The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-05-18
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN FUTURE
WELFARE OF THE NORTHWEST?

@. What is the most important
matter being agitated for the interest
of the Northwest?
A. The St. Lawrence waterways.
@. What does the St. Lawrence.
Ship Canal mean to the Northwes-
tern farmer?
A. 1t means that ships from Scan
dinavia, Germany, Great Britain and
all the world can load our grain at
Duluth for seven months of the year.
q. What saving per bushel over
the present routing by Buffalo and
New York would this waterways
show?
A. From to IA cents per bushel.
About cents of which are port and
literage charges in New York City.
@. What Senate Committee can as
sure the passage of bills covering
the st. Lawrence waterway?
A.. The Finance Committee and
Foreign Relations of the Senate.
@. What Northwestern man is
prominent on these committees?
A. Porter J. McCumber is chair
man of the Finance Committee, and
second member, or next to the chair
man of the Foreign Relations Commit
tee.
Q. How long did it take Senator
McCumber to reach these important
places?
A. % years.
@. How long would we have to
keep new North Dakota man in the
Senate before he could do for US what
Porter j. McCumber can now?
A. At least 20 years and probably
80 years.
&c
McCumber's present position in the
Senate?
A. North Dakota has kept him on
the job for total of "a years and
because of the seniority rules of Con-
gressional procedure and his willing
ness to serve in subordinate positions
on important committees he has at
last, through the death of Senator
Penrose, reached the first place, or
Craftsmanship of the Finance Com
mittee. 8
@. What are the duties of the Fl
nance Committee of the Senate?
A. It's principal duties are pre-
pairing the consideration and report
ing of all bills for the assessment of
taxes, the issue Of bonds and all other
financial measures brought before the!
United States Senate. .....
G. In what way will the Finance
Committee control the fate of any bill
for St. Lawrence waterway?
"A. The waterway bill will provide
for a bond issue guaranteed by or,
payable by the United States and
therefore will be referred to the. FL
nance Committee. =
@. What will the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee of the Senate, of
which McCumber is second member,
have to do with waterways legisla-
tionl,
A. A treaty with Great Britain
and Canada will have to be negotiated
and submitted to the Senate before
legislation for the joint building with
! Canada of the Saint Lawrence Canal
can be effective.
G. What combination of circum-
stances makes action on a st. Lawr-
! ence canal possible now and doubtful
hereafter?
A. 1st. President Harding, whose
state, Ohio, is vitality interested, is
very favorable to the proposition. End
Senator McCumber's control of the
Senate Finance Committee and the
power it gives him over legislation
other than finance. 3rd. The con-
troll of the Ways and Means commit
tee of the House under the chairman
ship of Fordney of Michigan, and on
which George NJ. Young, Of the End
North Dakota district is a leading
member.
@. How can the St. Lawrence.
waterway be defeated?
A. By the loss of any one Of the
three factors last mentioned. And in
as ,on ectlnn it-must be remembered
IA New 70 City and all the Eas-
., n coast vi Hght against the Saint
~.aw, e,lce wa G way TO the last ditch.
y. Has Senator McCunber per
,onal IN eat, aside from his position
is iaEre<en:a a i've, in the completion
Of the s.. Lawrence Ship Canal?
| A. His entire personal estate con-
sists cf real estate, and other holdings,
n North Dakota and the Northwest,
And the value Of this property will be
enhanced by the establishment of a
sea port at Duluth.
Q. Who would succeed Senator
Committee of the Senate?
A. Senator Smoot, the Senator
from Utah, who has no interest in a
sea-going channel from the Great
Lakes to the Atlantic, and who would
probably as chairman oppose the St.
Lawrence project.
@. Is Senator Smoot sure of re-
election?
A. Yes, he has been endorsed by
the Mormon church, and his renomina-
tion and election are considered alb
soluetly certain.
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