Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1929, Page 3

WATERWAYS PLAN S HELD NSDUND St. Lawrence Development Is Premature, Brookings Institution Says. The St. Lawrence waterway project was attacked as economically unsound % a book of nearly 700 pages by the Mstitute of Economies of the Brookings Institution here, made public yesterday, as a result of 2n exhaustive examination of the. subject. Chief interest in the| report, entitled “The St. Lawrence Navi- | gation and Power Project,” lay in the fact that President Hoover has been an outstanding proponent of the develop- ment of this program The institution contends that the| project, is faulty on two main grounds— that the returns from shipping would not come up to the expectations its pro- ponents set for it, and that the pur- chase of the proposed hydroelectric power to be developed at that point would not be as rosy as its advocates paint it. The author of the volume is Harold G. Moulton, president of the Brookings _ Institution, assisted by Charles S. Morgan and Adah L. Lee. Hoover's Part is Recalled. Development of the St. Lawrence shipway program, it was recalled yes- | terday, was strongly advocated by Mr. Hoover when, as Secretary of Com- merce, he served as chairman of the President’s Commission Upon the St. Lawrence Waterway. In an address delivered before the | New Haven Chamber of Commerce in | March, 1927, Mr. Hoover asserted: “I| have had the honor to serve during the | past._three years as chairman of the President’s_Commission Upon the St. | Lawrence Waterway. In co-operation | with the Canadian authorities we have undertaken an exhaustive investigation of the economic and engineering prob- lems. In accord with the compelling in- terpretation of the facts, our American commission has recommended _that its construction be undertaken. It would remove a great barrier to world trans- portation. It is urgent to the prosperity of the vast Midwest. It will contribute to relief of many of i tspost-war diffi- culties. It will contribute a wealth of hydroelectric power. It is a task worthy of the strength and purpose of the two sister nations who have in two centuries already overcome counless obstacles in | implanting the most hope ful civiliza- tion of history.” Project Is Held Undesirable. Taking issue with this picture painted by Mr. Hoover, the Brookings Institu- tion, incorporated in 1916 for economic research in Government and supported by an endowment from Robert F. Brookings and gifts from the Carnegie | and Rockefeller Foundations, reaches the general conclusion that, viewed from all angles and from the stand- point of the shipper, the shipowner, the taxpayer and the public, the project “is mot economically desirable or feasible.” The cost of the project was esti- mated by the institute at $1,000,000,- 000, with annual overhead charges as- signable to navigation estimated at $36,000,000. The report foresaw that the route would be used, if at all, only by tramp and coastwise vessels and possibly by vessels engaged in second- class liner service to Europe. Assuming the waterway were com- | pleted by 1940, the report held that a traffic analysis revealed that 10,500,000 | short tons, 60 per cent representing grains, two-thirds of Canadian origin, might use the waterway. The cost per ton of traffic in overhead charges was: represented in the report as exceeding | the likely saving in ‘transportation eharges. | It would be impossible to market St. | Lawrence power in large, distant com- | munities in the United States in com- petition with power from other sources, the report asserted, holding that the revenue realized would not be sufficient to _compensate for generating and dis- tribution costs. Project Called Premature. “While the development of St. Law- ¥ence hydro electric energy will doubt- less in the course ol time be econom- ically profitable,” said the report, “its exploitation at present would be pre- smature.” A number of statistical tables to bear out its assertions, as well as numerous eharts and maps, accompany the report. “Much has been said about the value ®f the waterway as a potential reserve of transportation capacity and as a regulator of railroad rates,” the report said. “In neither the United States nor Canada is there found to be need for constructing the waterway for such purposes.” GRAIN MARKETING _ GROUP IS NAMED BY FARM BOARD' (Continued From First Page) | | is the greatest day for agriculture that I can remember,” he said. The operation of the new corpora- tion is contemplated to provide cen- tral marketing facilities and sales services at all markets for the efficient distribution of grain; to conduct stabilization operations on the open market, when approved by the Fed- eral Farm Board; to buy grain from member stockholders and sell such grain for its own account; to lease, purchase or build necessary storage Tfacilities; to lend money to existing farmer-owned co-operative elevator associations and pools for the purpose of extension of their physical facili- ties; to make loans to farmer-owned companies and pools for financing the commodities of their farmer members. The plan outlined by the farm ‘board contemplates the setting up by the corporation of two marketing divi- sions, one to handle wheat on both national and international markets, and the other to handle coarse grains. It is expected that all farmer-owned cos operative sales agencies which care to affiliate with the corporation will be- | come part of the company's central | marketing system. i Interest Rates Limited. It is also proposed that the com- pany shall make loans to pools or other elevator co-operatives at a rate of interest not greater than the aver- age commercial rate, and in no case at a margin of more than 2 per cent above the rate at which the company is able to obtain loans from the Fed- eral Farm Board. Dividends on_the corporation stock, MOVING TO SOME OTHER. Get our return-load rates. Full load shipments to Philadelphia. N Plitsburgh. _Richmond BoiDte; Secial rates ATIONAL DELIVERY ASSOCIATION. 