Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-27

transportation because of the projected improvement. There would be a say ing of seven cents a bushei.
 It is now impossible to ship grain from Duluth to Buffalo 1000 miles for a cent a mile Buffalo was nearer Liv- erpool than New York The cost to ship grain from Buffalo to New York was 13 cents a bushel for only 400 miles. The consumer in the east would profit just as much as the farmer in the west Wheat was shipped from Argentine to Liverpool for 10 cents bushel. The cost from Duluth to Liverpool was 25 cents. Was it fair to place such a han dicap on the American farmer?
 If the St. Lawrence canal were open ed the country at large would profit greatly. It was not fair to impose the handicap on the producer on account of the selfishness of New York. Cars to ship products were impossible to ob- tain and cattle died on the plains in large numbers because food couldNnot be ob- tained for them Lake and canal trans portation was much quicker. There were tieups on the railroads and troubles at loading points The Panama and Suez canals had done much. and the canal 1 from Liverpool had helped both cities. Claims of the opposition that the freez- l ing of the St. Lawrence would hinder greatly were not supported by fscts The canal would also give New York and New England a large amount of cleo trical energy. Claims of costs in ex- cess of estimates were not true. Ships could be used both on the canal and on | the ocean. The canal would be 30 feet deep thus allowing 9s per cent of all | ships to enter.
 | Iron ore and food products, as well
 as coal, could be brought to all New l England ports much cheaper than al l present. New England manufacturers 1 would soon be in serious difficulties or | account of the high cost of coal unless | the St. Lawrence project camg> to th' | rescue The proposition should not b'
 made a source of contention between New l York and the west. Rather we should enter upon the work in spirit of friend | ly cooperation with our Canadian nelgh bors. We wanted to load in our owI port and ship to the eHds of the eartl l inst as easily as we now mail a let ter. We want cheaper transportation and here was the best possible oppor | unity. The west was not asking any | thing unrea sonable, but was asking onll
 the right to market it's products to thu
 best possible advantage.
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 marks for the negative by saying his op ponent had not explained to his hear
 ers what the project was about. Tn real meat of the subject was whether tn United States and Canada wished to en ter Jointly upon the improvement of tn St Lawrence Far the most importan side of the question was that of tn
 power development, based on the reDor
 of the international commission.
 The question of cost had not at al
 been considered by MT. Bede- The sun
 of S252. 900 900, the cost as estimated
 would, on the estimate of one of tn
 greatest living engineers he increased |
 a billion and a half. Why should "
 improve one of Canada's waterways be l fore we improved our 5000 miles of nav ieable streams. The interest of Ne' York and New England were identica The cost of lumber had increased unt it was now prohibitive. The futur lumber fields were in Oregon. With har
 bor improvements in that state com
 pleted 1t would be impossible to hrin humber through the Panama canal II
 through the Mississippi and Ohio riv
 CTS to all parts of the country.
 Congressman Demosev said that tf'
 St. Lawrence project would benefit nr
 body but the wheat growers. Improvf l ment of our own waterways would heT eft the entire country. Of the 1oR
 onO o0e tons of tnnna ge handled on th Great Lakes es.oOo.oO0 tons was for dC
 mestic use.
 The project if completed. would ur doubtedly result exclusively in Canad an control. Canada would have ever7
 thing and the United States would hay nothing. In time of peace our effpr- should be directed toward develnnir channels of commerce which would
 ours In times of war.
 The agreement made by the interni tional commission provided that thre 1 quarters of this water power would { 1 to Canada. This was most unfsir to oi : country. The previous speaker hs evaded this side of the question ca = ada also was unable financially to deve [ op the St. Lawrance It was perfect willing. however to let the United Stat ! pay for 1t. Sentiment In Canada was n . unanimous for the improvement Tn ce tain regions 1t was even hostile. "RiEht here on. the Connecticut