The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-25

organizations In support OF the Great.
III Lakes-St Lawrence Tidewater project
Following Is q typical memorial from
S|hz0 the State Of North Dakota. presented
by Senator Ladd:
0 whereas It Is proposed to make
such Improvement In the st. Lawrence
as TO make the Great Lakes accessible to ocean
going commerce: and
whereas this Improvement viii in effect bring
the State Of North Dakota hundreds Of miles
nearer the worlds markets; and
Whereas there are within the State great re-
sources that lie wholly undeveloped while the
production Of all things Il diminished or retarded
oy distance from markets; and
whereas because our producers and tina
consuming public have alike suffered enormous
losses in the last year by transportation shortage
and failure: and
Whereas because by reason Of these conditions
the transportation situation constitutes an emery
emit need; and
.Whereas q number Of States have Joined
In the Great Lakes-St Lawrence Tidewater As
ISOLATION, having as Its object the early undertak-
ing and completion Of this Improvement: There
fore be ii
Resolved by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives Of the State Of North Dakota. that the
State Of North Dakota is properly associated in
the above-named organization with its neighbor-
ing Commonwealth In pressing to advance this
undertaking and that the action Of the governor
In so declaring is hereby approved and confirmed.
and the participation Of this State by the governor
and those who represent him In the council Of
these States is approved;
Resolved. that the representatives Of this
State in the Congress Of the United States be
requested to facilitate and expedite In every pos
sible way the prosecution Of this undertaking for
the economic freedom Of landlocked continent"
The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence rdewater assoei
ation Is q voluntary association Of IA member
states. including Wisconsin. Minnesota. Michigan.
Illinois. Indiana, Ohio. Iowa. North Dakota. South
Dakota. Idaho. Montana. Wyoming Colorado and
Nebraska. me Arst three Il these states have
aided the movement through state commissions
created BY their respective legislatures These
states are today In . voluntary cooperative eff
fort attempting 10 impress the nation and con-
9ress with the urgent need of adequate transpor-
BY the proper development Of our inland water
ways.
The Great Lakes-St Lawrence Tidewater prof.
<ect has been discussed for several years Prog
ress was interrupted In 1914 by the World war.
March 2, 1919 Senator Lenroot Of Wisconsin.
had Incorporated into the rivers and harbors act
a provision requesting the international joint conn
smissio0 ito investigate what further improve
asent Of the St. Lawrence river. between Montreal
and Lake Ontario, IL necessary to make the same
snevigable for ocean-going vessels together with
rthe estimated cost thereof and report to the gov
.ernment Of the Dominion Of Canada and to the
congress Of the United States. with its recon-
x,eDdations. for cooperation By the United States
with the Dominica IL C1nada In the improvement
Of sid river"
the result Is that the engineers appointed By
the two govsrnments have been for some time
sesxaged In the making e surveys and the prep
nraticn u plans and estimates for the Information
- the commission The commission has been
Asading series = pablie hearings at which na-
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