Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-12-10
FLETCHER FIRM
FOR WATERWAYS
SHOWED THAT ROTH GREAT
PARTIES STOOD PLEDGED
10 IMpRON EMENTS

more comprehenslse policy On Ron.
part NJ the Federal Government TO-
ward the inland waterways of ne
uited states vas struck by Senator
Duncan O. Fletcher of Florida tOdny
before the National Rivers and fiHr.
Uors Congress nov iu session in thH
city.
Preliminary 20 defense of the
Oklawaha river PROJECT. which wfs
the subject OF considerable criticism
during the long debates on the De-
river and harbor BILL Senator Fetch
~ said that for 10 half dozen years
be- had been attending the annual
meetings Of the National Rivers aad
llarbofs Congress. aud had felt as
Doe mingled with iis members from
all parts OF the country. that no. was
lu ~ NOT select go least reputable
society But. ue said since
your last meeting ! must tell YOU,
though you may have read it. that
you have been publicly declared o.
be- gratuitous maker. OF pork bar
rel proposals for legislation and r1c
greatest lobby boz the country
20 there b. grain nf truth Boz che
reckless statements made and pub
llshed broadcast reflertlng ON the
members OF this Congress. then me
only course open 90 you is 90 ailorh
and hat Ia hand hio yourselves.
unhouored aud unsuug. 20 the ear
Hest train for home Yes. there rs
ouething YOU should DO before ven
dissolve. aud thai b. adopt q memoir
ial no the Congress of the United
States 10 The effect that since Won
have been exposed. % would boz use
less for you 10 offer any suggestions
or submit any petitions 20 it. dis
credited as YOU arc and Won hereby Of
face yourselves. individually and col
lcctiyoly offer your most humble"
guolosies for ever having existed n
an and ask forgiveness for your pre-
sumption in assembling loo WiHhIne-
ton and listening 20 addresses by
fresideis Of the United States and
Cabinet Officials. Ambassadors ami
Ministers from foreign countries.
Representatives and senators and
leaders loo economic Thought. in ny
der that YOU might tho more clearly
understand these great problems
You ought 10 be- ashamed of your
selves or you ought not There
NO halfway business about II YoI
orght to go home ana stay there or
YOU ought 10 stand on your rights
and LET the peopl, know you are
here. You ought 10 surrender alb
lectly. or stand your ground and
fight To my mind the old stoics had
q good working philosophy don't
lubilate don't whine fight
Politics nTtEa beeg injected into
the question Of waterway improve
ments during the campaign just clos
ID, Senator Fletcher reviewed the
announcements of the Two great no-
litical parties on The subject OF river
aud harbor Improvements for the
past nifty years. and showed by re1d-
ing from the republican and demo
cratic platforms that both had stood
tor liberal appropriations for the nav
igable waterways OF the country.
Smariing from tho attacks made
un the last river aud harbor BIN
while the measure was pending la the
Senate with particular reference 20
the kissimoe aud OkBwaha rivers I'm
Florida. senator Fletcher .aid tblt b.
had been charged and published
throughout the whole country that
the kissimHe river was dry eight
months in The year and ought 20
De- Insured against fire tn, river
never vas dry a minute said he. la
voice thar might have been heard
ON Pennsylvania Avenue iIo said
the commerce on tine kissimcc fo-
I'Ia, consisting of fruit. fish. ferti'.
ircr feed groceries general mcrchaa-
disc logs lumber. naval stores. etc.
amounted o. 1880 short tons valued
at f..'io.'HO. being an increas. Bon
Tonnage of % per cent over the pre-.
ceiling year he said further that
%" kIssimrr river was the only
mDus Of communication. other than
roads between some three thousan Z
points touched by railroad. This
river. boz conjunction with Lake Oko.
rhohe, aud The Caloosahatcheo river.
affords uayigablo waterway from
it" bitt Of Mexico 90 Kissim,..
distance of 300 miles. and. 90
wound like tu know. Dee continued
10 % Del reasonable to call this %
creek aui belitte it as Co stream OBJ.
nn consequence or importance
The Senator said the people nl
Florida were asking for an ipprl.
prHfion of 1000 90 give the ki.5i-
iuer e depth of three feet the year
round for navigation purpose.
which, " done. would increase DO
commerce ou the river a thousand
fold.
As 10 the Oklauaha. senator
Fletcher Nas ever more emphatic
iie Characterized the attacks on the
project rs gross and wholly ineNcus-
able BE denied IN a highly dramatic
manner the charges made aEinst tho
Nissimee and Oklawaha propecf
That they Vere being pushed IN 'ha
interest Of land spectators aud re-
rlamation and darinage schemes Pee
said that there was no more merifr-.
GUS project. no Improvement more
trrdei anywhere In the roIr.
frF than the Oklawaha proisr'
Sho" me project. which. wo-'
on ont, viii Increase land eal-
ACREAGE which will not add 90 crcs-
..'u and distribution. and ! will be-
ihie to point 90 project which
should nor have been undertaken or
aIl project where waste takes the
fHrc ~ conservation Show me q
project ihe completion Of which
m'1ns Increase IN land values. ir.
'f'fs' boz productive acreage. n rich
addition to creation aud distribution
and D u..Hf r.fus - d. s.r. Hs-s .t ......r ID