Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-02
Pleads For Improvement
OF the Old Mississippi
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the deIagazea UbD HDpE atDbE TN
e~fegegtSs at,htlal EDnvegrilr III M
|atfohal R;Yers md HsrDrFY CDBErehz
on the 9th. 10Th and l1tb N De1ear
her" r
At DisSdvsntsge.
"1he tWO men VINO wrote the iet
tors referred to see the point pretty
well. The Illinois manufacturer, after
giving tho rates which have been
quoted ADDS, instead or giving us an
advantage or leaving ~ on an equal
busis, which vas the case before the
opening Of the cannI, We are at q de-
| cl1ed Disadvantage And tbs whole.
sale merchant saw not only the con.
dltl0ns but tie fesuIts and the rom.
Guy. There IRE thousands Of items
on which we are affected said he,
and We are practically out Of bust
ness ,inles tho Mississippi river Is put
IN condition to give us water trans.
pOrtntion from New Orleans to ST.
Paul .u...Da @&f
What 1t Means.
on The pnrly eighties, Manchester,
England, found itHc,f fncing CONNER.
clnl ana lDdIistrinl d~islntcgrnti0n.
l'lvn thousand dwelling houses were
tonnntlCAs. hundreds Of warehouses;
were empty and many factories had
been closed down or removed to now
locations on the coust. These dlsas.
trous results wore dileio the grontor
cost Of transportation ns compared to
cities on The s%cnboard.
az tho merchants and munuinCtilr.
ora 3r Manchester could not maintain
themselves whrt, they wore loss thu,
fifty mllcp from, Liverpool. OMe of The
greatest ports III the world. how II,
heavens name Cnn The merchants md
manufacturers OF the Mississippi val
Icy hope to compete with those located
on Tho snncons. when they are FROM
1000 to l.bOO milrs hwny FROM lido
wnlnrY
"MaNtllasta' sNont $4,000, 900 on Il
ahlp cnnul and what was the result!
Noor yNnrs after tho canal was open
Cd not only were The 5000 dwelling
houses roorcnnicd but 10000 new ones
hn1 been built and occupied, stores
and warehouses were full Of activity
ana factories nov aud ola we're hum
Mlng Win inuuHtrNs
"Wlly should not an exactly sim.
liar result follow the Improvement OF
tho MlsMsslppt and It's trtbutariesH
"liight here Il must be noted that
WhrN Invested OF tts irills and FUR.
bellows, which we're no doubt meant
to brtloud the rcal issue, the recent
hlibustnr against tina rivers and har.
in\Na kt11 W,a .tk,,,.tNrl tNnl NNntNnt fN.,
deepening OF lake or ocean harbors,
but against the improvement OF rv'
ors, The mississippi and It's tribu
tartcs we're rr,tirtscd Jus, rs severely
ns tho other rivers, great and small
thron@hME tho country And the
amazing thtMg n that newspapers
NSNltshed III CITIES Tor the future pros,
Nrrt'N OF which tha Improvement OF
rivers means more than anything else
thai can be MaSMea, Joined IN the W
" "pnSk haWe,l" and babe the Mi,
busters gndsneed,
Would Benefit All
"a worI must be added Tor the
hetletit W aNyune Who may think
ann makSa8 y spscialp.ea for one para
nt the country when 1t Is the duty OF
the National Ktver aud ftarhors eoNC
stess and It's officers 10 NOM FOR the
heNaht u the Whole country, Have
the cities on our eeAsts grown larger
Nr SWalier With the DEVELOPMENT OF
the interior OF the countrys Have
the Cities on the SeacsAst grown IL
spite OF NE ~aeyetoNmeat OF the hear,
N TIE coaatrys Have they not the
rather ssown because OF that develop
meats Woald not anything that de
steoSea the prosperity W che center
u she coaatry decrease the prosperity
of Nc Cities On oar SeNcosstSs
lSSeSSNNA reared saSs TIE Maa,
+ NAesSer shsa sSsSl woald decrease the
hNSsNcs 81 aes port. Sat What hap,