The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-09-30


Thrss Times 40 Much for Trans
pertatIon ~ They Pay for supper
o. the Government.
Do you know ar
That the people Of the United State
pay out each year about three time,
AZ much In transportation taxes, tina
is, for the carriage Of freight and pas
Eengers, as they pay In taxes for thu
support Of government, national, stat,
and local? ..
That transportation affects the price
Of everything that everybody buys
sells, eats, wears or uses In any wa,
whatever-air. water and sunshine ex
cepted!
That cheap transportation benent,
both the producer and the consumer
making wheat and cotton higher and
-four and cloth lower 1T one and th,
same time! A@'4
That the cheapest known transpor
tation 10 water transportation, costing
on the average, from one-sixth to one
tenth as much as transportation by
rail? , s ~a
That the direct saving on the goods
actually carried by water In the
! United States is over $3.50, 100000 .
year?
That railways always make lower
rates when subject to the competition
of waterways than where such compe
tition does not exist?
That the indirect saving, thus
caused, is probably as large as the d.
rect saving given above?
That both the direct and indirect
saving would be largely increased by
the further improvement of our water.
ways?
That waterways always increase the
profits of the railways with which they
come into competition? For the rea.
son that waterways, by giving cheap
transportation for raw materials, actu.
ally create both industry and com.
merce? AS is indicated by the fact
That in 1900 there was only one city
In the United States, with population
of 100000 or over, which was not To-
Gated on navigable waterway? And
further
How Frankfort Benefited.
That Frankfort, Germany, grew
more In the twenty years after the
River Main was canalized than 1t had
grown in the two hundred years be.
fore? And again
That Germany, which is nearly CO..
900 square miles smaller than Texas.
but has one of the finest waterway
systems in the world, had in 1908 q
foreign commerce greater than that Of
the United States by over $500, 0o0,.
600?
That throughout the civilized world
the largest cities, the densest popula-
ton, the busiest and most prosperous
people are to be found along naviga.
Bile waterways?
That the surest and speediest way
to develop the resources of the nation
and every state and section thereof,
to increase the growth Of every city
and community in the country, to pro
mote the prosperity Of every interest,
including the railroads, and Of every
citizen, east, west. north and south, il
to improve all our waterways a. fast
and as far as we can?
That money used for the Improve
nent Of waterways, wisely planned
Ind honestly constructed. IL not an
but an investment, which |
will pay dividend Of at least 100 per
tent yeayl 4he
Provision for Funds.
.mss the pencnts winch would re-
Iult from the comprehensive improve.
nent Of our waterways, and the losses
which would follow our failure to
lake such improvement, are 70 lenor.
nous, that funds should be provided
" the issuance OF bonds--as has been
lone by raiiways-so that the work
nay be begun at once and finished ~
DON as possible?
That the national government claims
xclusive jurisdiction and exercises
upreme control over all navigable wa
erways? And therefore
That 1t depends entirely on the con.
ress of the United States whether
be work Of creating great national
ystem of waterways shall be done at
II and how soon 1t shall be fnished?l
That the vote of the member of con.
ress from your district will help to
ecide the policy of the government
18th regard to waterways? II
That the action of congressman is l
lhuenced by the wishes of their con. ,
when they know what those !.
ishes are?
That you have the right to ask the
lndidates for congress in your dis :
let to state their position ON this
lestion now. before the election?
That you are blind to your own In
rests II you do not ask your candi-
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