Show WATERWAYS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE COMPARED Now while the of or the time Great Lakes and the railways of the United States Slates S has hns grown rapidly that of most of the canals c mull and rivers of this country has for fOl some years yearn ear declined Time The commerce c on all our inland wa waterways waterways Waterways except the Great Lakes Lales In was tons and amid in 1906 only tons The rho advocates of waterway development reply that the thc canals and rivers of or the United States have hae not been able to hold hol their own because they have not trot been stir suf r developed and because the time railways have hue used unfair methods of competition They The call attention to the lime fact that while the traffic on our rivers risers mind and canals has been I een declining the commerce on the rivers and an canals of or Europe l has liar been growing faster than on the railways of Europe The I principal inland waterways cf Eu E u rope are those of Great Britain Bol Bel I glum Germany and France Prance The traffic tic fie carried on the waterways of or Great Britain has been declining But the tonnage carried on oh the waterways s of Belgium Increased per cent be between between between tween and 1905 while the th ton nago nag o on the railways Increased only onh 02 62 per cent The of traffic car carried carI I ried Tied on the tho th waterways of Franco Francc In Increased increased creased per cent between 1880 I and amid 1905 1105 while the of traffic on Its railways Increased only 72 1 per cr nr Tho ton of traffic on time the waterways of Germany German increased per cent between 1885 and 1905 1003 while In Increased Increased the traffic on German railways creased only per cent Data such as R theao these It is argued show Gho thai dual tal wherever waterways are arc ar properly de developed developed and not subjected to unfair competition they provide service and rates rales that attract most of the bulky commodities 1 But the more carefully rail call and wa wn water water ter t r transportation In to Europe l and In inthe the Iho United States are aro studied the themore themore more we wo shall bo be convinced that the Iho thoe experience e of Europe affords no evidence evi el evidence dence at least that the total cost cosi of or canal or 01 river 1101 transportation can be lie made less Ic than the cost of rail trans transportation tra In the United States Stales |