The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-06


pay out each year about three time
as much in transportation taxes, tina
is. for the carriage Of freight and pas
gengers, as they pay In taxes for tn
support Of government, national, stat
and local!
That transportation affects the pric
| Of everything that everybody buys
sells, eats, wears or uses In any wa.
whatever-air, water and sunshine e1
| cepted?
That cheap II Ansportation benefits
both the producer and the consumer
making wheat and cotton higher ant
-four and cloth lower at one and thu
same time?
That the cheapest known transpor
tation Is water transportation, costing
on the average, from one-sixth to one
tenth as much as transportation By
rail?
That the direct saving On, the goods
actually carried by water In the
United States is over $550,000,000 q
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 beth industry and com
MERGE? AS is indicated by the fact
That in 1900 there was only one city
In the United States, with a population
of 10000 or over, which was not 10.
Gated on a navigable waterway? And
further
How Frankfort Benefited.
That Frankfort, Germany, grew
moro 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
foreign commerce greater than that OF
the United States by over $500,000,.
900?
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, Is
to improve all our waterways as fast
and as far as we can7
That money used for the improve
ment Of waterways. wisely planned
and honestly constructed. is not an
expenditure but an investment, which
will pay dividend Of at least 100 per
cent year?
Provision for Funds.
That the benefits which would re-
suit from the comprehensive improve
ment of our waterways, and the losses
which would follow our failure to
make such improvement. are SO enor-
nous, that funds should be provided
by the issuance of bonds as has been
done by railwaYs-so that the work
may be begun at once and finished as
soon as possible?
That the national government claims
exclusive Jurisdiction and exercises
supreme control over all navigable wa
terways? And therefore
That it depends entirely on the con;
yress OF the United States whether
he work Of creating great national
,ystem of waterways shall be done at !
Ill and how soon 1t shall be finished?
That the vote Of the member OF con-
yress from your district will help to
lecide the policy Of the government
With regard to waterways?
That the action OF congressman Is
Influenced by the wishes of their con-
tituents, when they know what those
wishes are?
That you have the right to ask the
andidates for congress in your dis
riot to state their position on this
uestion now, before the election?
That you are blind to your own In
erests II you do not ask your candi-
ates to pledge themselves to work
nd vote for waterways II elected, and
hen demand Of the one who is elect
d that he shall keep his pledge?
The facts and figures given in this
cries of articles have been submitted
i the hope that those who read them
ould see the Importance of the policy
I waterway improvement advocated
? the National Rivers and Harbors
ongress, and would aid in securing
le adoption of that policy. How we'll
icy have served the purpose for
hich they were written must be left
y their readers to decide.
Everv ohsfrunt1on To the free and