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State Ships And Terminals liy E. F. c;l.KN'\. Inlinl Statu Army It is settled that the existing Leg islature will consider in extraordin ary stolon the report of the State >h|l? and Waterway Commission. TMs I? wise and uood common sense for jM-rf. ctly obvious reasons. anion; which We mention that' they author-' IZ I it l.ll tlllCt.,1 tli. to ytiT-ifir i.. . |U||| |[ * [???it to th?tn-. lucid- nially this r. I M in-.las very p!ain staled n com. lij- .idat Ions o* \ ?*rl h ? ;i most import ant and fui-rwcliitiu internal itu Pt i' v? ni* ti; . N? ? I:. I.tl As<? mblv :ia- Is: i. ?? past. or will I..- d ??? .in t ???? fut r. to o.nMd r a 1 1 ,,,al i?> more uiiivj-isal appli cation :? rd benefit to all if,.. i? ?>: all the Stat. TI i* tart a; irent to p. ?*?*|. in the Piedmont' a:.d nioit n tail: >.eti..?. Jls is ||u> i w..y system H,;r, t !.. v do not visual-' i t ie waterways to he d? v. lop. d th y d.? the iuiprov.?l roads that iiass , j". front of their homes but the 1?? n? lils ? \ist if we develop and use these : wat; i ways. Moreover the develop-, m at and use of these superb bar-; b us and inland wat. rwavs bestowed* upon us by Divine Providence -I* a ! d trust and ohliuation we owe I to our posterity. As President Roos *v,lt said to the governors at the Conservation Conference in Wash -!r'nl'>"' !>' C : "Al:y thinking faih. r ?amesuy de>ll'es :i lid Mikes ' to leave to his son both an untar tilsi. d name and a reasonable equip- 1 men t for the struggle of ijf.?, so I this Nation as a whole should earn estly desire and strive to leave to I the next generation the National h-nojjMiMa Ined and the Na t jona i r,,_ i urn I resources the soil, the' 7o rests* ! and the waterways can not onlv be used in such manner a* to leave ther.i undiminished but can be ac- 1 tually improved by wise use." North' Carolina has HOO miles of ocean ! fro.it with an enormous expanse ofj navigable sounds, bays and rivers I which afford greater opportunities for successful development of a sys tem of waterways than any other state on the Atlantic Seaboard. The! commission found that the use o.' these r.od-civen waterways has been almost negligible and that as far as their usefulness in buildlnu a greater and richer and more powerful state is concerned it would have been almost | as well for North Carolina to have been an inland state. What the Stat? might have done and can still accomplish for itself and for poster ity by the development and use of h*r unsurpassed waterways can be h?-st determined by what other states hav> done and are still doing. The fundamental purpose of all systems of inland transportation, whether by turnpike, railway, navig able rivers or inland waterways is to afford the cheapest and most effici ent means of connecting with the seaboard in the transport of passen gers and freight. Since waterway transport is always cheaper and gen erally much more rapid than any form of land transport such water ways should be developed and used whenever available and practical. Necessarily those states located on the sea enjoy very marked advan tage over inland states. These ad vantages are wonderfully enhanced if they also have inland waterways and rivers susceptible of practical use in connection with the sea. Such Is manifestly and pre-eminently Norih Carolina's situation as to transportation possibilities. We have' failed to benefit by them as we should. Why? This has been due to the economic system of the entire South. After the panic of 1 8 1 fi the Southern states already committed to cotton, continued to expand this great crop utilizing their surplus savings to buy more slaves to raise more cot ton. True Louisiana raised much juicar and other Southern states raised considerable tobacco, but it required a devastating Civil War to show the South that however impor tant cotton may have been and still is yet It is not king. This war also demonstrated the" uneven develop ment of the South resulting from this one ernp system to the neglect of other equally if not more import ant Industries. Unfortunately this Civil War left the people of the Southern states so poor that until recently they have been unable to undertake n well-balanced develop ment. We can understand this better bv a glimpse Into the past. In the early part of Inst century and for ten >'< a rs after railroads were known to br practicable the whole trend was towards constructing canals. Three large systems were developed f 1 > to I transport Pennsylvania anthracite coal to the seaboard, to connect the seaboard with the Ohio valley | and Great Lakes region and (3) to) connect these Orcat Lakes with the MiHsljisippi River and Its tributaries. Of course. there were many other canal sconstructed as tributaries to thfse or to serve local interest. Of these systems the most far-reaching in its effects was the Krle Canal con necting New York City via the Hud son River with Ililffalo, New York. Begun In 1817 and completed in IS 25. It was but four feet deep. 2K feet wide at the bottom, 40 feet at the top and 3*2 miles long ? In real ity but a long big ditch It was bv far the most important artificial transportation route in the Pnlted I States. It forced