New-York tribune., 1922-01-06
Port Delay Is
Hanging U. S.
Against City
ST. Lawrence Canal Project
Cited by d. p. Kingsley
as Manifestation of Nat;o,
Wide Spread of Hostility
Results of Arms Farley Arc
Praised by Tokugawa at
Commerce Chamber Meet

Darwin +. Kingsley, president of the
Chamber Of Commerce of the State
OF New York, addressing tho organiza-
uon yesterday on the problems facing
New York City, declared it was time
that the business men of the city
realize that there is nation wide hos
t'llty against New York and that
"blocs' are being formed as result
or this antngonism. He mentioned the
"lr1dcsccnt dream" Of the making of a
canal of the st. Lawrence River as one
OF these movements. He urged the
ratIiiication Of the port Improvement
plan and declared that the Port Au-
thority would solve the economic
problem of this port and bring about
full utilization of the State Barge
Canal
ave should recognize, anc recognize
quckly. Mr.. Kingsley said. "thc or
Sanlzed, the dangerous, the widespread
hostility to New York that exists to-
day all over the country. This is
largely honest hostility, based of
course on imperfect information and
local ambitions. When the hostility is
dlsnonest, politicians will be found
lurking in the background
Lure of St. Lawrence
e lust now We arc confronted by the
st. Lawrence waterways project, nomi-
nally approved by eighteen states. Its
appeal rests on an alluring suggestion.
10 tell Cleveland, Chicago and Duluth
that they ought TO be and can be great
scaports, that they have a natural
right to be scaporls, is to fire the
imagination of all their peoples. AS
an organization we are opposed to the
proposal In some sections of the
country it strengthens almost any
project Tor New York to oppose it.,
however sound her grounds of opposi-
ton may be. h": that does not change
our duty, Just as opposition to the
money vagaries Of 1896 could not be
lodged because New York was the
center OF what was, and still is, called
the money trust.
"The st. Lawrence project has made
great hcadway. Its propaganda is
strongly financed. 1t is aggressively
supported, even by men who ought to
Know better ana will know better later
on. 1t looks now as if the project may
be undertaken. 1t is moro than pos
siblc that upon the aching shoulders
of the whole people may be placed the
burden of the cost of trying to ma
terialize an iridcsccnt dream, and it
viii bring no satisfaction nor any
benefit to Now York when the project
fails, as it will, substantially.
Port Condition Denounced
'In the present condition Of this
pert New York's critics find substan-
tial grounds for complaint, that lends
color of justification to the formation
of hostile Legislative 'bocs' and pro-
notes impracticable projccts.''
On the subject of development he
said:
"Citics and states as we'll as men
can frttcr away great inhcritances.
The natural pre- -cmincncc of this port
can be, indeed it has been. qualified
by its very bigncss and lack Of any
plan equally big, but the primacv Of
the port remains and will rema in uni
fed, co ordinatcd and properly equipped,
ready to handle promptly. eco
nomically and scientifically the prodig-
ious local traffic the traffic that now
comes from all the world through Am
brose Channel. that now comes over
the network of railroads centcring
here. that will soon come again from
the Great Lakes through our own great
waterway.'
Prince Tokugawa head of the Japa-
ncsc delegation to the arms limitation
conference, spoke of his country's at
titude at the peace conference and told
of the progress OF the nations inter-
csted in the conference.
Especially are the achievements at
Washington important to the United
States and Japan-for between us re
Gently there has been some dstrust
and suspicion which was not entirely
iustiticd,' he said. "a campaign Of hos
tility against Japan had its effect
among you, and for cur part there was
fear Of possible but not proba BILE serious
consequences. Realizing the situation.