The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-06-18
TO PREVENT FLOOD
aAMooGu WORKING Foa 0s0
APPROPRIATION ron LoWGA
MIssissipPs.
ASKS seo,oooooo At ONCE

csAsast sibsss Tells asasas csmmst.
~ Paasas Canal Wa Built N
ri0s ossswss Ms~sy We
Aas6y Whsa Nssasa.
0y GEORGE CLINTON.
Washinst0o.-The senate commit
~ % commerce which has besa a.
Sseefng tAs question Of IN apDropFla-
~ 70 Deoveat foods o. the lovee
4iaaissipei river called Lisst Col. WI
Ham L. sibeFt. formerly . member Of
~ tsthDian canal commissiou asd
Who built tAs Getun dam and locks.
baopVs It - . vttAsss . day o. tvo
~.
0saatoe RaAa6all oe Louisiana vas
Aissotly rssDasAhls for tAs suanoa-
Ing Of ths army o6acsr. Ths ssoatoe
- anxteaS thAt eoagrsss should ~
Deopsiats . lump sam OF ~. 1000 900
tor Isvss work On tie grsst rtvsr. .
SON ssfnetsat 70 complete tie work.
and hs vaats tie appropriation made
ct onos. and II vas for this reason
doubtlsss that The Panama canal saSi-
nssr was ordsrsd to appear and give
testimony.
Senator Ransden must b. given
credit for being . wiss maa. He was
1ot anxious to ask tAs army ofAosr
witness much about H. AissiaalDDl
Sever. but hs did vaat to ak him
WY the Panama canal vas ba1lt %
successfully and On tina.
Colonel 0lbsst told the csnalttss
that tAs Panama canal was bsilt o.
time bscssss the money was ready
1or ths work when It was nssdsd and
tAat tAs sas1nssrs. knowing the eash
was there. wsat ahead With tie voek
q selecting the psrsounsl for each
particular piecs oe labor. bought ~
nacAinssy and startsd thinss moving.
a4d did this because they knew there
wosld - no delay in getting tie nse-
eaaary Doosy. The army engineer
aA1el that monsy was the thing which
saabsed the government work to b
done properly and within the limits
q The time oot-
ce~Srsss May Sanction Plan.
It 10 possible that before adjourn
ment congress will sanction Z 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.
It 10 certain that an Appropriation TO
begin the work will be forthcoming
The only doubt that exists 10 whether
the lawmakers will commit the gov
ernment In advance to the expenditure
Of the additional millions which will
make the labor continuous until the
end u reached.
Senator Ransdell is an advocate Of
an immediate appropriation big
enough to complete the levee system
of the Mississippi river 20 that the re-
currsncs Of the floods Of other years
can be avoided. The losses that have
como. 1t 10 urged, are much greater
than the sum which will be needed
to prevent q repetition Of the damage
IN tAs future. The senator expected
to and probably did score . point
when b 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 20 speedily and 30 we'll. So
It may be that to the success Of the
isthmisn waterway will be due the
completion Of the big work In the Mis-
sissippi valley.
Think Labor 10 . Glass.
When the senate finishes with the
antitrust measures the country will
know Just what measure Of success
representatives of labor and farmers
organizations have had in their At-
temps to secure exemptions for tho
labor unions and the agricultural asso-
Citations from the provisions Of the
Sherman antitrust law.
Generally speaking. there appears
to be feeling in Washington that
~when the legislation is enacted 1t Will
be found the organizations named will
be in nearly the same position they
are IN today except that there Will be
q defined status for them rs that Of
associations which on their very face
are not formed for purposes in re-
straint Of trade. II might be said
however, that there is q feeling here.
at least 20 far as the labor unions are
concerned that specific legislation AZ
fecting them. as Differentiated from
other organisations. would be passed
II 1t were not for the fact that in this
country there are not supposed to be
any classes.
American students Of economic and
3eeial conditions. congress has been
Mold, hold that legislation affecting Ia
Nor should not be viewed from the
Anne standpoint rs that from which
leg gslation for capital is looked upon.
nt.eems that to some extent senators
and representatives in congress are
inclined to take this view Of things