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(The exhibits referred to and submitted by Mr. Mueller are as follows:)

NINE-FOOT CHANNEL IN UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER-RESOLUTION BY ST, PAUL ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE

The St. Paul Association of Commerce has, for many years, supported all legitimate movements to further the improvement of the upper Mississippi River for transportation purposes. The investigations conducted in furtherance of these activities and which have been carried on cooperatively with other upper Mississippi River communities and interests, some years ago developed the necessity of a standardized minimum channel depth of 9 feet on all of the main arteries of the Mississippi waterways system. Preliminary investigations and surveys made by the Army engineers indicated the necessity and practicability of this improvement; therefore steps were taken to insure the adoption of the 9-foot project in the rivers and harbors bill enacted by the Seventy-first Congress in 1930. The reasons advanced in support of this improvement are stated in resolution of the board of directors of this association adopted November 27, 1928, and its principal sponsors are shown in a telegram addressed to President Hoover on April 14, 1930, copies of which are attached and made a part hereof. Acting upon the favorable preliminary report of a special board of Army engineers the 9-foot project was adopted by the Seventyfirst Congress.

The final report on this project has now been completed and submitted to the Congress. It is embodied in a letter from the Secretary of War, submitted December 9, 1931, printed as House Document No. 137, Seventy-second Congress, first session, and referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. The recommendations of Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, Chief of Engineers, thus transmitted to Congress are, in part, as follows:

"As required by law, the report of the special board has been referred to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, whose report is submitted herewith. This board approves the report of the special board as a general guide, with details subject to modification as progress may dictate.

"After due consideration of the foregoing reports, I recommend that the project for the improvement of the upper Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri to Minneapolis be adopted as follows: A channel of 9 feet depth and of adequate width will be provided between the mouth of the Missouri and the Northern Pacific Railroad bridge at Minneapolis, Minn., by the construction of a system of locks and dams, supplemented by dredging in accordance with plans prepared under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, at a total estimated cost of $124,000,000.

"I recommend, also, the authorization of the appropriation of the entire sum required for the completion of the project."

In reaffirmation of the policies heretofore adopted by this association with respect to the development of an adequate system of inland waterways transportation, be it

Resolved by the Board of Directors of the St. Paul Association of Commerce, That this association join with other cities and interests in the upper Mississippi River Valley in commending and supportng the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, hereinbefore referred to, for the prompt improvement of the Mississippi River between the Missouri River and Minneapolis; and be it further

Resolved, That we join with other cities and interests in the upper Mississippi River Valley in urging our representatives in the Congress to support pending legislation for the adequate financing of this and other projects already adopted by the Congress for the improvement of our rivers and harbors so as to insure their completion with the least possible delay, and that copies of these resolutions be sent to the Senators and each Member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota.

Adopted by traffic committee, March 15, 1932.
Adopted by board of directors, March 25, 1932.

NINE-FOOT CHANNEL IN UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER-ST. PAUL ASSOCIATION OF

COMMERCE RESOLUTION

Whereas the complete development of inland waterway transportation is necessary to the future welfare of St. Paul and the entire Northwest; and

Whereas to that end the first requisite is an adequate channel in the upper Mississippi River; and

Whereas with the early completion of the 9-foot channel project in the lower Mississippi, the Ohio River, and the Illinois Waterway, it becomes imperative that the upper Mississippi project be placed on the same standardized basis as speedily as possible; and

Whereas a channel of lesser capacity will seriously interfere with the free interchange of commerce throughout the valley because of the inability of deepdraft barges and tow boats to reach the upper Mississippi River points without expensive transfer of cargoes: Now therefore be it

Resolved by the Board of Directors of the St. Paul Association of Public and Business Affairs, That this situation be brought to the attention of the Mississippi Valley Association at its annual meeting in St. Louis on November 26-27, 1928, with the earnest request that the full strength of that organization be pledged in support of every proper effort to secure congressional action at the coming short session of the Seventieth Congress that will insure the authorization and completion of the 9-foot channel project in the upper Mississippi River within the shortest possible period of time.

Adopted by traffic committee, November 1, 1928.
Adopted by board of directors, November 27, 1928.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., April 14, 1930.

Hon. HERBERT HOOVER,

President of the United States, Washington, D. C.:

Pursuant to unanimous action taken at a meeting of official representatives of the cities and commercial interests of the upper Mississippi Valley held to-day, the undersigned urgently appeal for your intervention in securing for this valley full authorization of a 9-foot channel in the pending rivers and harbors bill. The mid-West, and particularly the Northwest, are farther removed from all seaboards than any other section of the country, and industries have not located here because transportation costs on both raw materials and finished products have been so high as to dictate their location elsewhere. Because of these conditions, agriculture in this section is at a serious disadvantage even in our home markets. An emergency therefore exists which calls for immediate action. Under present depressed conditions it becomes necessary to plan at once for future development, and this can not be done until a basis for these plans is established by Congress unequivocally and permanently in a project authorization for a 9-foot depth. Press dispatches state that rivers and harbors committee approved authorization of two new locks in existing dams for upper Mississippi, but failed to approve 9-foot project authorization. Construction of river channels in segments is of little practical value unless they are component parts of a project first authorized. Piecemeal construction spells delay and carries no assurance of ultimate authorization nor of the relief which is urgently needed at this juncture. It is for these impelling reasons that the undersigned appeal to you to intervene at this time in behalf of the upper Mississippi Valley and the Northwest.

