Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-06-19
fN'NSDELL WORKING FOR BIG
APPROPRIATION FOR LOWER
MISSISSIPPI.
ASKS seo,ooo,ooo AT ONCE
colonel Sibert Tells Senate Commit.
Tee Panama Canal Was Built In
Time Because Money Was
Ready When Needed.
BY GEORGE CLINTON

SoinlneTCe winch mas been dis
ousslhg the question of an appropria-
llon TO prevent floods on the lower
Mlsslsslppi river called Lieut. Col. Will
nam H. S1bert, formerly a member Of
the 1sthmian canal commission and
VINO Quilt the Gatun dam and locks,
DeIo~S 1t as witness a day or two
ago,
S'snator Rans6ell of Louisiana was
ulrectly responsible for the summon
ing or the army officer. The senator
Is ANXIOUS that congress should ap-
propriate lump sum of $60,000,0 900
Ior ievee work on the great river, a
sum sufficient to complete the work,
ano ne wants the appropriation made
at once, and it was for this reason
oouDtiess that the Panama canal engi-
neer was ordered to appear and give
testimony
Senator Ransdell must be given
credit for being a wise man He was
not anxious to ask the army officer
witness much about the Mississippi
river, but he did want to ask him
why the Panama canal was built so
successfully and on time.
Colonel Sibert told the committee
that the Panama canal was built on
time because the money was ready
for the work when it was needed and
that the engineers, knowing the cash
was there, went ahead with the work
OF selecting the personne! for each
nArftnnIar IF Iah oh a
machinery and started things moving,
and did this because they knew there
would be no delay In getting the nee
essary money. The army engineer
added that money was the thing which
enabled the government work to be
done properly and within the limits
Of the time set.
Congress May Sanction Plan.
1t Is possible that before adjourn
ment congress will sanction a plan of
work which will put an end to floods
in the lower Mississippi and prevent
the recurrence of disasters which have
caused the loss of many lives and of
millions of dollars worth of property.
1t is certain that an appropriation to
begin the work will be forthcoming.
The only doubt that exists is whether
the lawmakers will commit the gov
eminent in advance to the expenditure
OF the additional millions which will
make the labor continuous until the
end is reached.
Senator Rapsdell is an advocate of
iy~,r
enough to complete the levee system
Of the Mississippi river so that the re-
currence of the foods of other years
can be avoided. The losses that have
come, it is urged, are much greater
than the sum which will be needed
to prevent a repetition of the damage
in the future. The senator expected
10 and probablyt did score a point
when he summoned one of the Pana-
ma canal engineers to appear before
his committee and asked him what 1T
was that put the Panama canal
through so speedily and so we'll So
it may be that to the success of the
isthmian waterway will be due the
completion OF the big work in the Mis-
sissippi valley.
Think Labor Is Class.
When the senate finishes with the
antitrust measures the country VIII
know just what measure OK success
representatives of labor and farmers
organizations have had in their at
temps to secure exemptions for the
labor unions and the agricultural asso-
Citations from the provisions or the
Sherman antitrust law,
Generally speaking, there appears
10 be a feeling in Washington that
when the legislation is enacted IL VIII
he found the organizations named VIII
ha in nearly the same position they
are in today except that there VIII De
a defined status for them as that Oh
associations which on their very race
are not formed for purposes IN re-
straint of trade II might be SAID
however. that there is feeling mere.
M least so far as the labor unions are
concerned. that specific legislation al
fecting them, as differentiated from
other organizations, would be PASSED
if Il were not for the fact thae IN 1AAs
country there are not supposed 10 De
any classes.
American students of economic ana
social conditions, congress mas oeen
told. hold that legislation anecuhs Ia
hor should not be viewed from .ne
same standpoint as that from "nich
LEGISLATION for capital Is lookeu upon
It seems that to some extent senators
and representatives in congress s. are
;nc,,ned 70 take this view of things
themselves. - hoa,
A good deal of criticism has peen
nasssd in washington because 'hose
members of congress VINO aiso e.
members OF unions champiou 80 49, :
csnse as a unit. In the house eneIe
arc sixteen representatives VINO galI .
ur,on cards. Eleven of them are ZEN
o o'-o fonr are Republicans and one m,
49, n-oc~ase,ve They act uniteoiS