New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
Senator Condemns Waste
Of $4,000, 900 OF "Riv-
ers and HarborS."
DECLINES 100000
FOR OWN STATE
rOur Warships Should Be as
Good as or Better than Eng
lands" He Says.
-r..- N, rrlnnc Ru,can J

Wellington, May 20 do not want
49, share Of the stealing in this rivers
"a bsrbors bill. II is criminal 10 dis
,rss !, AZ all. Think Of it! Forty
..il;o, dollars TO be wasted and taxes
ho increased! That forty millions
nou,d build two battle cruisers. No
80 trows how many submarines il
would build
.pi.cbfork Ben" Tillmar. Of South /
r.rol;rs. chairman Of the Senate Naval
Corri,tcc. justified his title to-day in
a.. Sorstc i'm an attack on the pork
h.--cr measure now pending. Congress
.ho.ld confno its energies and eN-
,,r5itures almost entirely, he declared
80 the army and navy.
.conrress." he added, "has appro-
..;,,cd hundreds Of millions of dol
,.~s for the army and navy ootn; o~' |
,bo country feels now. am sure, that
- army and navy which we have are
moi AZ AN adequate for the money they
cost.
ohio one essential and all important
.,,,o5iturc confronting US, the one to
,.t,.b we should bend all the nations |
erert.,es. is am adequate navy. by ina.
mean q navy second 20 none eNoePS
rr~Iard'S. both in number OF Shlps anu
lr arramont. / want US TO hdNe tne
very best types of ships ana armament
possible 90 obtain.
Cost Is lmmaterial.
.~o. g. many ships or as powerful
rayv as that of Great Britain OUT
,cusll,rc 10 in individual units and II
po,siblc. surprising 1t IN every e essen.
tal of modern warfare. ms VIII
hundreds Of millions OF douars' uu.'
mo matter what 10 costs we ousn' "
ts,. h we must have lt-a ana We
n',,b. 10 set about obtaining II IN
hurry. for 10 takes time 10 Ou''u p"'-
r.sbips and battle cruisers. .,oooo
.Tbis hin proposes 10 spend S4O,VVV'- |
ooo or more on rivers and haroors; !
lilo Committee on Commerce reported
L;s hin IN the Senate with one OF the
,,os+ roeritorious items that the house
IA ru+ in stricken out-that ior the
- River. providing for channel OF
- ,,s+er rom New York HaroOr 10
H. navy ward. permitting battleshlp
20 co mn to the navy yard at all hoHts
,.itbout reference 10 the ude' me
senate has shown itself TOO paIr'oeiSS
and broad 10 follow its committee, anu
this item has been restored by an o'ei-
whelming vote. 49,. o,d
t.rbor hin At this time is ineXplcaole
7, is rs though men were wlld anu
raw over local affairs and have no !
Lroad national grasp at all. why
sbould we spend ell this money IN the
fsca Of the fact that we are compeHeu
80 Increase our taxes in order 10 gel
money TO run the government TINS
his year? l cannot understand such
q nolicv M all. ] do not want to hurt
srvbodv's feelings or 10 wound sensl-
biiities. but 10 me this expenditure
vould be criminal under the clrcum-
stances that now exist.
Would Vote 100000 900.
90 have not the figures or even any
snnrovimate data and can only guess
mi would be willing to vote $3OO'oOO'
bad If necessary TO begin at once-ano
hurriedlv. as though we expected war
,mrediatelv-the construction OF the
necessary ships Of the most improved
tvDes 10 give US a really first class
nav When the naval appropriation
corr.s over from the House, if there is
no provision in II or inadequate Prov
sion I'm il for docking the battle-cruls-
ers now 10 be built, ] expect TO nave
something 20 say in regard to no" IN
one wear and a half we can get the
first dock on the Atlantic large enough
10 repair them. r
81 am not panlcstrcken' nor an !
frightened, but when ! consider the
possible dangers that may confront US
as people when this European war Is
ended. with millions Of trained sol /
diers and several bankrupt treasures !
throughout Europe, and with America /
defenccless. though the richest nation
now on the globe with accumulated 4
billions brought 10 our shores by TINS
war. / tremble al the thought of what .
could happen. Armies are not created .
In a DAY. Ii takes six months or year .
10 drill men and familiarize them with ?
the use of arms. so that they know
how 10 fight and defend themselves.
Otherwise they can be slaughtered Ike
30 many sheep.
81 believe reliCiously that the taXpay-
ers Of the United States are not only
willing but anxious TO put their hands
INTO their pockets 10 create and main
iain d navy sufficient to protect us
from invasion. The people Of the Pa
cifc Coast are, aid have been for
long time, deeply concerned because OF
the unprotected condition of that coast.
"The policy involved in the river and
harbor bill has been in vogue for a
long while. But ! do not want my
share of the stealing in this bill. And
while South Carolina has items IN II
amounting 10 100000 | shall vote
against it and hope that it will not
become a law We need the money so
much for more important things.
make bold 10 say that ! would be
ashamed 10 90 home 10 South Carolina
and tell my people that I had voted
100000 for South Carolina and left
unprepsred and unprovided for the mo-
mentous question of great navy.
would rather have two modern battle
cruisers than this S40,000000 for rivers
and hsrbors.
.. III this bill does pass | pray God the
PRESIDENT will veto it,"