoted as saying
that IL will be time enough to com
,lete the Panama canal when thi.
country has a population OF 500, 900,
90 people. have no patience with
MS policy, applied either to the
anal or To nur.intarnal waterways
am In favor or the early com
pletiIn Ut the canal, In connection
with the systematic development Of
ne Internal waterways, as u business
proposition for the northwest. Let
ne illustrate. Last year we shipped
. Europe from Portland. Seattle and
,Lher nor Invest coast points mort
bhsn 800 ZOO bushels of wheat.
This grain was shipped distance Of
10, 900 miles further than 1t would
have been shipped had we had the
Panama canal. More than this, thu
ships in returning Travelled another
10 900 miles further 10 making tn.
round trip more than they would
need to have gone had the canal beef
completed. Do you see why l attach
so much importance to speedy com
/ oleti"n of the Panama canal:
Imagine the effect On rates for ,h,
northwest. We could take Other
| illu STATIONS, and 1t would be the
same. l stanu for policy thai
means the earliest completion Of tht
, Panama canal. and the immediate
development Of comprehensive sys
TEN Of waterways within our country
and l assure you that these two
hings will mean much for the re-
ductiOn OF freight rates, especially il
Lhe northwest.
] Under separate cover / am sendin.
you q copy each Of speeches l hav,
'made IN congress on the railroad rat
que tion. government ownership o
railroads, the tariff, waterways, ant
numerous other subjects 10 whlcl
you may be interested.
There are other questions in which
Idaho Is deeply interested. such as al
income tax and the proposition ad
vanced by Senator Borah of issuinl
bonds for the completion OF reclama-
lion projects, and 1 am in heart
accord with them.
With regard to Mr.. Cannon,
should probably add that when l wa
first elected TO congress there wer
several candidates for speaker. Their
were Cannon. Payne, Sherman (no.
vice president, Littlefeld, and posi-
bly, others. l was q stranger per
sonally to all OF them, and neither O
them had ever been speaker and ther
was no pronounced sentiment agains
either. My own inclination was to
ward Littleneld. did not approx
Littlefeld at all times, but did ad
mire his independence and courage
Before congress convened all tn
candidates had abandoned the con
test except Mr.. Cannon, and it wa
conceded that he would be electe,
speaker. Following that election
there was no contest upon the speaker
ship until the last. election. MI
Cannon should have been defeate,
then. and will be defeated 10 al
probability Ia the next congress. A
any rate bis election has become
national issue aud the people will
want know definitely what an
possible member Of congress propos
70 do on the question.