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King .mg mg Ling But the Pres PresIdent President Prosident Ident of the United Umted States thought thoughtonly thoughtonly thoughtonly only of water Finally Fmally he spoke spokeof spokeof spokeof of it itI I look forward to the day when whena a Canad an Prime Pnme M nister mster roster and an anAmencan anAmerican anAmerican Amencan American President can meet to todedicate todedicate todedicate dedicate not a bridge bndge across thiswater thIs thIswater thiswater water but the very water itself to toI tothe tothe tothe the lasting lastmg and productive use of oftheir oftheir oftheir their respective respecbve peoplesFranklin peoples peoplesFranklin Franklin Franklm Roosevelt was thmkmg thinking thmkmgabout thinkingabout thinkingabout about the St Lawrence waterway waterwaysystem waterwaysystem waterwaysystem system a dream he has cherishedsince cherished cherishedsmce cherishedsince smce since he was governor of New York Yorka a dream that marked his first de defeat defeat defeat feat in m the United States senate senateback senateback senateback back in m 1934 That was the year yearHerbert yearHerbert yearHerbert Herbert Hoover s ambitious water waterway waterway waterway way treaty came up tor for ratification ratificationwith ratificationwith ratificationwith with Mr Roosevelt s bless ng only onlyto onlyto onlyto to land in m the legislative graveyardBut graveyardBut graveyard graveyardBut But last May 31 Secretary of ofState ofState ofState State Cordell Hull submitted to Can Canada Canada Canada ada the draft for a new treaty And Andseveral Andseveral Andseveral several weeks ago President Roose RooseveIt Roosevelt Roosevelt veIt velt made the above remarks at atThousand atThousand atThousand Thousand Islands So once more the theSt theSt theSt St Lawrence waterway commandsNorth commandsNorth commands North America s attent altent on once oncemore oncemore oncemore more two t\\O t O \ internationally mternatIonally minded mmded na natons nat nat tons t ons wonder it If the $550 550 $ 000 000 proJ prof proJect profect project ect will ever be bu It ItAn itAn An Inland Scacoast Seacoast " The dream is an alluring allurmg one It Item Itentisions Iteniisions em entisions ISlOns a new seacoast for the theUmted theUmted theUnited Umted States 3 576 TO m les long and andreachmg andreaching andreaching reachmg reaching into mto the heart of the coun country country country try It would encompass 20 000 ton tonocean tonocean tonocean ocean go ng vessels plying plymg their way wayfrom wayfrom wayfrom from Europe to the Gulf of St Law Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence rence thence up the river and down downthrough downthrough downthrough through the lakes to Chicago or Du Duluth Duluth Duluth luth It would include mclude an abundance abundanceof of cheap power principally prmclpally for New NewYork NewYork NewYork York stateAt stateAt state stateAt At Massena N Y which state statedepartment statedepartment statedepartment department officials bel eve v.ould vould would v.ouldbecome wouldbecome . wouldbecome become a new Chicago or Detroit Detroitonce Detroitonce Detroitonce once the waterway is completed completedconservative completedconservative completedconservative conservative residents are not tooopt too tooopt tooopt opt mistic mlstlc misticIt misticIts Its It s bound to come they sayI saybut say saybut but we won t hve live to see ItObJections atObjections it at itObjections Objections to the plan go back backI backpretty backpretty backpretty pretty tar far back to the days when whenrailroads whenrailroads whenrailroads railroads first found themselves themselvescompet themselvescompel compet ng with lake boats Of late lateI latemore latemore latemore more objections have developed but butto butto butto to appreciate this situation you must mustknow mustknow mustknow know its historyCanadians history historyCanadians Canadians Built Early CanalsJust CanalsJust Canals CanalsJust Just as Americans Amencans view the MIs bias MIsSISS biassass Mississ SISS sass ppi ppl as the Father of Waters so sodo sodo sodo do Canad ans call the St Lawrence Lawrencethe Lawrencethe Lawrencethe the Mother of Waters One hundred hundredyears hundredyears hundredyears years before Boston was settled settledvaliant settledvaliant settledvaliant valiant Cartier reached the site of ofMontreal ofMontreal ofMontreal Montreal And before the Amen Ameni