Evening star., 1913-12-04

3 said, has been exceedingly liberal with
, appropriations in the past, and If in fu-
ture 1t gives deep water for improve
ments it is the business of the cities to
see that terminal facilities are provided.
Federal Aid Sought.
| r. A. C. Smith, commissioner of docks
| and ferries of the city of New York. de-
livered a plea for federal aid in improv-
: ing New York harbor He said, in part:
: THE figures needed to make the a
tistics of the business done in the port
of New York are SO stupendous that the
, average mind rejects them because of
unfamiliarity with their size. If / say
that the foreign business of the port of
New York was over two billion dollars
In year, | am only referring to part
of the total business and what do gain :?
When | say that the port of New York
handles 90 per cent of all the foreign
business of the United States, l then put
it in way that the average reader may
grasp without botherfng him to make
calculations Of his own. For the first
| time, New York this year surpassed
London in its foreign commerce Imports
and exports) by forty million pounds ster-
ling, or i'm figures that we better under
stand, two hundred millions of dollars
OF first port. Any one with average
business sense knows perfectly well that
this makes New York the commercial
barometer and any variations in its bust
ness AFFECT the whole of the United
States.
While l particularly attract your at
tention to the Importance Of giving to
the port of New York share of the
the Improvement Of rivers and har-
bors l have in mind the other ports
| of the United States as well. If l were
the arbiter ] would appropriate in pro-
Yn fr fhn ne
each port made to improve itself and
its importance to the United States as
a whole"
On Today's P-ogram.
Other addresses on the program for de-
livery today are: 1.-The Potomac-Ohio
Canal-a Dream of Washington" by
| Representative NJ. Clyde Kelly of Penn
sylvania: How New Orleans Has Ap-
preached the Ideal-in. Municipal Ter
minals," by w. B. Thompson, commits
sioner of public utilities of New Orleans;
The New York State Barge Canal" by
Danforth E. Ainsworth of Albany. N. Y:
Transportation Needs Of the Central
in the Empire State" by Gov. Mar
! tin e. Glynn of New York; Control of
the Mississippi River in the Interest of
chairman of the rivers and harbcrs &c COM ON.
mttee Of the House; Pacific Coast Ter
minals and the Panama Canal" by Rep
resentative j. r. KnOWland Of California ;
The Great Lakes and Their Commerce =
by Julius Fl. Barnes of Duluth, Mimi.
chairman of the committee on inland
" tSe states Way 1i n MaT
gate Is to Navigate" by E. NJ. Clenden-
ming, general secretary Of the CONNER
cial Club of Kansas City. Mo, and Good
Roads and Columbia River Scenery" by
Samuel HILL president OF the American
Road Congress, resident of Portland
Ore. = Il
| Speculate on Resolutions.
4 Much of the interest of the conven-
tion centered today in the possible ac-
tion of the resolutions committee, of
which George Clinton Of New York, is
chairman. each state supplying one
member. This committee is to meet
this afternoon at o'clock, and today
rumors were frequent that An attempt
will be made to get some sort of water
| power resolution adopted.
1t was said that Joseph n. Teal OF
Oregon would present a resolution deal
ing with water-power matters. and as
he was one of the supporters of Gif-
ford Pinchot In the recent conservation
congress the conclusion was jumped to
that he would attempt to take up the
question of whether the states or the
federal government should have con-
troll of water-power resources.
Mr.. Teal said to reporter for The
Star this afternoon that the resolution
he has presented will not go into state
and federal control questions, but Will
seek to place the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress record as demand
ing that when a river is to be improved
the engineers of the army In charge
of the proposed Improvement shall In
| vestigate all uses to which the river
could be put and consider the water
power possibilities in connection with
the navigation possibilities of the
stream
What action the resolutions committee
will take on the resolution remains to be
seen. A number of waterpOwer men are
voice to their opinions when the resolu-
tions come up. IL allowed.
The leaders of the congress, however.
desire to compose all differences In COM
opinion and desire that the congress shall
devote most Of it's time to navigational
rather than allied matters, such as water
power resources.
Resolutions Presented.
All sorts of resolutions are beina
offered the committee. With others
there is one from the Riparian Land
owners Protective Association. which
desires that the Congress shall recog-
nize the principle of compensating land
owners for destruction of their lands
when levees and other works are built
l on them. The Mississippi River Levee
l Association the Atlantic Deeper Water
| ways Association and many other or
l ganizations also have submitted resolu-
tions which are being thrashed out In
l committee this afternoon.
There was not as large an attendance
i at the convention today as there was yes
i terday, although the delegates filled th'
l hall this afternoon to hear the speech
of Gov. Glynn OF New York.
Two addresses will be delivered befor'
/ the congress tonight .one. Waterway:
! the Ties That Bind the American Repub
lics," by John Barrett, director genera
l Pan-American Union, and the other
"The Panama Canal" by Elliott Woods
/ superintendent of the Capitol.