The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-29

e. B. Mclean. It Is evident that
the President is not going to be held
responsible for the fate Of the bonus,
.or permit condition that would
justify saying that it was passed "in
spite Of him. The fact Of the mat
ter is that the President has tenn
Epered down some Of the efferve-
Escence Of politics that bubbled in the
bonus measureI Having accom-
plished this he will likely be con-
tent to let the bill take its course
when its place Is reached in the
regular proceedings of Congress.
That place, it now seems, will be
when the tariff bill is disposed Of.
INLAND WATERWAYS
SIDETRACKED
Theirs Is disappointment in store
for people who live on the Great
Lakes and who have been expecting
early action to bring about the deep
ening of the rhannel in the St.
Lawrence River to permit Of deep
waterways route connecting the
Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. While
the deep waterways advocates were
fighting opposition from New York
state it appears that in Canada there
Vas never-increasiDg opposition to
the use Of the st. Lawrence. For
Just as New York thought it would
BIZ affected in dominating the shipping
business so Quebec figures 1t out that
it, too, would get the worst Of it II
the Great Lakes and the st. Lawrence
River were used as the channel for
world commerce. New Workers
~oked to hold up legislation at
Washington. and wiile that was GO
ing on . genuine blockade was ac-
complished in Canada. The result
Of the blockade has been the declina-
stion Of the Dominion Government to
negotiate q treaty between the two
countries in order to clear the way
for the lakes to the ocean route. AS
matters stand the United States is
p6werless, thwsrted by friendly
fbreign government, and is therefore
unable to 60 ahead.
There are those who claim that an
afl-Americn route is feasible, and
they would cut across New York state
With q canal that would connect the
Great Lakes with the headwaters Of
the Hudson river. But this plan has
not yet won popular approval, and
is not known as is the st. Lawrence
project. AS q result the inland
waterways appears to have been
@sidetracked.'
Tbs AMERICAN
MERCHANT MARINE
1T Is hot and sticky in Washington,
and lassitude and latitude are getting
ips their deadly work as the arch
enemies Of progressive politics. The
Weather makes loafers Of US all, and
there Is no exception even among the
statesmen who yearn Of their neigh
hors and the comfortable comforts
for them shack home" But the
mills Of the Congress have been grind
ing exceedingly slow, and there is
stiM lots to be done before the cares
Of the Government can be Laid aside
by those who are the chosen repre-
sentatives Of the sovereign people.
Where Presidents get all their en-
ergy has long been a mystery and q
woe to the 500 select on Capitol Hill,
who, just 81 they are preparing to
get away every summer, are told
there is still another big job to
handle. This year it is ship sub
sidy. President Harding went of
for, . weekend on the May-fiower
and when he got back 10 Washington
thsT dearest thing he could think of
wsa the task Of saving the American
merchant marine.
OF course Congress has long known
that there Is q problem to meet with