The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-08-06
SENATOR SIMMONS SAYS
RIVER BILL WILL PASS.

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"The rivers and harbors appro-
priaiion bill will pass the senate
during the present session"
This statement .as made in the
most uncquiyocal manner by Sen.
ator Simmons, Of North Carolina,
chairman of the finance commit
tee and acting chairman Of the
committee ON commerce, which
prepared the waterway budget.
The opposition to the rivers
and harbors bills, " continued Sen
a,or Simmons, is confined 10 a
rcIatively small number Of sena-
tors The large majority Of
srnators feel that il Is of the nj
most public Importance that bill
should pass and they have express
ed themselves 10 me in no uncer-
tain ierms--this with no reference
whatsoever 10 marty proclivities.
There are some items in every
BIN that may be subject TO criu.
cism from the standpoint Of the
,haracter Of the government un.
dcriaking. am satisfied, how
ever that there are but few l.
,cms IN the present rivers and
arbors bill that are subject TO
THE criticism spoken Of
IA is true that the total ap.
uropration carried in the bill is
larger than usual, but there is
Nr. founded demand in the conn.
t-, for broader policy on The
part Of the government for the
Improvement OF our waterways, a
demand justified by the high cen
,dcraiion of d sound public poll.
cy O.
The large part Of the rivers
aud harbors bill is for the i'm
proyrment of our harborS, both Ola
hr Atlantis and Pacific sea
boards and on the Grcai Lakes,
ucluding the river approaches
io these harbors II il a well.
.own fact that our harbors have
not been improved m they SHOULD
have been aud that the opening
of the Panama Canal imposes up
600 congress the duty Of greater
l.t,ity and liberaltiy in the I'm
rru,ement ~ these harbors.
The bill deals more literally
with the Mississippi river than
other bills. bat Il IN felt that this
,e policy ia imperativcly de
handed BY the country, whleh
has been emphasized by the de-
.sstalng floods OF recent years
The BIN deals more literally with
'bc tnicrcoAstal system Of water.
WAYS than former bills. bat this
s "a scheme that has been thor
oughy thought out and on which
sentiment has been cryStallizcd
SOME persons hive critics Il
PROJECTS IN the bill located In dis
ani sect ons Of THE country. bat
fhe,, persons have made NO crit.
Hm Of projects located IN their
mwoiJstT vicinity The small
PROJECTS IN lhe sih, when all the
.ag,, lrc Known. compare favora'
FOL-. 100 mportsase, within the ter
n1 affected. with the larger
PROJECTS
IHr iaduye Of the present riv
.r, auj harbors hill would within
f.v months stop work ON more
'aHu half the projects provided
.ur 100 tlr measure. Harbors inn
noumeuts would largely cease
lHr Mississippi river system
would hc almost abandoned and
great damagc would be done 60
'as machinery employed upon the
several works.
have tried 20 keep in close
n.l with the senate through
W This session and. knowing the
ointment that prevails as TO the
m.r' of the rivers and harbors
M. feel confident the pending
M0 NII pass ~ this session OF
congress
SEN simmons optimism for
Oboe rivers and harbors bill should
Huf deter the friends of the meas
uro throughout the country from
Urging their senators 90 remain
..re after the passage Of the an
thrust and trade commission bills
100 order 10 make sure Of its sue