Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-11-01


II 10 en-. u shown by thc following
remarks touching the much discussed
Muscle shoals enterprise printed Boa the
Congressional Record under date Of
ct. 20
Nj Chairman during Tho pasf few
years W. have been rrEaiel alfh ma.
msrous discussions Of the wedts u
nitrate plants o. general and 10 one ln
particular These speeches nave ranged
from paneEyrics o. amming Duilcisms
In between We have bad some very
harmed and informing discussions u
IN. subject Not knowing much about
the arc the Haho 0r the cyanamlc
process I have listened o. the Dictates
with q great deal ~ interest ] would
hsfen o. one side and come tO the con
,iision that the safety ~ the nation
depended upon Muscle Shoals and that
the seat Of the farmers hopes Was To-
Gated on the Hausa ~ th' Tennessee
River Then some opponent would so
juggIs Inc technical and sDentIfi. facts
49, o. make 81 appear that ths whole
seheme was one ~ public waste and
.Airsvagance
One ~ the most persistent critics
Of the entire Tennessee River ur Muscle
Shoals project has been ths gentleman
from Ohio tMr Lonrwortm So has
heen bitter. titfi0lif. heili.ose and bel
ngerent ON September lt 1917, in
speaking on the subject iu This House
b. used the following language
The project involved tho most un
called for and ind.fensIhle waste Of the
public money that ] have ever known
since became e member of Congress
ts.pt "a 1919
That kind ~ language vas ,alrulat.
% g. make one think that tho gen
ileman was very much Boz earnest and
that safeguarding the public treasury
was his supreme ana first concern.
Again m Aprl Z. 1918 the gentle.
man made another speech from which
! take the following
~ myself have come 10 hate the
words Muscle shoals almost a. much
~ hate the word "cam0ufnge"
though ! am hound o. confess ther. Is
IN certain phases ~ this proposition a
distinct relationship between the two
terms. The conditions are that tho more
or less patriotic landowner in the vi
,tnlty u Muscle Shoals are trying o.
hold NJ thu government Not satisfied
with the fact that something over il2s.
ooo. 1000 j. proposed % boz expended IN
that localiiy they are engaged now IN
prufiteerinE and " there il any mean.
er kind 81 profiteering than holding ~
this government IN the purchase of
hnd around miltnfy posts ! have vet
D. find a. Apr 4 1871
That language dnes not indicate that .
the gentleman had changed his mind
IN fact one would gather that Dc ZEN
that II be could just save the United
States from the danger ~ This awful
enterprise bis Happiness would ho com.
uiete and u he could just lfi from Tho
Shoulders ~ the nation the grinding
lad ~ Muscle Shoals his place In the
sun would boz earned Bur again he had
something O. say on February 25. 1891. ]
from which J quote as follows.
Nnw. % does NOT make any differ. l
ence ahcthef they cxpond $40. 600 600 .
fuf The dam or $4,000 600 o. euuip I
The plant The two things are "a. same. \
expenditure ~ one quarter ~ billion
dollars 81 the peoples money Coz furnish
cheap wsier power for few select ln.
dividual- That u all mis- thing amounts
g. Applause lf'eb 2i. is2u.
VIII do everything boz ms power
fecently Co heio the rruti hut Z hllk
ai doing Il inherently Fob 70 1871
In The meantime with some misrit.
inFs ] had supported the project but
sffer hearing this last phHpp. : could
Hlmost Imagine myself floating down
'ne Tennessee River q political shin.
wreck without chart or compass hope
les and helpless sll because ~ thlt
vote
Bot an Jolly 3 like bolt from me
clear ssr that msnIfarturer uf nir.
Nef- that genius N finance. Chat organ.
Der par excellence Henry Ford made
me government proposition Tint De-
would take The whole thing ~ the 90.
efnnierts hHnds hr raFinr during
Period - 100 years The sum Df sara
600 600 which included au annual rental
q" . goo 600 f.r fh. entire hundred
Telrs When I fssfd-
Noi Boo 'hs least Ba' we heard %
much 0f 'hf discussion concerning nc
a. lsne.rr thought o little s.r.a.r
from Do auu1 constitute relief I d.
hoi Word'r 'Haf some people 90 not
ifr to listen f. 70 d.s.ussiln az Mr.
f0rds proposiu.r. iaf 1m Sun. tfs
gentleman from Saw T.r. l0.. no,
c'ne within ffHf justification
L. -
here u "a chance or f.. government q.
fei rh ~ thIs .ar,.ra. contest and f1
hnsl'y settle one le .su. Tn. one
man among fhe opponents who hlt
fought this proposition fnm fas begin
ninE. gho rrru-- f0asfsf uf the f4r,
Nat p. BAD lsht .s.fs Hrr.arris.
bnn IN CONNIE. Coon uIfr F. f.I o. f... af %
10 years end who fnnlFff vuaH
rush ~ Tire flou with q m1flrr.rr
speech. urgng ftat th. propagation IL
accepted before fns ns Eas cold was
NJ Fen'iemar from Ohio U.rnf sr
these years be- bad bad ono nervous
ugm afir aruiha uh.. commenting
o. the sWf4i burden ah..r bad is.r
piaoef lpor me rriff STATES treasury
snd Wher b. contemplated the IrIrsss
% expenditure ~ the fltlrr fa grew
pufpis win rags T.ue affnr time ha
BAD frsrtioaiy protested thaf tf. whole
proposifion would d. a bundle 81 lrE
Or the hands ~ ffs government. ana
thai o. would hs nIIsfnre about tfe
RET = fhIs growing fsrahu-
The gentleman frnm pt.r fHr Ierr
worth thought everyone kusu BE- has
ben combating tfi. snfrrrris. Dr. fhe
cunpier h8s.nsss 70 this House There
sfs nof many fh.ngs thar ars certain.
BIZ one thing seemed al certain a. tfa
sunfise and thar vas Thar nrr 20 to-
nsmirg advocates RI RIDING re GOV.