Evening star., 1913-12-03

bors convention were also delegates
and visitors to the National Conserva-
tion Congress held here recently, which
was nearly broken up by the quarrel
over state and federal control, Of water
powers. They listened closely to Mr.
Browns address, which went into the
history of the legislation andthe dis
cussions ohQhe subject.
Mr.. Brown said that the only way to
stop the waste of water power in the
United States, which is now generally
admitted by all sides to the controversy,
is to encourage private capital TO invest
He urged that all corporations engaged
in the development of water power be
made to take out charters as public
service corporations, which would bring
them under the control of public utility
commissions. or, where interstate COM
merce is affected. under the control of
the interstate commerce commission.
No Sharing Of Profits.
Mr.. Brown recommended government
regulation. but not government profit
sharing, and mo tolls or fees except
such as are necessary to cover the
cost Of government inspection serv-
ice," the grantee to provide navigation
facilities for the government.
The convention pursued the even
tenor of it's way throughout the first
session, harmony being the evident
watchword and it's proceedings moved
with clockwOrk regularity.
The delegates listened to addresses
from his excellency Domicio da Cana,
the ambassador of Brazil, and. from
John d. Hazen of Ottawa. Canada, the
minister of marine and fisheries of the
Dominion.
Mr.. Da Cana said, in part:
The end of this congress is to give
and acquire knowledge. l cannot give
you more knowledge about Brazil than
you already possess. But | can invite
you to come to Brazil to see for your
selves our rivers and harbors and see
what Brazilians are doing there.-s>
we have come spaptaneously' to the
untlsS sna asd and h&xs Lea lsa1nsa &. here re
it political. social or industrial In re-
turn you should come to sea hoW the
lessons are applied, in another-4and, un-
der different skies. by men of other ira
ditions The trip is worth while"
What Canada Is Doing.
Mr.. Hazen said. in part:
For many years Canada has spent mil
lions upon millions of dollars for the pur-
pose of building railways running from
west to east and east to west, for the pur-
pose of giving transportation facilities to
the people living on the western prairies
and in other parts of the Dominion. !.
Attention, however, is now being di-
TecIeu 10 the necessity Oh pTOVlOlnS dQe-
quate facilities at the harbors throughout
the country, and of assisting in the car
riage of it's products by means of better
water communica ton than is now avail
able and as a result great works for the
Improvement of Canada's waterways are
now in progress, and yet the Dominion is
but on the threshold of the development
that must take place in this regard
THE adequate equipment of the great
national ports of Canada has been a
matter of especial concern and attention
by the present government since it as
Sumed office. The great works which are
now being carried on, on both the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts. and on the great lakes,
for this purpose, is sufficient evidence
that the government is not only inspired
by good methods, but that 1t has entered
actively upon the project of affording
facilities at all our great national ports
which will enable them to compete on at
least even terms with any ports on this
continent"
One interesting feature of the opening
session of the convention was the intro
duction. Unexpectedly. of Frank Ellison,
now of Brazil. of whom Senator Ransdell
spoke as being the man principally re-
sponsible for the formation and organiza-
ton of the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress many years ago. Senator Rams
dell said that Mr.. Ellison had financed
the organization out of his own pocket
for many years, and that it could not
have come into existence without him.
Mr.. Ellison made brief address to the
cheering delegates, telling them some
thing of his work in charge of a fleet
of river steamboats, on the Amazon
river.
Navigating the Amazon.
''vessels leaving New York and Liver
pool he said, regularly traverse the
Amazon for distance of 1900 miles,
with twenty feet of water all the way,
during the lowest stage of the river One
of our boats has straight run farther
than from New York to Portland Ore.
5000 miles, and another has one Of $500
miles,
George Clinton of New York was
named chairman of the resolutions COM
mittee, and Edwin Gibbs of Cincinnati
chairman of the nominating committee.
Other members of these committees, at
large, were announced by Senator
Ransdell president of the organization,
when it reassembled at 2 O'Clock this
afternoon for the second session.
Following this routine work other ad-
dresses were delivered, the, following
being on the program for the afternoon:
1.-The Great Lakes and Connecting Wa
terways." by Henry w. Hill, president of
| zion: What Improved Waterways Would
Mean to New England" by William s.
McNary, chairman of the board of har-
Dor and land commissioners, or Boston.
From the Mississippi to the Atlantic
by Senator Duncan u Fletcher of Flor
ida. president OF the Mlsslssippi-to-
Atlantic Inland Waterway Association;
From the Mississippi to the Rio
Grande,' by Representative George f.
burgess of Texas, and prom Boston to
the Florida Keys" by Representative
j. Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania, pres
ident of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association.
Senator Clarke Of Arkansas. chair
| man Of the commerce committee Of the
Senate, is expected to address the con-
vention this afternoon. and tonight will
be known as ladies night" on the
program addresses being scheduled by
Mrs. William z. Andrews Of Washing
| ton, director and member of the ex-
ecutive board of the General Federation
| of Women's Clubs, and Mrs. Sarah VIII
| lard Strout Of Portland. Me-. president OF
the Woman's National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress.
Claude N. Bennett OF Washington, presi-