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Show GREAT-LAKES-TO-SEA WATERWAY IS NEEDED DETROIT, Mich.. July 21 Building of a direct route to the sea from the t Great Lakes was urged as a neces-; neces-; sit) to move the produc ts of the west I ln a telegram from Senator Miles ! Polndexter, of Washington, today read before the Great Lakes-St Uwrenco 'Tidewater congress. The senator was ' unable to attend "The increase in prosperity and population that would result through provision of such n waterway cannot ;fail to be of benefit to all I nlted j States and Canada." Senator Polndex-''ter Polndex-''ter said "Increased transportation ifacllltlea la one of the "reatest needs of the west Both since and during the war the inability to move its products pro-ducts expedltloual has worked as a handicap to western states. Production Produc-tion on the farms has leen lessened Pxclfic lumber mills have been shdt down and i attic have died on western ranges because cars could not be ob-! ob-! tallied to ship them to market or bring 'food to them "Continuation of these conditions I will hav e a profound effect on our social, so-cial, economic and political life Wa cannot afford to overlook anv opportunity oppor-tunity to better our national condition. condi-tion. Belief lies at hand if we care to lake advantage of it." oo |