The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-06-30
EXPLAINSPLAN
FOR WATERWAY
William George Bruce, Mil
waukee, Shows Advant-
ages of Waterway.
VALUE TO KENOSHA

BY William George Bruce, Member of
Wisconsin Deep Waterway Commission.
An intelligent interest has been
awakened on the part of the Wisconsin
people in the proposed outlet to the
sea. This interest has been growing
and extending itself gradually from
the lake region to the interior of the
state. The farmer and the country
merchant are beginning to realize that
they are vitality concerned IN the pro-
ject.
The press has been instructive on the
subject and our representatives in con-
gress have become aggressive cham
pions for the same. All in all, Wiscon-
sin leads the nation in the propaganda
labors. >
While we realize that the midwest
is economically concerned, 1t may be
we'll to see just how Wisconsin is af
fected through a direct water route
to the sea. Let US see how and where
we come in on this great project.
Ten Fine Harbors.
Wisconsin has ten fine harbors, all of
which are deep and wide enough to adj
nit an ordinary ocean freighter. These
harbors are located at Kenosha, Racine,
Green Bay, Kewaunee, Two Rivers,
Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Ashland, SUI
perior and Milwaukee. In normal times
these harbors handle an annual in and
out tonnage of fifty million tons. Mil
waukee's normal pre-war tonnage is
nine million tons.
So much then for the physical con-
ditions. What is our share in the ex-
ports made to foreign ladns? Or, in
other words, what percentage of our
production goes into the foreign mar
kets? Here you have a somewhat in
volved question to answer, but if you
will follow me we shall probably find
the answer together.
1t is an established fact that we can
not trace every item of production to
its ultimate destiny or place of con-
sumption. Grain raised in Wisconsin
goes into the same bins in Milwaukee,
Chicago or Buffalo, that store the grain
raised in Iowa, Kansas or Nebraska.
No one will attempt to say just what
proportion of the Wisconsin grain goes
abroad and what is retained for home
consumption.
Share in Foreign Trade.
Hogs raised in Wisconsin may go to
the packing houses at Milwaukee or
Chicago just as hogs raised in Kansas,
Nebraska and Minnesota may go there,
but no one will say just what proper
tion of the Wisconsin product goes in
to the foreign market
Much Wisconsin cheese is shipped
direct to Europe, but much more is
shipped to domestic points from where
some Of it may or may not be exported
to foreign lands. No export records
can designate the next origin of every
commodity or article exported.
To get at our share in foreign trade
we must assume that the Wisconsin
product will replace in many instances
the products that are exported. Let US
say by way of illustration that New
York exports Nebraska grain, Kansas
hogs and New York cheese, but re-
plenishes the domestic market with
Wisconsin grain, Wisconsin hogs and
Wisconsin cheese. In other words,
where our products have not gone di-
rectly abroad, they have replaced the
commodities that have been exported
Thus, we share indirectly as we'll as
directly in the export trade of the
country.
This, in the last analysis, means that
Wisconsin shares in the country's for
eign trade in exact ratio to her per