The New York herald., 1922-11-17
Smith TO URGE USE
OF CANAL ANDPORT
FACILITIES AT ONCE
Governor-Elect Tells Cham
ber of Commerce Boats
7 N Should Be Built.
CRITICIZES RAILROADS
Says They Are Not Cooper
ating in Development OF
New York Harbor.
TO SHAKE UP ALBANY
Asserts Present Machinery Is
Rusty and Outgrown 10y
Population.
TO SHAKE UP ALBANY

Gov-elect Alfred Z. Smith in his
first speech since his election, told
diners at the 154th annual banquet of
the Chamber of Commerce of the State
of New York last night three of the
matters he expects to undertake as
soon as he goes into office, and asked
their cooperation They were:
Utilization of the State barge canal.
Execution of the plan of the Port
Authority for development Of the port
of New York.
Reorganization OF the State Govern
ment upon a more economical basis,
with an executive budget.
He said the State has gone almost as
far as it can on the first two PROPOSE
tions, and the work now is largely up
to the Chamber of G nmerce and SINH
lar commercial organizations.
Il feel that must speak to the Cham
Der of Commerce in quasi-official ca
pacity," he said, because l am now get
ting ready for the work that is ahead
of me, and l need your help.
Must build Canal Boats.
For one thing. l want to talk about
the barge canal. The State can go just
so far, and then private enterprise must
do the rest. The canal has cost the
State $4,000, 600. The canal is finished
and all the principal terminals are COM
pleted. 1t now needs business.
There is more freight available to
be carried over the canal than there are
boats TO carry it. The State can do moth
ing about that. | suggest that ii the
people are 10 realize on their investment
the Chamber of Commerce and other
business men must, through some COM
mercal agency. build the boats
About the Port Authority--the Cham
Der of Commerce seems to regard too
soon that it is finished. They seem to
think everything Is all right. but as a
member of the Port Authority | want to
tell you that everything is not all right
Railroads Not Cooperating.
The treaty between New York and
New Jersey has been approved and the
plan also has been approved. But the
very essence OF the plan is the coopera-
NC are not getting that
81 believe in talking right out and
calling spade a spade. and there is not
much use in trying to bring you a mes
sage IL | am going to cover il up with a
lot of junk. With the exception of the
heads of one or two of the trunk lines,
tlie roads apparently are willing to let
New York lumber along fifty years be-
hind the times
We've got TO reorganize the State
government and have some form of an
executive budget. along the line provid-
ed in the constitutional amendment
proposed in my last term" said Mr..
Smith THE present machinery Is rusty
and worn out. our population and prob
lens have outgrown II. Ii won't work.
"Along with the reorganization plan
should go longer term for the Cover
nor. regardless OF who the Governor hap
pens 60 be. \ two year term for a Gov
ornor Of New York is a joke. and every
body knows it,
Mr.. Smith mentioned that transit is
another problem, but offered no sugges-
tions regarding Il.
Irving r. Bush, president of the Cham
Der, presided. He read telegram from
President Harding expressing regret at
his inability TO be present
Other speakers were Job Il. Hedges
and DR. Royal =. Copeland. Senator-elect,
who advocated "A revision OF the immi-
grafton regulations. The latter said:
II am out OF sympathy with our i'm
migration system. To my mind the So
luton is not difficult. The examinations
should be made on the other side of the
ocean. Let our officials do their work
over there. Then let these applicants
for American citizenship be allocated. so
far as is possible according to Industrial
or professional preparation"