Theodore Christianson, Governor of Minnesota; George F. Shafer,
Governor of North Dakota; John Hammill, Governor of Iowa;
Upper Mississippi and St. Croix River Improvement Commission,
Geo. C. Lambert, chairman; Dubuque Dock Commission, P. S.
Fawkes, Chairman; W. F. Kunze, Mayor of Minneapolis; L. C.
Hodgson, Mayor of St. Paul; G. A. Sheils, Mayor of Stillwater;
W. H. Meuser, Mayor of Dubuque; E. G. Marquardt, Mayor of
Burlington; Mississippi Valley Association, W. R. Dawes, Presi-
dent; St. Paul Association of Commerce, Geo. W. Morgan,
President; Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association, B. B.
Sheffield, President; Dubuque Chamber of Commerce, E. F.
Lusch, President; Stillwater Association of Commerce, E. R.
Weiss, President; Upper Mississippi Barge Line Co., C. C.
Webber, President; Winona Association of Commerce, Traffic
Bureau, L. E. Luth.

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EXHIBIT B

History of all-rail class rates, New York to St. Paul, Minn.

[Compiled by traffic department, St. Paul Association of Commerce, March 30, 1932)

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History of rail-lake-rail class rates, New York to St. Paul, Minn.
[Compiled by traffic department, St. Paul Association of Commerce, Mar. 30, 1932]

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1 These rates were proposed by carriers to become effective Dec. 3, 1931, but suspended by the Inter state Commerce Commission. By recent order of the commission they were permitted to become effective pending final determination as to their erasonableness.

• Include emergency rurchage of 2 cents.

EXHIBIT C

History of rail rates

[Compiled by traffic department, St. Paul Association of Commerce, Mar. 30, 1932]
CLASS RATES FROM CHICAGO TO ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS

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CLASS RATES FROM ST. LOUIS TO ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS

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1 Emergency surcharge of 2 cents per 100 pounds authorized by Interstate Commerce Commission to expire Mar. 31, 1933.

EXHIBIT D

History of rail rates on bituminous coal (carloads)

[Compiled by traffic department, St. Paul Association of Commerce, Mar. 30, 1932]
DULUTH TO ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS

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1 Emergency surcharge of 6 cents per ton authorized by Interstate Commerce Commission to expire Mar. 31, 1933.

EXHIBIT E

History of rail rates on iron and steel articles, carloads, Chicago to St. Paul

Minneapolis

[Compiled by Traffic Department, St. Paul Association of Commerce, March

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Total carloads of revenue freight received at and forwarded from the Twin. Cities via steam railroads for the calendar years 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930. and 19311

[Compiled by traffic department, St. Paul Association of Commerce, March 30, 1932]

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1 These figures do not include shipments moving through or reconsigned at the Twin Cities.

Senator NYE. Thank you, Mr. Mueller. Senator Sheppard, do you have any questions you want to propound?

Senator SHEPPARD. No; I have no questions.

Mr. RANDOLPH. Our next witness is Mr. A. C. Wiprud, of Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Wiprud is general counsel for the Upper Mississippi Barge Line Co., which established the first modern fleet of towboats and barges on the upper Mississippi River between St. Louis and Minneapolis. It comprises 324 shipping and business organizations in the upper Mississippi River Valley. Senator NYE. Very well; Mr. Wiprud.

STATEMENT OF A. C. WIPRUD, GENERAL COUNSEL, UPPER MISSISSIPPI BARGE LINE CO., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

Mr. WIPRUD. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I appear as general counsel of the Upper Mississippi Barge Line Co. În this capacity I desire to present to the committee a statement of what the people in the upper Mississippi Valley have done for themselves in the development and why they urge the early enactment by Congress of the Shipstead-Mansfield bond bill.

In January, 1926, the Secretary of War requested the people of the upper Mississippi Valley to raise sufficient funds from private sources with which to build a fleet of towboats and barges to be operated by the Government-owned Inland Waterways Corporation, of which corporation the Secretary of War is governor. Accordingly 321 shipping and business organizations in the upper valley, from Quincy, Ill., to the Twin Cities, organized the Upper Mississippi Barge Line Co., raised $670,000, and constructed the first towboats and barges for upper-river service, which formed the nucleus of the

1 Emergency surcharge of 2 cents per 100 pounds authorized by Interstate Commerce Commission to expire Mar. 31, 1933. 2 Reduction made by railroads to meet truck competition.

NOTE.--The water rate from Buffalo and Cleveland to Duluth has been 20 cents for some years and will not be increased.

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