Pennsvlvania and] Maryland to construct similar high ways to enable Philadelphia and Bal timore to compete In Western traf It opened up the entire Middle West and the Great Lakes region. It developed efficient transportation on these Great Lakes. It unified New York state and built up the port of New York until It ha? become the largest port In the world In both vol ume and value of trade, it stabil ised freight rates from Its comple tion to date. Before Its completion It co?t $100 and required 20 days to ton of freight from New York to Buffalo, after eompletlon It cost $10 a ton and eight days for the satue service. The third system of canals en abled the farmers of the West to float their surplus products to the South where they found a ready market f(?r their Hour, live stock and t?ro\ isions. Tor tin ir nianutaetur. d i.nil i n,i i ?? ? it ? i > i,iiiii1> lie. ^ iiit to the merchants of 1 1: ? North and l!u>t. Hitvinc fail* d t?> develop man ufacturing banking. comim-re*- and shippit:. th*- South paid tribute lo the l.itiiM is of th. WVst. to til*' in* r cliiit t-. niatiiil.u l .1 1 i i>. Wa uk* is, broke* * and shipp. i> of th* Kast. This tribute will continue until xv. ha\? a i*al and comph t" vision of mir wonderful assets and actually develop and use theiu. Th* situation today iw tlmt our urain farmers of tlo- West an* dis satislb-d Tin y cannot produce grain as cheaply as in the Canadian North west nor can they transport it for export as cheaply. This because it cannot get throtiuh tlo* congested ports of this country. To remedy tjiis condition and prevent this going through Canada and the St. Law renc? . N* w York state has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in converting the Erie Into a barge, can al capable of carrying self propelled barges through it and to the head of Lake Superior Tor urain and oilier products to pass through her port.1 All ports are funnels which add j largely to the cost of transporting. Roods and especially when congested as our north Atlantic ports very fre quently are. The result is that in co tn b 1 nation with New Jersey, New York is now spending $1 f?(i.000.o00 to expand these port facilities. The same thing is taking place at all of the other North Atlantic ports. In spite of this, however, Montreal and the St. Lawrence River route is suc cessfully competing in this great western traffic. in the South Atlantic and Gulf ports similar conditions exist. New Orleans has so expanded her port fa cilities that her export trade is sec ond to New York's and more than three times as great as Phlladel- 1 phia's. In addition she has improved her inland waterways and has main tained navigation on the Ohio, Mis sissippi and Warrior rivers in spite of the traffic opposition of the rail roads and other opposing Interests. To Service ? The Albemarle Pharmacy adds Quality Houston, Galveston. Mobile, Tampa i on the CtUlf and Savannah. JaCkson-H ville and Charleston on the South! Atlantic aTe spending millions of; dollars in port expansion and busi ness in every case is responding in satisfactory measure to th?- increased} facilities at the ports. In the past 15 to 20 years North-} i Carolina has established a splendid { school system. She has established j manufacturing on a firm foundation I capable of future expansion. Sh??| has improved agriculture until sli^l is near the top and still advancing, i she has done remarkably well in in- 1 ? '.(I'll i>?il ha? n did highway system. Hut sli?- has' done Hub' for her tr.tHe-an.l com merce which is snf feri^i k fr??:n an uu-. fair and unjust freight rate dlserim-' ination. Thi> she has borne f:?." man;, years at ;i cost of t?-n in fifteen million dollars annually. The uu.v J and the, only way to establish an!" safeguard tear trade and commerce again-t ibis discrimination is l ? Let us show vou just why the Radmoor No. 4295 will give you better looks and longer wear Wc are making n leader of this wonder ful stocking just now because* wc know its merits and Icel sure that as soon as you arc familiar with themthispnr ticul.ir 'Radmoor* will fill a distinc tive place in your husu ry wardrubv. Comeinand examine it fur ^oursell. $2.00 the pair Rucker&Shecly Co. OPTICAL SERVICE DR. J. W. SELIG OPTOMETRIST 621 Main St. ? Eltubeth City build up a co-ordinated system o! Tand and water transportation con necting with shipping ou the high seas from our own ports, equipped with modern terminal facilities. . ? The ship and waterway commis sioti report that this is feasible and will be effective; that the State should undertake it at once; that this conform*; to modern practice at home and abroad; that a permanent Commission be appointed to act for the Stale in making tli-se improve ments. and in these recommendation* these experienced business expert Continued on Pug- n BRADLEY Bathing Suits ? at ? Mitchell's W'llOLESAI.K I'KICKS <1 tiring our CLEAN SWKKl' SALE EAT PURE LQLLYPOPS Spencer - Walker Co. Where Every M?n Find* Whtt He Likes To Wear ON YOUR BIKTHDAY Send Your Mother Flotcers RYAN FLORAL CO. Inc. SOMETHING GOOD Cantaloupe*, Peaches, Cucumbers, Squash, Fresh String Ikaua CALL 008 ROLAND GARRETT i tie i wu...;; \_.ir '295 F. O. B. 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