Amencan Amenican Amencan can Revolution canal minded mmded Cana Canadlans Canadians Canadians dlans dians began digg dlgg ng their way wayaround wayaround wayaround around the rapids bet vcen veen Montreal Montrealand Montrealand Montrealand and Lake Ontario and the equally equallydangerous equallydangerous equallydangerous dangerous rap ds of the Sault Sa nte me meMarie nteMarie nteMarie Marie Canada s canal build bwld ng has hasgone hasgone hasgone gone on ever since smce most recent be bemg being being mg ing the Welland Weiland canal to carry lake lakeboats lakeboats lakeboats boats around Niagara fallsToday falls fallsToday Today the chief rema mng nmg ning job is a asystem asystem asystem system of dams to quiet qwet those rap rapIds rapids rapids Ids between Montreal and Lake On Ontario Ontarlo Ontario OntarioIt tario tarlo tarioIt tarloIt It was in m 1919 that the senate first firstrequested firstrequested firstrequested requested an international mternatIonal commit commIt- commIttee committee committee - - tee to investigate the rapids 1m Im 1mmed Immed Immed med ately came support from the theWest theWest theWest West Midwest and South stacked stackedagamst stackedagainst stackedagainst agamst against opposition from New York Yorkand Yorkand Yorkand and New England Up sprang the theSt theSt theSt St Lawrence Tidewater association associationsponsored associationsponsored associationsponsored sponsored by act vc ve ye membership in in22 22 midwestern mldwestern states and supported supportedby by the powerful Farm Bureau fed federatlon federation federation eratlon eration By 1928 the Repubhcan Republican Repubhcanparty Republicanparty Repubbcanparty party made the waterway plan its itsmaJor itsmajor itsmajor maJor farm relief plank promlsmg promising promlsmgreductions promisingreductions promisingreductions reductions of from 8 to 10 cents a abushel abushel abushel bushel m in gra n exportsAmenca exportsAmerica exports exportsAmerica America Amenca s impetuosity was not notshared notshared notshared shared by slow moving movmg Canadians CanadiansThe CanadiansThe CanadiansThe The United Umted States commiss commlss on urged urgedImmediate urgedimmediate urgedimmediate Immediate development to capital capitalIze capitalize capitalize Ize on the 5 000 000 potential horse horsepower horsepower horsepower power wh ch it d scovcred scovered along the theSt theSt theSt St Lawrence In less need of po pa v vI ver ver ver er and fearing fearmg that her govern government government government ment operated ra Iroads lroads would suf sufter sufter sufter I ter at a t the hands of th s new transportation trans transportation transportation portation compel compet tor Canada pre rW " t t9A 9A . 9AI I / B 1 1ae ae aea a aei : i . Premier Milchell Mitchell Hepburn of On Ontano Ontarao Ontano tano tarao the waterway s biggest foe foeho foewho foewho \\ho ho who \ refuses to consider it until Can Canada Canada Canada ada s railroad problem Is solvedferred solved solvedferred ferred to . wait alt Eastern obJection obJectiongrew objectiongrew objectiongrew grew too in 10 the fear that cammer commer cammerclal commercial commercial clal cial life would be ruinedGreatest ruined rumed ruinedGreatest Greatest Internal ImprovementBut Improvement ImprovementBut But by the end of his term Her Herbert Herbert Herbert bert Hoover had dratted drafted and won wonCanadian wonCanadian wonCanadian Canadian acceptance of a waterway waterwaytreaty waterwaytreaty waterwaytreaty treaty He hailed the project as thegreatest thegreatest the thegreatest greatest internal mternal improvement Jet Jetundertaken ; ) jetundertaken et etundertaken undertaken on the North Amencan American Amencancontment Americancontinent Americancontinent contment continent Canad an officials had hadgood hadgood hadgood good reason to sign it enthuslastl enthusiasti enthuslastlcally enthusiastitally enthusiastically cally tally the Hoover plan gave Cana Canadlan Canadian Canadian dlan dian labor and materials matenals much muchmore muchmore muchmore more than a proportionate proportIona te shareThIs shareThis share shareThis This helped win wm the senate s dls dis dlsfavor disfavor disfavor favor however as did another stlp stop stopulation stlpulatlOn stipulation ulatlOn ulation in 10 the treaty forbidding forblddmg ChI ChIcago Chicago Chicago cago from diverting dlvertmg Lake M chi chigan chigan chigan gan s waters w v . aters Almost overnight overmght