Evening journal., 1920-11-27
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an adequate appropriation to meet the
demands Of your river and harbor i'm
provement.
zone OF the first things to catch
my eye on visiting your Chamber Of
Commerce was a little pamphlet with
the following boost: Wilmington,
Delaware, the home OF industry, pros
perity. health and happiness l most
and ! ste no reason why Wilmington
should not continue TO grow in jll
these things, and become ono Of our
great Atlantic seaport cities
"a great industrial region lies just
north Of you, almost at your door
Your advantage in proximity to
European and Eastern ports is clear
| ly shown. The Delaware river Is
destined to become one OF our great,
important waterways. not only as a
commerce carrier. but as a natural
inland waterway, affording prote ctlon
to our vessels in time OF war.
1.-THE development OF the Middle
West is only in IFS infancy. New in
dustries are springing up almost
daily, and II Is not TO be expected that
the port OF New York can keep pace
with the increased trade. Thereto G..
these industries already are, or will
be, looking for other outlets, and vii
mington, with its geographical ad-
vantage and its great trunk line rail
connections, should be a logical chan
mel for this export and import busi-
ness.
Now il is just as certain as fate
Itself that every increase in the cost
OF transportation. Increases both the
cost OF living and OF doing business,
and decreases the territory in, which
our products can be sold. Also. we
know that It takes less power to move
a given weight on water than on
land, and increased power means in
creased cost.
continental Europs has 23,0O0
miles OF usable waterways. a large
percentage Of these waterways being
6rtifcially made, by canalizatlon. We
have 2S,0O0 miles, but only 1900 miles
OF dependable channels. 10 "equires
ne extraordinary business sagacity
TO tell us that these waterways
should be improved and put to use.
II we hope TO compete with EUROPE
in the worlds trade, 10 is absolutely
necessary that we develop these
waterways. Dor we must realize that
Europe will soon pull out OF this
period OF reconstruction and become
iur great competitor once more.
"There is nothing which so suraly
fixes the share OF the worlds com
mCrce as cheap transportation, and
the cheapest OF all transportation IS
water. The buyer in foreign coun~
trie shas 10 sentiment. but buys he
goods that are offered him at o
cheaper price, quality being equal.
There Is absolutely no excuse that
river and natural harbor, such as
You have here, should be allowed TO
remain undevelOped | am sure Eng
/ land France, Germany. would not per-
nit it, and / doubt even II China
would allow it. but would have long
since developed the Chrstiana and
| its mouth into a great port.
I'VE OF the National Rivers ald
] lIarbOrs Congress, stand ready TO
/ help YOU in your nght for this I'M.
provement. For the past twenty years
/ We have fought for the development
/ of our Waterways. We have stood 30
promote transportation by wate.,
/ and the coordination Of our rivers,
] highways and railroads into one per-
/ feet syst M II the citizens OF VIII
! mingtOn will give us your co-0pera-
! ton i'm The coming fight Of 1921, !
am sure we Will see the greatest
years activity in the building of our
waterways the country has evef unr
/ dertaken.
The entire country has awakened
to the Importance OF the development
I OF our rivers and harbors. and the
golden opportunity is staring us in
| the face Every consideration, from
patriotism TO self-interest, demands
! that the government Immediately be-
gin and continuously prosecute This
work until we have a great connect
| ing system OF waterways, working in
complete harmony with our wonder
ful sysbem of railroads and highways
the trinity OF transportation"