Evening star., 1928-04-19
WATERWAY PLAN
/ IS POLITICAL ISSUE
Walsh and Hoover Urge St
Lawrence Route-Smith
! FaVorS "AII American"
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WIFE.

81. Lawrence waterway vs.. an all
American route from the Great Lakes
u The Atlantic has suddenly become a
pge-convention presidential campaign
issue, The Calladian-American route.
warmly advocated ov Herbert Hoover.
has fuSt been recommended sfrcSh 70
the Canadian government by Secretary
hel}ocg or behalf Of The Coolidge ao-
UGalStT1tloA
On the eve Of publication of the Dip
lonsiic correspondence between Wash
lnSton and Ottawa. Senator Walsh OF
Montana. rival az Al Smith fer the
Democratic nomination took the field
in favor az the project supported by
the Republican administration. In doing
So Walsh placed himself in direct op-
position TO Gov. Smith. The New YORK
executive fayorS All sl}-Anlerican route
to the Ses. VIA the Erie Canal and the
Hudson River. II Hoover and Smith
s~e chosen TO fight for the presidency
in 1928 they viii have d clean-cut bone
cf caote2tiou on an economic issue in
vh4ca the farming WeSt Is particularly
interested
Canada Is Cautious,
WhLe. Secretary KeIloxe reports that
S0 acceptable basis % negotiation" has
AtaSE4 8E&tS4SA NAN44 N-as448t&$ AGA GthNAtfkf~
n1e2t ct the 81 Lawrence waterway
scheme the Dominion government Is
proceeding with extreme caution, The
great province Of Quebec is more than
lukewaTm toward it. I, fears that
Montreal would lose heavily IL iTnpoT~
tance as q seaport Il Buffalo, Duluth.
Cleveland and Chicago become ceStloa-
toylS for transatlantic steamships.
Meantime Senator Walsh has placed
~ -sszsE >~-.tt4 TE
the An1er.CaG-C3lat.}an canal which
the administration would like 70 see
built. He represents that he reflects
the sentiments and preferences o. 40
coo 09o people Ia the United States and
Canada who would directly benefit from
So monumental q new transportation
system. Senator Walsh estimates tE2t
tbs benefits which would 1cw 20 the
American communities more directly
affected. such as the grain shippers oi
the West. would annually equal the to-
tal cosf oE tAe whole undertaking. THIS
IS estimated al from S3es 600 600 tc
sS2S. 600 .oo0 Twenty-Five States. Sena-
tor walsh points cut. have already IN
cicstec their approval Of the project
srd have associated themselves Tor the
purpose q advancing Il
Smith Message Cited
New york. across which has already
beeG1 built tie So-called barge canal.
utilizing the old Erie Canal and linking
Lake Erie and the Hudson, IS the only
State which has openly fought the 81.
Lawrence enterprise. The Empire
State urges instead what Is known Is
the al American route. Gov. Smith
has always led the opposition 10 the
Canadian American project He Is
sad to be the only presidential candl-
data n either party who takes that
stand II MS message 70 the New York
Legislature in January. 1923, Gov.
Smith said.
Canal users have testified 10 the inn
proveuenE = canal management, but
The canal is not now and there is no
indication that i ever csn be a pay
syar proposition for the state Of New
YORK Wi1ile = IS isolated from the ma
t2onaa system O. waterways. I am con-
WINGED tig~t THIS canal should be part
@. 81 agl-Au3eracan dePp~Sea waterway
Connecting fae Great Lakes with tsse
Atlantic Ocean
Al .97e City Clah a New York this !.
week theTe waS 8 debate between for /
rser Cor *. Z Harding q Iowa. pTesl- .
Gent os the Ereat Lacas-ssf Lawrence j
Tsoewa1eT Association. and Col r. G. .
Cn~rEnetoTa. chairman cf The Great
Lakes Hudson Waterway Association.
C0v Harca 4g. q cgEga-sgeiter. shot flgn
explosives snto the New York Smith
opposition - the 81. Lawrence project +
IL the transportation problem was not
30 Yssal &C 20 million ga1o-locked
people be declared Vita 20 their
prosperity and growth, then this ALI
American thing would be q auge Joke
The term AIl-Asrerlca0 is si7oddy,
counterfeit blue gky. ard promoted 70
seA net 70 par dividends 20 tl2e land
licked geople q the growing North
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