Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-29

4 water. During highWatOr seasons r6Its
are run from 100 or more miles above
Grays bridge. 81
1.-THE commerce was made up OF
forest products. 80 per cent, and agri-
cultural products and supplies per-
cent: 81 per cent OF the total commerce
. was RATED saw logs. <
Now, think Of 1t going on, a project
Of that kind up to this time, eight to
ten inches Of wateri Yet If anybody
says word against appropriations in
these river and harbor bills in the past
we are met with, 1T is small to take
up these little things; act on the
broader basis" whatever IL best for
the good Of the whole country. So IT
goes on year after year. and you
gentlemen who are insisting on this
kind Of propositions might just as
we'll make up your minds that You are
the worst enemies to real substantial
waterway legislation. because NJ. the
people OF the country, I believe, de-
spite what my good friend the senator
from Colorado says--and II they are
not L am going to despair Of popular
government--are not going to stand 1t
much longer to pay taxes and war
taxes for little creeks and rivers that
are good for nothing except to help
re-elect people to congress.
Arcadia 10 Saved.
In order not to make his f1libuster
partisan in character. Senator Kenyon
after dissecting the river or creek ap-
preparations on the democratic side OF
the house turned to the more humor-
Gus question Of william Alden Smith,
late favorite son Of Michigan. Said
Then our old friend Arcadia came
into the bill. / am sorry that the dis
tinguished senator from Michigan (Mr.
Smith) is not here because any sub
ject that involves Arcadia commands
his enthusiastic attention. Arcadia is
a little harbor up in Michigan where
quite a sum Of money has been spent
not a great sum possibly, but Arcadia
has been condemned as a project by
the army engineers. I hold In my
hand a document relating to Arcadia
Of Feb. s, 1916, signed by Mr. Kingman,
chief of engineers of the United States
army. First the report of Colonel w.
NJ Black of Jan. 12, 1915. says:
1T was anticipated when main
tenance1 was =; undertaken by the
United states that there would be
great increase in water shipments OF
fruit and farm products as the timber
lands were denuded. This has not
been the case tho there has been in
crease in the production Of these COM
modities. They have sought other
means Of transportation. and there is
no evidence that this condition will not
continue.
Mr.. kingman says:
1.-The district officer is Of opinion
that the present and prospective COM
merce is too small to justify the neces-
sary expenditure for the maintenance
of this harbor and he recommends
that the Improvement be abandoned by
the United States. The division en-
gineer and the board of engineers for
rivers and harbors concur in this
opinion"
f.. II do not believe that anyone is
.objectihg to river and harbor appro-
priations that are national In scope
and character. I do not believe we
are ready to abandon in this country
all river and harbor work, certainly
not harbor work. know we are con-
fronted with very serious problems as
to whether transportation by river
can be a success in this country. But
there is a sentiment in the country,
and we might just as we'll face II,
against the system OF appropriations
\ not purely for navigation but for local
interests and along the line OF getting
something out Of the national treasur,
that is not for the benefit Of the ma
, ton in general. -.