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Show IA0V0CATES OF GQDD Delegates Declare Rivers and Harbors Bill Was No "Pork Barrel." I WAfrHTNVTTON, Dec. 9. Knthueiastic advocates cf waterway Improvement from all sections of the country met here today to-day in the eleventh annual convention of the National Rivera and Harbors congress. con-gress. Secretary Bryan welcomed the delegates, predlet'n the day was not far off when a large percentage of the country's traffic would be drawn to the waterways because of the cheapness of that method of transportation. Vigorous replies were n-.ade to the criticisms cf the last rivers and harbors Mil as a "pork barrel" measure. Senator Sena-tor Rans Jell of Louisiana, president of the congress, made this attack the theme of h!s annual address. Albert Bettinger of Cincinnati defpnde the measure e gainst the same criticism and Representative Repre-sentative J. Hampton Moore, as his part of the defense, compared the small appropriations ap-propriations during the last forty years for waterway improvement with the large sums spent for the army, for the navy and for pensions. Irving O. Norwood of Davenport, la-, gave an Illustrated lecture on the water terminals of the country. The Chinese minister, Kal-Fu-Shah, addressed the congTess on the waterways of China and John H. Bernhard of New Orleans advocated ad-vocated the adoption of self-propelled steel bargee on shallow rivers as a solution solu-tion of many of the local transportation problems. C. W. Hodson of Portland, Ore., addressed-' the congress on the necessity of river and harbor Improvement from a traveling man's viewpoint. Representative Representa-tive Peter G. Teneyck spoke on the obligation obli-gation of the national government to improve im-prove waterways. |