Show r I I I I WATER SHOULD CARRY BURDENS Speakers for Development ent Urge Improvements as Means l to Aid Soldiers Washington Feb Eradication ot of j the evils of or competitive m warfare be between between be- be j tween wat water I r and rail transportation ort developments of ot the nations nation's Inland waterways waterways wa wa- and its Its s harbors h an and their full ull utilization for the promotion of or the national national na na- na prosperity were tIr urged ed today at t atthe the the he opening session of or the national rivers and harbors hu-bors congress Optimism l concerning concerning- economic readjustments also was Vas sounded b by most of ot the speak speak- I ers Indorsing Indorsing- the purposes of or th the conI congress con con- gress Secretaries Baker and Dan Daniels I I urged ng the competitive which has prevented full use uIe o of the waterways for Ol tr transportation in the I past and both predicted an era er eror of or in industrial industrial industrial in- in expansion SlOn In this connection they discounted tho the fear of or Bolshevism ism In this country countr the naval JI secre secre- secretary l an danger er eror tat tart tary saying saving there Is no more of or ism Bolshevism taking takIng- hold In n America than there is of or the kaiser kalsE entering the tho streets of or Washington Vork ork to He DC Supplied Secretary Baker Daker In discussing the ther r relation lation o of waterways to the war and to the financial burden put on the nations nations na na- of or the world by tho the war said im improvement improvement im- im provement pro of rivers ers and and harbors would be a material factor in increasing foreign foreign for for- eign commerce for tar which ships now were being built The waterways Im Improvements Improvements Improvements Im- Im he said laid al also o would furnish furnish fur tUI nish us useful an and profitable work for tor thousands upon thousands of ot men I In this connection ho declared It tobe to toI tobe I be an nn unthinkable thing that an any soldier who put on the uniform of or his hiM country countr and either elthor fought ht or wa WM was In training trainIng- to fight right In this war will be allowed to remain without a job It tr he wants one ono Tho The chambers of or corn com commerce merce merto of this country th the chambers of ot Industry th the lar large 6 captains of or In Industry industry In- In f tho the organizations of or manufacturers everybody 6 In this country countr owes owe this to tho the men who made this country country country coun coun- try safe Down DownS S Secretory Secretary Daniels declared that the railroads railroad 4 broke broko down under their increased Increased in increased In- In creased burden after America entered r tho war while whilo tho the waters water have havo run Idly to tho the sea and said the railroads s naturally broko down lown because tho they were built on a time peace-time program based on the destruction o of water f fic ic No 0 matter what the national policy I re regarding transportation should be Mr rr Daniels said III water An and rail I transportation must go hand In hand and not one bale of or cotton nor ton of or I ore oreo nor carload of or steel t el should go o b by rail rall if It water wl transportation was waa available avail avail- a able le Secretary r rebuked those who tremble at fit the specter o of Industrial in industrial In- In depression on n and ll Bolshevism declaring that the man who bets on rimer Ivan pro prosperity Is IB alwn always H going I to w win in lIe He urged spending the public pub pub- lie lic money for public improvements as contributing tl to tho the nations nation's prosperity |