The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-12-16
prise on our part will satisfactorily
solve the nucatfcn

solve the question.
"1,he solution is the opening OF tbs
~ #: dda s route from the bead q
enable ocean. going vessels up to six
load at Duluth and other. lake harbors
ing the producer here in the Great
West 1000 miles nearer an ocean port
'The agricultural development Of
;,., country depends upon three things;
marketing organisation and cheap
transportation, but without the latter
improved farming and marketing meth
DDS would be useless.
THE DEVELOPMENT Ct our mines and
transportation.
"The opening, of the st: Lawrence
its grain growing. stock-raising, dairy
to the limit Of Its productive capacity
and enable US to take full advantage of
all our natural resources.
''The opening Of the ST. Lawrence
route to the sea viii make every lake
port an ocean port and confer on all
the states bordering. the lake the ad-
the markets OF the werld to western
merable new Industries which cannot
now be op r.. without htht. loss ;,
ers and manufacturers would he the
great home markets that woulb, de
created, by the growth OF the various
greater Duluth which combined with
Superior would soon under the condi-
tions thus created rival New York in
"Just think of the saving in freight
by shortening the actual distance to
northern Europe 500 miles and also the
m sayns r%rd by 1 w nstesa of
keeps itself in repair. The scars in
the water heal behind the vessels fur
of such a trade highway: TO give YOU
some idea ! will state that before the
cents. per ton mile. average canal
rates of 2 and ) cents per ton mile
average ocean rates of cent per ten
mile and average lake rates Of seven
tenths of one cent per ton mile. so you
can see that before the raise in freights
caused by the war and other reasons
greater than the average lake, rates.
"NOw in regard to the feasibility CT
the scheme 1 will say that there. is no
cnsineering. This is the verdict Of
this country and in Canada who have
examined the data
THE attention of the y; $. congress
ing the. Great Lakes for ocean going
passed March 9. 1919. at which time
fishing in connection with the Cana
dian government an international joint
commission to consider the advisable
i ns.o of opening the Great t., Lakes for
ment of engineers to- make preliminary
"This commission. held hearings in
cities of the United States and in Ca
madam cities and made a favorable re-
port to congress on Iuly :. 1921. put
maintenance costs We're put at s2.562.-
900 per year and reported that this
cost both of construction and upkeep
be wh"y by rsnta,s on Of the he
developed and which has been esti-
tic" ON S 100000 Fl. h canadan section
to So. 900 each year
can that the governments OF the
tect. at say $2s0.00o,000. by issuing
bonds that, would be liquidated in SO
could be done even If they only
charged $40 per II: p. per year. Cam
$4,000. 900 on the New weiland ship
canal around Niagara Falls. The new
canal is % miles long and contains
seven locks which will raise boats
3261s feet in eight hours. At Toronto
the city is building a S25.O0O.0OO har-
Dor in anticipation of the coming Of
ocean-gc ing vessels.
'Now that the international COM
missio has reported favorahly on the
opening of this route it is the duty of
every Farm Bureau. Chamber of Gem
in this great Midland Empire to at
once urge upon the federal government
the Imperative necessity OF taking inn
mediate action to make the Great
Lawrence waterway a real
ity. 1t is by far the greatest devel-
opment project before the American
people today. TO not delay. Act, act
In the living present hearts within and
God DER head
This is the only project now in the
course of constructor or in contem-
plation or in fact known to exist for
the material and permanent lessening
to the farmer larger, return fer his
products and which will enable him
to continue his business at a profit
and thus benefit the nation as whole.
for every person knows that the farm
er Is not a hOarier but is the coun-
try's greatest purchaser Ct comod;-
ties.
Theodore Roosevelt. who is one of
the greatest outstanding characters in
the permanent history of this coun-
try. paid this tribute to the farm and
farmers: we are founded as a naicn
of farmers in spite of the great