The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-12-15
ALL ARE CONCERNED
IMPROVEMENT or NATIONS IA.
TERwAVs or INTEREST TO
EVERY CITIZEN.
VITAL FACTS ARE PRESENTED
Cost Of Getting Grain 70 Market Mate
Rally Reduced Through Shipment
BY water-Benefts Distributed Al
Over the Country.

You may not know lt--you probably
don'i-but Il is a matter Of Importance
10 you whether the waterways Of the
United States are improved or not
and this Is true no matter who you
are. what your business IS. or what
part Of the country you live in. II
may be that you are a farmer and you
eel me that Il is nonsense 70 say
that Il can make any difference 70
you whether the waterways Of the
country are improved or not. because
you live away out west. miles away
NON any river which Is nayigable now
~ ever viii be-
Well. admit that Il is not as easy
- see a. the grain elevator down AZ
pour railway station. but the benefit
- there just the same-a real. sure
enough. dollars-and-cents benefit Wa.
terways have already been Of tremen.
touE advantage to the farmers OF the
country and their further improve
ment win put more money into your
pockets and those Of your neighbors.
Take grain for an illustration. A
large part OF the grain raised IN the
country Is shipped away from the
place where Il is grown. some for use
n the eastern states and some for ex-
part 70 Europe. Under these condi-
tiena the price Of grain is not fixed
II the nearest railway station. Your
wheat. for instance. Il worth just what
\ win bring In Liverpool-less the
cost OF getting Il there. You can see
" cnce that Il makes a whole lot OF
finerence 70 you how much Il costs
e send your grain to New York or
Llverpooi-and there's where the
waterway comes IN.
Frankfort Germany. before the
River Main was improved. was not q
dying city but was decidedly stagnant.
Mannheim and Mayence on the Rhine.
which had been improved. were grow
Ing rapidly. while Frankfort was grow
ms very little As soon as the canal
xation Of the river was finished. which
vas In 1856. the city began to grow
md has kept on growing ever since.
The population. which was 159, 900 In
1856. has increased to 22s. 900 In 1895,
o $4,000 In 1905. and is probably
more than l0O. 900 now. Evidently the
,eople OF Frankfort expect their city
o keep on growing. too. They spent
'ver s1.50o,o0o on a harbor when the
liver was first improved and are
lard at work right now building a
lew and much larger harbor AZ a cost
4 s17,60o.ooo. Just as IN the case Of
fansilester, the benefit was not con.
Ine, 10 the city Of Frankfort; the IN.
ustrial and commercial life OF the
lhole region was greatly stimulated.
lines long closed were reopenod. new
Industries we're started. and today
here IL an almost continuous success.
Ion Of factories lining the hanks Of
he river from Frankfort to the
Ihine.
Everybody Rsaps Benefit
Hant the world around and always
nd everywhere we flnd that tue i'm.
rovement Of waterways sets cities to
rowing. factory wheels to hummlnR.
nd commerce to moving IN a wider
nd swifter stream. Railroads get
lore business In big cities than In
mall towns. In a densely populated
region than In enc that
thinly settled. Waterways. there.
IRE, benefit railways land states and
ations rs well-hy promoting an in.
'easo In population. In manufactures
I'D In commerce. But for one who
lkes to set clear down to the bot.
I'm Of things there stlll remains the
ieelion: Why do waterway IN.
ease population and cmate com. q
cree and Industry"