The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-06
NATIONAL CONTROL
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conventio OF the national rivers
and harbors congress here
Mr.. Daniels severely criticised
those men who arc boarding
their money. awaiting . drop In
the price of commodities and the
cost OF labor. before undertaking
building programs vitality neces-
sary to reconstruction. He said:
Men who believe they should
postpone building until the cost
OF labor falls should understand
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wages viii never again fatf 10
pre-war standards
I'VE are living In an entirely
new world 1t Is n hundred
years since August 1914, and
new hopes inspired, and new as
piratiops imoibed."
Job for Every Soldier.
Secretary Baker declared there
would be a JOB for every man who
wore the uniform Of the United States
in the great war. IL he wanted II. and
advocated that immediate authority
be given for needed improvements in
river and harbor facilities as one
means, not only OF building up the
prosperity OF the country. but also OF
opening up employment to men leav-
ing the service.
Here lie tho rivers Of the United
States offering an invitation to a
more economic mode Of transporta-
ton. Here ts an opportunity to have
the government which everybody
now recognizes rs the protector Of
the common good. assert its control
over land and water transportation IN
such way as to prevent ineQuitable
competition among them land prevent
the determination Of one great mode
of transportation by th@ other.
II do not believe Il II be a think
able thing that any soldier VINO put
on the uniform OF his country and
either fought or was In training to
fight In this war. will b allowed to
remain without a Job II he wants one.
The river and harbor development Is
a thing that will help us to And very
useful and profitable work for a large
number of people,"
Mr. Baker pointed to our Improve
mcnt, for war purposes, OF French
harbors az an example OF what should
be done In our own country. He then
paid his compliments to Boshevism
He said:
Reorganization Process.
THE whole world is in a process OF
reorganization. We hear of STRINGS
of all rorts throughout the world.
many OF them seem quito mysterious
TO us, some of them as we read Of
them In the newspapers or see mani
festatjons OF them seem to be very
menacing to us. And yet they are
comparatively simple. Great bodies
of people have been oppressed and
held down under autocratic and ar
bitrary rule for a very long while
SIrd9antxv fhnua no hnA
no education in the processes OF free
dom nor access to tn traditions Of
self government find themselves en-
dowed with the fullest liberty that
men and lands can enjoy. They do
not know quite what to do with It,
They believe at the outset that lib
erty means license. These people
haven't learned what we in America
know so well. that the only liberty
which all can enjoy Is liberty under
law and order. They will get that
notion after while"
No Bolsiacvim Hero.
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels
characterized as ''malarial hysteria"
the feeling prevailing in some quar-
tiers that the United States fs menaced
with commercial depression and its
citizenship with Boishevtsm. He De-
| ciared that we had spent billions OF
! oouafU IN the war and that now we
ought to spend moro. billions tn de.
velopfng our own resources for the
good of all the people. In this work,
he declared, development Of our In
land waterways and harbor facilities
take foremost place. He said:
Not a bale OF cotton. not a ton OF
ore, not a carload Of steel should be
carried on the railway lines that can
be transported over the rivers, lakes
or streams of this country.
Il hope to live to SEQ the day
when I win be able to travel on
ocean going boats from the great
lakes, from towns on the Hudson,
from cities on the Mississippi and
the Missouri rivers. over to Europe
without transferring to veesei at
soaboard."
Major General Black. chief of en-
gineers. urged creation of a depart
ment OF transportation. Alan r.
! Hawley. pref dent OF tho Aero Club
OF America spoke OF the future OF
Aerial transportation. An aasocia-
ton which win urge the deepening OF
the St Lawrence 50 that ocean going
vessels may enter the Great Lakes.
was formed at a separate session. II
is to be known as the Great Lakes st.
Lawrence Tidewater Association.
Senator Joseph Ransdell. Of Louisd-
ana. president Of the congress intro
duced the speakers