'WANTED_RETURN From WILMINGTON. DEL. From NEW YORK CIT To NEW YORK CITY. To NEW YORK CITY. To PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA . SEACHES ARE RIPE AT QUAINT ACRES Thousands ™ of baskets of choice, tree- ripened fruit. Open every day till 10 p.m Only 5 miles from the Distrly evening drive. Drive through turn right at Siigo. "Sign at ferm entrance Gallerie d’Art Moderne. Designers and Manufacturers. Interior Woodwork and Store Pixtures. Modern Window Displays. Pactory Fotomae 2 v 3624. -t st NwW. e was strapped to the animal to keep | | spokesman for the board, said the op- ; | proaching the Northern States. FIREMAN COWBOY DISPLAYS HIS WARES “Billy” Gee of No. 5 Truck shows one of the stunts he learned under the big top. The Inset is a close-up of “Billy.” BILCEE FRENAN SCOWBOY OFEAST Has Settled Down Here for Career, After 14 Years in Circus Tents. william Austin Gee, raw-boned, leather-faced cowboy, born and reared on the banks of the Potomac River, is | 6 feet 3 inches of muscled proof that broncho-busters do not all come out of the West. After 14 years of roping steers un- der the world's biggest circus tents, “Billy” Gee, at 31, has settled down in his native town as a member of the District of Columbia Fire Department. As a result No. 5 Truck, on Dent place, Georgetown, boasts a rope thrower, bull whip wielder and pistol | shot extraordinary, who can ride a| bucking pony or a swaying fire truck | with equal dexterity. | “Billy the Cowboy Fireman,” as he | is known to his friends and fellow fire- | men, is as nimble as a cat on his feet | and strong as a bull, and his mates de- clare he can handle the heavy fire hose with about as great ease as he does a [ 1ariat. | “Kick” in Firefighting. | He has “showed” with the best of | them, but has now settled down and will never go back to the big top un- | less—according to his own words— “‘there are no more fires.” For in fire- fighting, with its excitement, he gets the “kick” that used to mark his days | as a “Wild West” performer. i And now so deeply is his love for the firefighting game ingrained that he even has taken up his residence justacross | the street from the truck company with; which he serves, his home being at 3407 Dent place. There is his bride of eight months, the former Anna May Cronk, who was his partner in the show business, and whose faith in his prowess was 50 great | that she used to hold a cigarette be- tween her lips to allow “Billy” to dis- | play his markmanship by shooting it | out with a .22 rifie. Seen in Entertainments. ‘Now 31 years old, Billy, who has been with the Fire Department since May, 1928, still “keeps in his hand” at his former occupation by appearing at en- tertainments around the Capital. Billy was 14 when he first left home and joined Julia Allen’s dog and pony show. There he got his first riding lessons. A pony was his mount, and | from falling. Subsequently he was with the Wal- lace-Hagenbach, Sells-Floto, ~Johnny Jones and othe well known outfi's always extending his repertoire. He | also played in vaudeville. Conguers Steer. | “Billy” was last with “Col. Kirg: Tornado from Texas,” and he recaus saving himself from being gored to death by a steer in this troupe, by killing the animal with a penknife. Finally, “Billy” decided he had had enough. His talents could have been put to good use in the Police Department, with which his father, the late Lewis B. Gee, was connected for 33 years, but “Billy” chose otherwise, 50 No. 5 Truck claims him as i own. ‘Woman Shoots Self. Mrs Bertha Mustean, 46 years old, colored, shot herself in the abdomen with a .32 caliber pistol while alone in & room on the second floor of her home, at 96 K street northeast, last night. She was taken to Freedmen’s Hospital, where her condition was reported to be_undetermined. She told police she accidently shot herself the plan provides, shall not exceed 8 per cent a year, additional surpluses, if any, to be distributed to stock- holders as patronage dividends, and no dividends to be paid. except in stock of the company, until the paid up stock reaches a total of $20,000,000. Stockholders will not be liable for the debts of the corporation beyond the sum of their stock holdings, Consumer Effect Is Cited. Carl Williams of Oklahoma City, eration of the proposed $20,000,000 marketing corporation would have no tendency to increase prices to the con- sumer. The greater returns to the producer under such an agreement, he pointed out, would come from increased econo- mies in the marketing of their product, and would not rest as a burden upon the ultimate consumer. K Mr. Willilams was unable ' to whether a marketing organi as contemplated by the organized to function for this year’s crop. Much of the crop from the Southwestern grain-growing States, he pointed out, already moved to mar- ket, and the harvest rapidly is ap- He also stressed that the benefits of the new marketing plan would not be confined to members of co-opera- tive agencies alone, but that the in- dividual farmer would benefit from the stabilization of prices which would re- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. HUSTON IS BOOMED FOR WORK'S PLACE Tennesseean Is Mentioned Often in Speculation on Naming G. 0. P. Head. By the Associated Press. Claudius Huston of Tennessee is being mentioned frequently in speculation on the successor to Hubert Work as chair- man of the Republican national com- mittee. Political gossip has been centering on his name to such an extent that some observers assume President Hoover has determined upon his former associate in the Department of Commerce, The resignation of Work becomes effective in September, at which time his suc- cessor will be named by the committee acting on Mr. Hoover’s decision. Thus far he has not indicated any choice. Several other names are still me tioned in connection with the chair- — ~—Star Staff Phot. sult from an o;aerly marketing plan INC OF NEW YORK 1215 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N, W. CLEARANCE ALL SUMMER MILLINERY - Ballibuntl Baku Saummer Felts Straws A wide selection in the season’s loveliest colors Formerly Priced up to $35 $7'SO to $1500 2215 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N. 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