Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-10-28
RECENT APPROPRIATION INsUF.
FlCIENT TO CARRY ON
WORK PLANNED
FREE WATERWAY MENACED.
Ioll~ To keep tp Canals, RivcrWay>
and Channels Mould Give
Railroads strange
Hold

Special 20 The Sow.
WASHINGTON ID c. oct e7.-
Waterway legislation on the part
the National Congress seems az the
present moment to br bopelcssly
drifting" said Joseph " Teal OF
Oregon, one of the strouscst cham
plons of broad honest aud COM
prehensiyc policy of river and har-
hor Improvements u the whole ra.
ciiic northwest
'lu the light of the opposition
shown 90 the Rivers and Hurbors Ap-
preparation bi'l us ii came from the
senate Committee ON commerce. and
which finally resulted In the passarc
of compromise measure. carrying
f20,uo0.OnO in round numbers the
friends of waterways are confronted
with most rious situation There
s no use of our toying 10 whistle
down the wind because ~ cannot be-
done. nor can wo as tho oNpOucnts OF
Improved river and harhors. fail To
appreciate thc Hrt that the Opposi.
tion 20 thc development OF our great
inland w1tCr courses. which means
SO much not only Boo the regulation of
freight rates hut what is of moro
importance. 90. tram sporiJtiuu agen.
rlos. has shown its teeth throughout
tho long series 0f debates iu the sen.
ate or ilr Rivers oud uarbor. bin
Tho settled utlcy of this country
capitalized into law has been Free
Waterway Two OF more wears IEo
The sugeestlon that a serious effort
would hc made 90 place tolls upon
improved waterways received no at
tuniion. being unworthy of serious
cons Liberation This policy has long
since been generally abandoned hv
civilized countries. and 10 was deem
cd unthlukahlc that such thne
could be- seriously proposed in The
United states particularly as the Law
expressly forbade IL However the
question "a once suggested itself. %
tolls were 10 be collected pussing
through locks then the same reason
would sustain the charge Tor passing
through 2 dreired or uthcrWiso im-
pfu. "a channel. sush as Che Ambrose
enamel thus burdening all cpm-
murce II tolls wera to bee levied on
traffic using the improved water
WAYS. the same reasoning would Iu--
tify COINS back tu tbc toll road with
COS WHuF Charge ls therr ware oates
However D. Wa- pointed uut by suwe
even more than tUo years ago. that
% piDpd. audI was being started .u
,euters tu place tolls ou improved
waterways but Js BIAS uem said uu
attention was given the matter uy
the shippers
n now appears thar th.. idea oi
tolls uU our river and uJlgibis
stream. was mo- ilgWcut oi tb, W3gi
nation N Wu- voiced Iu uu loss f.
representative journal uf the great
NlddI, West than tlc Chicago Trl.
huup. H recent editorial on water
way ',r atiou After ursius the
creation of National river auI
Uartur Noari. similar tY the Boards
which conduct 'Nc harnor BOO Eue-
anj f.Is ueN spapor sa,i This
Boar HUu'I compute the cost of tbo
proposed Improvement and the IN
com. 'n hu derived from ii 'h, terri
tnrl '. Hl benefited. and the traI.
Nc A. H' carried 50 tho time the
enterprise aiken up thc TOLLS Tor
tine u. 'H. Waterways should br
uNcH
I. M.. N, sell 90 consider Who
NoUH Iat these tolls aDd who would
hou,.' thereby ~ would. ol course.
D., 90. operating charge and tfe cargo
'Ou ... 'ur ~ lu other words
tho Or. ...r aU' consumer uf fHi.
rum.. .HHId foot 'h. Mil. The
onl. f.r..'. tY bc heusittod would
boz f.. roads Who by iha meas
u-r .. TOLLS could exact uirhor
r,tn. .H fn h, f.o ond of tHD
HHo. . people of tH'. country
for .. ..frrHar.' N-r fh. rrm.
or. ... .t-' to boz charged % tuIi
flru f. -ur aui additional ioIl
fhru t. So Clair suG other Im.
prov co. and finally 3D. inI
1. i. ..T 400 improved Isrbor
Uk. .-. HuH Huffalo' q. fHr
,pal from piuepurE. fu Now
Ur'r . fHf0f Is g.e.rs
ra.. f"r r.r'nue dams tHsi
arr . .... rf construction oU tHo
Ohio n#rH 3.Hu nr Hau1
fHr NI..i,luni tla
am. fn to r.rriod our on
tho r'.HT
IMPOSITION .fr'krr 90 fhr
SCR, ..r rf'.reatF "a. IuH-r.
rHrr. .f commerce ls ever
ado. .UHH mean additional
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