The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-09-11
THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY

THE ST. LAWRENCE sEAwAY
Appropriate and timely recognition of the import
ance of the Great Lakes-St Lawrence Seaway feat
ured two important addresses in the Twin Cities the
past week-those of Secretary of War, James w.
Good, and United States Senator Thomas ]. Walsh,
of Montana.
Secretary Good speaking at the dedication of the
Foshay Tower warmly endorsed the proposed ST. Law
Seaway, saying in part
Minnesota borders the American Mediterran-
The wealth and opportunities of the worlds
richest continent spread at its feet. Natures
highways lead to it. The Great Lakes and the St.
Lawrence River extend the generous hand of invita-
ton to you; they fairly beseech you cooperate
executing the almost trivial works that will convert
them into Mediterranean. 1t is far simpler
engineering feat than building the Panama canal
Senator Walsh in ST. Paul to address the nation
al convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars and speak
ing before large audience in the Garrick theatre,
declared that
In my humble judgment no measure of
farm relief yet suggested achieved offers
anything like the promise to our depressed
agriculture that is carried by the proposal to
make Duluth port
Senator Walsh further declared in a discussion of
the HawleySmoot tariff bill, that "t is little less than
treason to the great Northwest promote the
age of that measure, basng this declaration upon his
Canada refusing to join with the United States in the
construction of the seaway.
The Herald is in complete agreement with Senator
Walsh in his claim to the value and Importance of
opening the ST. Lawrence traffic. 1t has more
than stated in these columns the firm belief that
"the St. Lawrence Seaway is worth to the farm
of the Northwest than all the tariff bills congress
can pass" The Seaway is in fact of greater i'm
portance to the Northwest whole, speaking not
alone of agriculture but of industry and all other lines
of endeavor than any other thing that has been
posed in many years, at least
Senator Walsh is also right in his declaration that
the pending tariff bill may arouse so much hostility
in Canada to seriously delay agreement between
the governments of the United States and Canada
essary to the construction of the seaway. This is
true, of course, by of the psychological effect
OF the proposed tariff measure, rather than by
of aroused ilfeeling between the two gov
ernments.
With Canada the best customer the United States
has, it to imagine that if this country attempts
to shut out all imports from Canada the Canadian
people are likely to reach the conclusion that they
will have mo truck trade with the Yankee" and
that no matter how friendly the government of the
day in Canada might be in the matter of the develop
ment of the st. Lawrence it would not be in position
to go forward. Public sentiment is more powerful
instrument in Canada than it is in the United States
However, the people of Canada are no less rea-
recognize our rights to protect home industries,
and are not likely to seriously object in the cost of
production And any tariff rate which goes beyond
this point cannot be justified under any circumstances
Therefore, if the Hawley- Smoot bill as finally
passed seeks to provide reasonable protection and not
monopostic protection, the danger of arousing un-
due hostility in Canada will be greatly minimized
However, Senator Washs declaration might properly
serve as warning to all Midwest members of con-
gress to guard against the erection of an exclusion
wall against Canada for such action would onlv thwart
the move to open the St. Lawrence which is now
nearly accomplished, but would otherwise result in far
more injury than benefit to this country-Rock County
Herald.
is PAROLE BAD?
Twin City newspapers have been calling attention
TO the great mistake made by the State Board of Pa
role when they released from St. Cloud back in 1928
Gilbert Peterson, who killed by police last week
as ne was attempting payroll robbery
1t seems the fellow had had whole series If
small crimes and msdemeanors charged to his account
before ne ever went to ST. Cloud for indeterminate
sentence OF from ten to twenty-five years for robbng
bank in 1920 The county attorney, who prosecuted
his case knew of that record as did, also the iudpe
who sentenced him. 1t the parole board gave his
record outside of prison walls little attention when
they paroled him back in 1923. He had been model
prisoner at st. Cloud That seemed to be the deter
mining factor, and they paroled him. the protest