Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-01
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COSTS ONLY <7A TO one
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r'.'s'o'7i7A BIG TOLL
American People patty Pay 0"s
Three Times peh for Trans
portatlon az nay for suppors
Of the oovern
Do you know
That the peopls United States
pay out each yeakht three times
a. much In transJ Jon taxes, tnss
is, for the carriage eight and pas
sengers, as they ! taxes 1or INC
support Of govern1lnationa1. stass
and local? M
That trsnsportatteects the price
q everything thaerybody buys.
sells. eats. wears - IN any wy
whatever-air. wated sunshine OK
csptsdI VI !
That cheap tranntion dement's
both the producer hs consumer.
making wheat andsn higher and
-four and cloth low one ana Inc
Same timer II 80: 49,. ~
That tho cheapsGbwn transpor
tation 10 water tranhtion, costing,
on tho average. fro -si1th to one
tenth - much q 1portation by
rail? b.
That tho direct - on tho goods
actually carried bystsr in tho
United States II oe&bo, 100000
year! II
That railways alR make lower
rates when subject y competition
Of waterways than such compe
tition does not exist
That the indirse aving, thus
caused, is probably Ese as the d.
rect saving given ~
That both the oil and indirect
saving would be larS Increased by
the further improvement our water
ways?
That waterways all increase the
profits Of tho railwaysh which they
come into competitiqFor the rea
son that waterways, giving cheay
transportation for raNtsrials, actu
ally create both indy and com
merce? A IL indicaty the fact
That in 1900 there pnly one city
in the United States. u population
Of 10000 or over, vi was not 10
Gated on = navigable trway1 And
further
How Frankfort yshtsd.
That Frankfort, &.ny. grew
moro in tho twenty 10 after the
River Main was canal than It had
grown In the two huld years b.
fore? And again
That Germany. whici nearly Co.
900 square miles smallhan Texas,
but has one Of the hi waterway
systems in the world in 1908 Z
foreign commerce grea&han that Of
the United States BY sr 100000,
900?
That throughout the hized world
the largest cities. the dest populA
tion, the busiest and mprosperous
people are to be founding navigS
bic waterways?
That the surest and Iediest way
to develop the resorrcea the nation
and every state and SON thereof,
to increase the growth every city
and community in the ctry, to pro
mote the prosperity OF fy,interest.
including the railroads, i Of every
citizen, east. west, northd south. Is
to improve all our watelys as fast
and as far as We can:
That money used for improve
ment Of waterways, WY planned
and honestly constructs Is not al
expenditure but an invesent, which
will pay a dividend of att LIST 100 pc
cent q year?
Provision for F4.
That the benefits viii would re
suit from the comprehsne improve
ment Of our waterways, q the losses
which would follow oufailure t
make such improvement, 3 SO enor
nous, that funds should provided
by the issuance Of bonds has beer
done by railways-so tn the worl
may be begun At once anlnishsd Al
soon % possible?
That the national COVER nt claim,
exclusive Jurisdiction d exercises
supreme control over all 4gabls va
terways? And therefore
That u depends entireln the con
grsss Of the United Std whethe
the work Of creating . Ct nationa
system OF waterways shals done .
all and how soon 1t shall finished
That the vote Of the meier Of cor
grsss from your district u help t
decide the policy Of the Svernmen
With regard to Waterways
That the action Of con ssmen I
Influenced by tho wishes their COZ
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