Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28

Good naturally referred to the pro-
posed st. Lawrence route" but that
paper feels that 1T is worthy of note
that he refrained from committing
himself on the comparative merits of
| that impracticable project and the sane
proposal of an all-American route. AS q
supposed spokesman of the Hoover ad-
ministration he did well to confine
himself to impartial exposition"
One can understand" declares the
Kalamazoo Gazette. why so many East
ern spokesman should be ready to
scott at the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
channel and urge the 'all-American'
route as an alternative. Indeed, the lat
ter project has been described as so far
from feasible as to constitute a mere
sham proposition for those interests
which are eager to prevent the con-
Structlon of any Lakes-to-the-O Ocean
| waterway at all. Yet the Middle Vests
demand for easy economic access to
the world commerce is not to be denied
or evaded indefinitely. 1t is just de-
mand and one which must be met at
the earliest opportunity. When one
considers that it is cheaper in many
! classes of commodities to ship cargoes
around by way of the Panama Canal to
the Pacific Coast than to transport
them by rail to California markets, one
can easily understand why certain
Eastern interests are so loath to give
up the advantages they now enjoy over
| their M1dWeStern competitors"
| The Kansas City Times quotes John
F. Sinclair as stating that the Panama
Canal has not greatly helped the Mid
die West, but it has helped the East and
| the Far West of the United States. as
we'll as the Far East and Australia.
| The Times adds: 1T is ironical that
the Middle West should not share pro-
| portionately in benefits for which it
| paid its part. The facts should
make Congress especially considerable of
| the Middle West in framing the tariff
bill and in provision for the completion
| of the inland waterways system. With
the Upper Mississippi, the Lakes-to
Gulf and the Missouri River waterways
completed on a comparative basis with
| the Ohio and Lower Mississippi Rivers,
the Middle States will gain some advan-
| tageS they do not now have and to
which they are entitled"
Expressing satisfaction that the Wa
! terwayS Association adopted resolutions
urging Congress to give favorable con-
| Sideration to a ship canal between the
| Great Lakes and the Hudson River and
| the sea- the Albany Evening News
states: This is not a resolution adopted
without thought. 1t comes from an or
ganiZation of men who are interested
in waterways. who have made thor
ough and exhaustive study of water
ways and who know the needs of the
Nation in this respect. This movement
is under way. 1t should be given added
momentum. It should have Government
attention Immediately"
Greater attention to the need Of i'm
proving the Tennessee River is urged
by the Chattanooga Times, while the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin declares
attention should be given to the Allan
tic Coast inland waterway, on which the
engineers have estimated cost of $50
100000. The Bulletin says: "There Is
no question of the Serviceabilitv of such
a canal. nor any question of the readi-
ness of shipping to use its facilities, An
expenditure of S50,000.000 would pay
good dividends to American business
all along the Atlantic coast"