The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-08
Special to The Netos.

! Spectdt TO The Netos.
| Washington, o. c., Aug 7.-Senator
Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania, Chair
man of the powerful committee on
Finance, whose excedinly tactful
and conscientious handling not only
of the Canadian reciprocity pact, but
other revenue measures has brought
him hundreds of congratulatory let
ters and kilograms from all parts of
the country, is not unmindful of the
fact that the country is interested in
other things besides the tariff. Rep
resenting a state whose interests are
probably more widely diversified than
any other in the Union Senator Pen
rose took time from consideration of
the bills amending the Payne-Aldrich
bill and other matters affecting the
revenues of the government to say
that the subject of transportation was
always the great problem for inland
sections ofthe country. That cheap
and abundant facilities for the trans
portation of the great natural pro-
ducts of the forest, farm and mine
not only add to the value of all farm
and city property within the sphere
of their influence but increase mater
tally the growth OF natural wealth
and reduce the average cost of the ne
cessities of life in the great centers
of population.
To Improve Inland Waterways.
81 believe that there is no subject
now engaging the attention of the
people more truly national in its
scope than the systematic, scientific
and permanent improvement Of the
inland waterways of the country" said
, Senator Penrose. Frankly I have
, thought sometimes that there was a
good deal of eXaggeration about GER
tain urged projects, about the building
OF certain canals connecting bodies of
water because their commercial needs
have never been apparent, but as to
the necessity for the improvement of
CcIIdlil TlftIS vi Tie GUILTY. ~
+ not the least doubt.
1.-THE Interstate CONNER Com
o mission in its far reaching decision
G recently handed down affecting rates
/. between the Atlantic ocean and the
Z Pacific coast notified carriers that
= they will lbe ALLOW ed 20 meet water
:, competition to d reasonable extent
r which seems to give waterways a new
status and put them upon a new foot
ing.
Annual .lVer and tarbor Bills.
"Whilc 7 believe IN a consecutive
treatm ent of our waterways l am no
" blind to the fact that certain i'm
; pr0vements must be made in our riv
-rs looking always to their final com
Do nletion when their up-keep will b.
the only charge upon the government
And IA order to bring this about W.
should have annual river and harbo
bills conservatively made up to cove
continuing contracts to the end tina
>" work begun on our rivers be com
N" pleted within a reasonable time Tn
," Ohio is one of those rivers whic
should be pushed to completion a
rapidly as good business judgment wal
OF rants. For had the Ohio river in
nt provement been completed We woul
ID not have witnessed a steamer ftte
d. out for the purpose of carrying dow
that waterway members of the River
ee and Congressman whose district
BIT front on that stream going on hume
H. Gus sandbars during the journey frol
~ Pittsburg to Cairo. 1t was an objeC
lesson of the first Importance, for wit
a pools along it's course it would b
=" comparatively easy to transport tn
thousands of tons of coal and othe
bulky commodities waiting for NOV
IS. ment along it's course What is tru
OIL of the Ohio is undoubtedly true
other waterways throughout the coul
try. Irealize that the people of Yves
II ern Pennsylvania are as deply int
ested in the Ohio river project as al
the people Of any other section of Ii
-, country.
"The question of an intelligeI
treatment of our rivers. harbors an
canals should neither be local nj
sectional 1t is a national questio
and its solution should be along n
tional lines and 1t should not be mad
tn the subject of politics. In this col
nection I cannot help but pay tribut