had hadansen hadarisen hadarisen ansen arisen a rlvdl rivdl nv < il plan to deepen the theMISSISSIPPI theMississippi theMississippi MISSISSIPPI for a Lakes to Gulf wa waterway waterway waterway terway requ ring rmg water from Lake LakeMIchigan LakeMichigan LakeMichigan MIchigan Both Illinois IlIm-ols IlIm ols - senators senatorsvoted senatorsvoted senatorsvoted voted against agamst the treaty whIch whIchfaIled whichfailed whichtailed faIled by a scant dozen votesFor votesFor votes votesFor For the past year and a half Pres PresIdent President President Ident activelyto Roosevelt has worked actively to revive it climax ng these efforts effortsWith effortswith effortswith With the new proposal drafted lastsprng last lastspr lastspr spr ng by Secretary Hull Huil In fair fairness fairness fairness ness to Herbert Hoover it must be beadmitted beadmitted beadmitted admitted that his plan was no more moreconsiderate moreconsiderate moreconsiderate considerate of Canada than the theRoosevelt Roosevelt theRoosevelt idea which would allow allowour allowour allowour our northern ne ghbor to delay an another another another other 11 years m 1D in starting startmg her part partof partof partof of the construct on Canada would wouldalso wouldalso wouldalso also be given credit for the $128 128 $ 000 000000 000 000she she has just spent on theVel the \Vel Vel Wel Velland Welland \ Welland land canal in her half of the $550 550 $ 000 000 program This latter can con cancessIon concession concession cessIon is most certainly certamly Justified JustifiedCanals JustifiedCanals justifiedCanals Canals to Be DredgedOne Dredged DredgedOne One part of the job lob consists prm prin prmcipaily principally prmcipally cipaily cipally of deepening deepenmg channels To Tocarry Tocarry Tocarry carry a 27 foot ship from Duluth to tothe tothe tothe the sea Canada would deepen her herlocks herlocks herlocks locks at Sault Sainte Samte Mane Marie and in increase increase increase crease the depth of locks in 10 the Wel Wol Welland Wolland Wclland land project The United States Stateswould Stateswould Stateswould would deepen the channel of the De DetraIt Detroit Detroit traIt troit and St Clair rivers between betweenLakes betweenLakes betweenLakes Lakes Huron and EneBut ErieBut Erie Ene ErieBut But the biggest job would be m in mthe inthe mthe the 183 mile stretch from Montreal Montrealto to Lake Ontario Ontano where those rapids rapidsare rapidsare rapidsare are located Here tour four great dams damswould damswould damswould would be built to deepen the waters watersand watersand watersand and genera generate te power Ships would wouldrun wouldrun wouldrun run around the dams An estImat estImated estimated estimated ed 2 200 000 horsepower would be bedeveloped bedeveloped bedeveloped developed half going gomg to New Yorkthe York Yorkthe Yorkthe the other half to Ontario There Therefore Therefore Therefore fore these commonwealths would wouldpay wouldpay wouldpay pay a large part of the bill New NewYork NewYork NewYork York being bemg assessed $89 89 $ 726 750 750agamst 750against 750against agamst against $182 182 $182726250 182726250 $ 726 250 tor for the Umted United UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States government governmentA A large portion of Canada s ex expendltures expendstures expenditures pendltures pendstures would be chalked agamst against agamstOntario againstOntario againstOntario Ontario but the treaty has been ar arranged arranged arranged ranged so that these outlays need neednot neednot neednot not start until 1949 Nevertheless Neverthelessit It is from Ontario Ontano s Premier IVhtch Mitch IVhtchell Mitchell Mitchell ell Hepburn that major obJections objectionsto to the waterway plan are commg coming commgThree comingThree comingThree Three years ago he announced that thatrus thathis thathis rus his province provmce would not abide by theHoover the theHoover theHoover Hoover treaty which automatically automaticallyd d ed in m the Un ted States senate senateHepburn senateHepburn senateHepburn Hepburn Fears for RailroadsPremier RailroadsPremier Railroads RailroadsPremier Premier Hepburn s objections are arevalid arevalid arevalid valid enough He refuses to take takeact takeact takeact act on on the waterway water\\ay water ay \ until Can Canada Canada Canada ada s railroads are in m better shape shapePresident shapePresident shapePresident President Roosevelt s answer to thiS thiSsame thissame |