The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-09
Favor Passage of Annual
Bills Carrying That
Amount.
HARMONY RULES
CLOSING SESSION
Senator Young Pleads for the
Young Man In
Business.

Harm ony was the keynote Of the clos
ing hours Of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress today
Their final resolutions favor the adop-
ton by the Government of a broad lib
eraI and comprehensive policy of water
way improvement to carry the COM
merce OF the entire nation
They declare that the cardinal Drinci-
PIE OF waterway Improvement should
be that no project should be adopted
by Congress which has not the APPROX
al of the Government engineers, and
that every principle Of economy de-
mands that the period Of construction
OF adopted projects should be made
as short as possible All projects aP-
proved by the Government engineers
and adopted by Congress should there
fore De put upon the continuing con-
tract system and appropriations provid-
ed for their completion as rapidly as
physicsI conditions permit
The passage Of annual rivers and har-
bors bills Of at least 81, O00, 600 is fav-
orsd This is 10 be paid out Of the
current revenues when practicable,
otherwise by the issuance Of bonds
The Congress asks Congress to in
crease the corps Of Government enSi-
neers- because OF the magnitude Of the
work to be undertaken
The cooperation Of State and Iocali-
ties with the Government waterway i'm
provement in the matter Of developing
waterway terminal facilities, is urged,
as is also the enlargement Of the powers
OF the Interstate Commerce Commission
to the end that the commission may
more efectuaIly regulate competing land
and water carriers
Deny Internal Dissensions-
Many Of the speakers today decTied
the report of yesterday that the Coli
Kress was torn by internal dissensiOns
growing out of divided interests, and
there was nothing in the session this
morning TO indicate in the slightest de-
gree the presence Of division
When the final session was called 20
order this morning, Lafayette young,
recently appointed United states Seua-
Tor from Iowa, was the nTSJ speaker
He made a plea for the young man N
There is too much Of politics in the
country today" he said II Is a HIN
dTance to business 1 enjoy TINS com
ing together Of business men for bust
ness purposes better than I possibly
could enjoy the coming together OF meT
for political ends
The young man Of today is taught
that his end and aim is y political ca
Iege the practice OF law, q term OF TWO
in the state legislature, than 10 Con
Eress. which takes him out OF touch
with business and into the political
game Just as he is well schoOled II
politics. a primary election brings MS
career 20 a close
Ny advice Is 70 decide on a career
which no ballot box can end
The latter day transportation prob
lem means expensive cars on expensive
tracks. underlaid with costly ballast
all Of which have to be renewed WHAT
We want Is the waterway, whose pr1-
nal cost IS the last with bottoms upOT
+ slow to wear out and effectual il
transportation
Likened Unto Good Roads.
LikeninE the river problem TO the
good roads project, he said that the
reason there were few good roads II
the country was that instead Of drain
ing roads and scraping their surfaces
those in command Of the work fright