| Show A LESSON LESSO IN APPROPRIATION GETTING I l r WAS A DAY DAY i in ia the te t e history of senate com i 1 v 1 on em commerce which has ball charge of or the liver a lUd ad d fear r bill bt l On O that day the committee added an It amendment t to t th bill bIU which gives the western pert part of the continent an appropriation of Tl f notable CX ton Uon to the Ue ancient rule that tb tile the east is Ia tb the only Section on which it i Is worth werth while spending money mon y was made in the ease raae of the tj e San Ban Pedro harbor b bol at the request of Senators Kearns and Elkins Incidentally this appropriation Uon reveals the probable cause of the failure of the west est to secure appropriations Hitherto appropriations for the west have he been asked for the most part solely eb on the ground tl that at they it would be be public and national benefits Time and again Western and andi i senators have sought to have attached to the river and ud harbor bill an appropriation for reclaiming the arid lands of the west In urging claim it has been pointed out that such an expenditure would really add dd to the terri tern toy tofY toe of the country more effectually than t an the acquirement of dIta dj tant t lands I The Th Republican party patty has always been liberal in taxing the people le in or order order order der to build up home manufacture It was wa shown that western stern irrigation tl n by opening up immense regions to agriculture would add to and I industry of the country count as thoroughly as a any manufacturing establishment es anti aDd would be equally effective in giving employment to large ar numbers numb rs But Buti and it it is quite preb probable probable i these reasons were not considered c good and sufficient suM lent able that had bad similar arguments based baaed solely on OR a H ude for the public weal been relied upon in the t case of th Sn Pedro b that too might f T have han gone begging ling be f 4 The advantage San an Pedro harbor has JaRs over an n irrigation eM Is that its improvement nt will wUI immediately and e e the value of railroad corporations in h Republican senators seD rs are It Js s si i very v ry important to the San Pedro Los LOB Angeles Salt Lk Lak railroad r ra lr and to t the Los Angeles Terminal line that S San n Pedro be made l e a great port for shipping Senator Kearns is s interested in the former formel rod road Senator Sen to Elkina In jn h latter I Thre are also other prominent Ig i the th improvement t among them Perry S Heath Hence Hente Hen there was wa no trouble if I getting ute necessary nece essary ary e amendment ent tacked to the bill Irrigation would alno alHo eventually event any benefit benet the western railroads but unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately it offers no particular Lr road any such luch immediate returns as to war warrant warrant warrant rant rant it in coming carnine out and for arid land legislation Hence it happens that there is no chance of getting any adequate Irrigation appropriation n through th tha present loa the rule being that legislation emulated to toben ben Ute tHe pon directly and the corporations indirectly ll give tle ve way ay to appropriations j that benefit beneat the corporations directly di 8 sn n the public ent 1 ally aU k t |
