Show ALL ARE improvement OF NATIONS WA TER WAiS OF INTEREST TO EVERY CITIZEN VITAL far FACTS TS ARE PRESENTED cost of getting graan to market mate nally reduced through sh ament by water benefits distributed all over the country lou on rna mn not know it aou prohibit probably don t t bill gjul it is i a inetter of 0 tu to noll mm NI leihr jhc alic NN Lt lauas traNs of 0 the infred ire or not an 1 this his Is true no mailer who nho ou oil v ar v hit our bubi business nesi Is or what pot 1 po t of he countr you ou lite hie in it int m bo be hit nou tre ire 1 i I farmer bariner tilt nn I 1 vou voll tel lei me lite tit tint it it Is non nonsense sene to say si that hit it can call mike ant difference to 0 o oi whether the lie wat einaB of the countr pre ore Im imi iroNed or not lecause lo calise ion 1011 lne lite anal anai out west nest miles mile ablai ral fri fr i tin jiin I 1 iii ix E I 1 NN which aich is na nail gible e now non 0 ir i will lie be IN oil el I 1 anit that it Is 19 not as eis t ti see is as tile grain elevator ol eitor down at jouni railia station hut but the be benefit nent s there just tile same a real st si re gourli loijas dolens ind and cents benefit i a jeIN emus jp hae allaead been becia of tr e moi dous doua adian tige to ahr farmers of th the country ani an 1 their further improve ment bill jut i ut more money into our nour lockets dockets ad tho those thoe e of our lour neighbors take rake grain for in an illustration A large 1 art of the grim grain raised in the counton it Is hilled cd awa anav from the place where it Is grown gron some for 13 use e in the cistern states state and for e pirt to europe con 11 eions the urlce of grain Is not faxel at the ne neared aret rulia station lour our A teat foi in instance stanCL is worth orth N just v a hat it hilll ill bring brin in I 1 aeri ieri ool less the cost cos of getting it thele I 1 oil can see at crice that it mikes i a bhole lot of difference to noll ou lion lio much it costs cost to lour gardn gr aln to avi aik oik or I 1 ind there ther s s nv inhere here t the lie virtia 5 conics lo in where economy comes in in ID aiji the abage aid age cost of earning carrying v hat h at front cl CI leigo to buffalo by bv lake laap alas 25 one ona cent a bushel the cost bi rail li evv eft yas nas 11 7 cents almost aple times as much although althou gli the distance is the sime hut but grain bibich Is to lo go all tile the va na b bv water must bo be transferred to canal boats at buffalo little cinal canal c inal bolts boils diatta b iliin izi in cajano carry carr stuff dh as chealy as big ships hips brhen b steam so the through rate b vater baler anas as six bl cents u bushel a little over oer halt half as much ats s by b rail for the awen clars i ars eni en I 1 lag bg ith 1303 the water vater late on the average tas lower than the rail rate hi bw 6 62 2 cents a bushel oi e shipments from I 1 ake ahe superior the differ enco tas nas greater still ince duluth Is less lian 10 s farther front from nev nen lork ork than C ba b cater ater arid and nearly miles r by b rail but no rates are bed rhe nis effect of tile the vater ater vii la through lowered lovered ot cost of tran tatlyn are not confined if IN the grain shipped from cities on the laues but to practically all ill all the grain pro laced ohp alie cotil tut il production pio plo of tile the principal cerl cereals als N wheat heat coin oats barle and ie during th thi past 40 3 eais eat s N as 0 er 0 ni 0 onn fjug bushels it if the id letlon tc ta tin value of tins this I 1 ast volume of gram grain was vins five n e tents cents a bushel in all I 1 that c cn ns s i a mo nio lerate in view mew of th facts state I 1 love total lb Is mot moie e than 00 1 nearl 11 ll of if N aich has gone into the i ocl ets of the tanners farmers put but N nalle bile the il effect ot of the axten Is to i surprising dla dig tance a vat cri close by b exerts a viii cia much more direct and 1 lov overfill erful influence thin one a long va eft if K the great italics aal an 1 the eile canal have haio increased the value lalue of geln ill all over oer the vest what do non u suppose v boull ou li barrell if tile mississippi mis bor I 1 Arlan arkansas sab binl in 1 re 1 vere so ho that bolts boat could run 0 erv en din dan in the dr ar unless hin lerel by bj iced ice money needed for work the notional Nit lonal ional rivers ant ami Is working for tile improve ment of th rivers harbors harbora and water vai in all of the waltel states chairman aldun ler of the rivers and harbors commatti i san sni 9 that L I 1 ill chuu conci tip aci nci project chich lias has been blaun or has been beconi becom b bi tato tl arn am engineers five fire 11 undred mJ dollers ably abl finish up tip till all td fit thele thee tind and all the jl projects nillah blell ill be surveyed sed anil and ithan the rahe INe rage annual production pio of 0 tit rne file principal cereals which dur fit lait the labit baht t ten n ears hat has been 4 1151 1 11 bushel has been apen steadily in er creasing casing und will probable pro bahl continue to increase tor for some to come the complete improvement of all our wa wal terras eraa would increase In creise the tha galui of cier bushel of grain fro deuced by at leist least fine cents mn ONN own n cli tilon Is that it would be morn more than that but let us be on tho thi safe bide sup pose we ne a billion dollars on wt erwa instead cl cj a hilf half billion sui uj I 1 lse ise that the of grain remains its as it Is instead of increasing and suppose that the pill pi lie of grain Is increased 22 cents a bushel in blead of five ean so with nith stationary the expense double 1 arid and the benefit cut in III halt the v whole hole 1 would be returned in less than ten N inars ir in fit tle abe urlce of 0 grain alone bonc |