The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-18
BOTH AMENDMENTS ARE ESSENTIAL ID. USE OF WATERWAYS.
Executive Committee on Coun- ty River Amendment-Mc- Duffie Talks on Value .
 of Improvements

The report of the finance committee will be made today at the meeting of the executive committee favoring the adop- tion of amendment No. 2, gen. erally known as the county river amendment.
 This meeting will be held at the Civic Association at 12;S0 o'clock, and in ad- dition to the members of the commit tee. Judge William F. Fort state cam psign manager, and Arthur C. Crowder' manager for Jefferson coun- ty, will be in attendance. E. Wilkin- son is the chairman of the executive committee and Charles l.. Harold is the vice chairman.
 Reports will be submitted showing the progress which has been made in the various counties of the state, and after E. B. Irwin chairman of the fi- nance committee has made his report, the final plans for the closing two weeks of the campaign will be adopted. The amendment will be voted on in the' general election to be held November 2.
 One of the most necouraging an- dorsements of the county river amend ment which has yet been received by the committee came yesterday from John McDuffie of Monroe county, rep resentative in Congress from the First Alabama district. ''rhe adoption or amendment number l, known as the Mobile port amendment, is very i'm portant. and I am heartily in favor of it." said Mir McDuffic. But unless proper terminal and transportation Ia cilities are provided at the lnland points which are expected to be the feeders of the Mobile port. a great part of the value of the Mobile port lm- provements will be lost"
 MUST HAVE FUNDS "al waterway is just like rail- road in that it must have feeders. Unless the people of Jefferson county provide means for using the river there will not he enough freight coming down to justify the 1 Improvements for Mobile, and 1 there will he such difficulty in sending freight up the river and having it distributed that it will l seriously hamper tnt uSC VI s"N l Warrior.
 l "I feel certain that when the people Iof Alabama realize that this amend : ment merely allows Jefferson county to decide whether she shall lend her | credit to the plan to provide trans l nortation and terminal facilities at the port of Birmingham. there will be no
 serious opposition. This is nothing put a matter of local self government. | T lN 10 people of the state that although Jer- ferson county is the only one winch will be called on to lend it's credit 10 the project, practically all the peopie of the state will enjoy the same an yantages as Jefferson county, that IS the reduction of 20 per cent in freight rates.
 LINKED TOGETHER
 CT consider the adoption of the sec- | ond or county river amendment as an essential part of the comprehensive plan to give the people or Aiaoan''' the benefit of the water transporta- ton. This amendment and the Mobile port amendment should be linked to- gether The one is the necessary ad junct of the other. A saving Of 70 per cent is an item that should not be over looked by anyone. The advantages 70 all the commercial and industrial or ganizations of the state are 50 ap parent that they need no explanation If will extend the trade territory of the state several hundred miles. But the consumers should not overlook that it means just as much to each Of them
 as to the commercial and industria firms All the people of the state VIII
 get the benefit of this reduction.
 Y have been actively interested In the waterway development Of Alabama l 1 nd feel confident that the peopIe of the state will not hinder the movement now. The adoption oi both the Mobile port amendment and the county river amendment are essen tial"