Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-03-27
the RlHsDEu. HUMPHREYS BILL.

effect that the Ransdell- Humphreys
bill has been killed and that the
forces in the Mississippi Valley have
in any way abated their activities in
pushing this measure is unauthorized
and without foundation.
The Ransdell- Humphreys bill has
received greater consideration and
has made greater progress than any
similar measure that has been pre-
sented before Congress as a means of
preventing floods on the lower Mis-
sissippi River. While the committee
on Rivers and Harbors to which this
bill was referred was unable to rec
ommend the full appropriation Of
S12, 600, 900 for the project at this
session, it recommended the largest
appropriation that has ever been
made for the lower Mississippi River
(S7, 900, 0OO) as a result of the work
of this Levee Association.
Misleading press reports have
conveyed the impression that the
forces that have been actively en-
gagged in pushing the Ransdell- Hum
phreys bill have been defeated. This
is false and misleading as the senti-
ment in favor of the Ransdell- Hum
phreys bill is stronger today than
ever. Senator Ransdell and Mr..
Humphreys, being asked by the
authors of the Newlands bill to aid
them in shaping it so that it would
be more satisfactory and helpful,
amended it 80 that it would be more
beneficial to the interests of the low.
er Mississippi Valley than it would
have been otherwise. They urge all
interests in the Valley to continue
to work through the Mississippi Riv-
er Levee Association for definite and
specific legislation for this great
project.
The Mississippi River Ievee Asso-
citation has been the means of secur-
ing for the lower Mississippi River,
81, O0O, 900 more than was allotted
in 1912, $1,000, 600 more than was
allotted in 1918 and has increased
this years allotment to 81 600, 900
or 50, OO0, 600 more than was called
for under the plan adopted by Con-
gress in 1910 This amount will in
all probability be increased to S.
600, 900 before the bill becomes a
law.
We wish to urge all of the friends
Of the lower Mississippi River to
continue their allegiance and exert
their activities through this, their
organization. Members of Congress
have been more fully awakened to
the responsibility of the National
Government regarding this great
problem of the Mississippi, and have
been more fully informed regarding
the feasibility and practibility Of
preventing disastrous floods by a
system of levees than ever before.
There are a number of bills before
Congress providing relief for the low
er Mississippi River. The Dyer bill
urging an appropriation of $3.50, 900
with which to experiment in par
allel channels for spill-ways. The
Clark bill appropriating $50, 900, 900
for drainage and food relief and the
Newlands- Broussard bill which has
been recently introduced in Congress
The Mississippi River Levee Associa-
ton is doing nothing to oppose any
measure that will give the desired
relief to the people of the lower Mis-
Valley, but all of those who
constitute this Association believe
that their first allegiance should be
to the Association. which is working
for a definite and specific plan for
preventing the floods in this section
Guns is the greatest food problem
Of any being considered throughout
the United States.
II would be we'll if those advocat-
ing other measures would be content
to make progress along their own
lines without attempting to diseredit
the work being done by this Associ- |