a way that will not bring substantial and speedy results. Is it not time for us now to graft upon this very bill an amendment which will create a river-regulation board. which will appropriate $5,000,000 annually for the plans and works of that board until the Panama Canal is completed, and which will then provide a fund of $50,000,000 annually for 10 years; which will provide for the cooperation of the Nation with the States; which will provide for the cooperation of the scientific services; and which will secure full development, by the cooperation of the Nation and the States, of all the waterways of the country, in every section of the country, giving preference to no section, but providing, as we did with reference to the Reclamation Service, that, so far as practicable, contemporaneous work shall be conducted in all sections of the country?

We will thus lighten the labors of Congress, which are now becoming so heavy, and, with other reforms, we may hope to see the time when we can transact the public business without remaining in Washington throughout the entire year, and transact that business more effectively than we do now.

This is an era of scientific inquiry and of scientific and expert work. All the great agencies of civilization are now employing the experts everywhere. This method lies at the bottom of corporate success. It lies at the bottom of almost every successful enterprise. Why should we, claiming that an American can do everything and upon the plea that we should not abdicate our functions, endeavor to cover by our individual deliberations and individual actions all the expert work that at great Nation can enter upon?

In this great era of industrial advancement can not Congress pursue the methods of the great men in finance and in corporate activitives, who utilize to the highest extent the intellects of others-experts in their various capacities-and thus maintain undiminished their strength and their power? Must we always go through our legislative functions overloaded, as we are to-day, by details that can well be intrusted to others, and that ought to be intrusted to others? It is characteristic of great minds to utilize the brains of others, and only in that way can great accomplishment be reached.

The Senator from Minnesota is desirous of securing a vote on his amendment, and I will not at this time detain the Senate further. The proposal of the Senator presented such an object lesson of the necessity of a broad cooperative policy that I could not forbear making some comment which will, I trust, be instructive in the consideration of the amendment which I will offer to-morrow, and the insertion of which I should like to be made in the Record.

(The amendment referred to is as follows:)

Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Newlands to the bill (H. R. 28180) making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes, viz: After line 10, page 65, insert the following:

SEC. 24. That for the regulation and control of the flow of navigable rivers in aid of interstate commerce, and as a means to that end for the storage of flood waters in the watershed of such navigable rivers, including the beneficial use and control of such flood waters, in the maintenance so far as practicable of a standard flow for navigation, the reclamation of arid and swamp lands, and the development of water power; and for the protection of watersheds from denudation, erosion, and from forest fires, and for the cooperation of Government services and bureaus with each other and with States, municipalities,

and other local agencies in plans and works, having in view such river regulation and control, the sum of $5,000,000 annually for each of the years following the 1st of July, 1913, and up to the date of the completion and opening to commerce of the Panama Canal, and thereafter the sum of $50,000,000 annually for each of the 10 years following the completion of the Panama Canal, is hereby reserved, set aside, and appropriated and made available until expended, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, as a special fund in the Treasury to be known as the river-regulation fund.

That of the said river-regulation fund, until otherwise directed by law, onetenth thereof shall be apportioned to the rivers on tht Atlantic coast, one-tenth thereof to the rivers on the Gulf coast outside of the Mississippi River, onefifth thereof to the Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf, one-tenth thereof to the Missouri River and its tributaries, one-tenth thereof to the Ohio River and its tributaries, one-tenth thereof to the upper Mississippi River above St. Louis and its tributaries, one-tenth thereof to the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries in California, one-tenth thereof to the Columbia and Snake Rivers and their tributaries in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and one-tenth thereof in the connection of the Great Lakes with the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

That a board is hereby created, to be known as the board of river regulation, consisting of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, the chairman of the Panama Commission, the chairman of the Board of Review of the Engineer Corps of the Army, the chairman of the Mississippi River Commission, the Director of the United States Geological Survey, the Chief of the Weather Bureau, the Forester of the Department of Agriculture, the Director of the Reclamation Service, the Chief of the Drainage Division of the Department of Agriculture, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, one hydraulic engi neer, one sanitary engineer, and one electrical engineer; the last three to be appointed by the President and to hold office at his pleasure, and each to recive an annual compensation of $7,500, payable out of the river-regulation fund. The Chief of Engineers shall be the chairman of such board, and the secretary shall be annually elected by the board from its members.

That the functions of said board shall be to investigate and obtain full information concerning all matters involved in or specifically related to the objects set forth in this section, and for such purpose is authorized to expend a suitable and necessary proportion of the moneys therein appropriated; but said board shall not expend or incur liability for the expenditure of any money for the construction or execution of plans or projects without the specific approval of Congress as hereinafter set forth; that said board is hereby authorized and directed to enlist, through the President, the services of any Federal department or bureau the statutory authority of which may involve investigations or constructive work that is necessary or desirable in the comprehensive performance of the objects set forth in this section, and to bring into cooperation and to harmonize and unify the work of said departments or bureaus as may be necessary to provide against duplication or unwarranted or incomplete work with respect to the objects herein provided; and that said board is authorized to defray the expenses of such investigations or assistance to the extent of the ultimate cost thereof to said departments or bureaus through a transfer of equivalent proportions of the appropriation herein provided.

That the board shall develop, formulate, and prepare plans for the accom plishment of the purposes herein provided and shall report the same to Congress annually and at such other times as may be required, and whenever the recommendations or any parts thereof in said report shall receive the approval of Congress the said board shall proceed to construct and execute the same in accordance with the plans so approved: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall be so administered as in no way to supersede or conflict with any specific provisions which Congress shall from time to time make by way of appropriations other than such as are made by this act for work and improvements to be performed or maintained by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, but that all work prescribed under this section shall be supplemental to and coordinated with the work as specifically prescribed by Congress in other

acts.

That the board shall in all cases where possible and practicable encourage, promote, and endeavor to secure the cooperation of State and local government bodies, public and quasi public corporations, private associations, and persons in carrying out the purposes and objects of this act, including the securing of the financial cooperation of said parties; that it shall negotiate and arrange

plans for the apportionment of work, costs, and benefits, and to secure the agreement and consent of said parties, contingent upon the final approval of same by Congress as herein provided, which approval and consent may include the acceptance and use of any funds or property donated or subscribed or in any way provided for cooperative work; but no moneys shall be expended under any arrangement for cooperation approved by Congress until the funds to be provided by the parties to such arrangement shall have been made available for disbursement."

Proceedings of February 21, 1913.

Mr. NEWLANDS. Mr. President, I understand from the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Crawford] that he was mistaken in his statement yesterday that the memorial of the Legislature of South Dakota urging the passage of the bill known as the Newlands riverregulation bill was printed. I therefore ask that the memorial be printed in the Record.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, that order will be made.

Mr. CRAWFORD. The statement of the Senator from Nevada is correct. I presented some memorials from the legislature of my State and they were printed in the Record. It was my recollection that this memorial was included with them, but I discover that it was not. I would be glad to have it printed in the Record.

(The memorial was ordered to lie on the table and to be printed in the Record, as follows:)

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

State of South Dakota, 88:

I. Frank Glasner, secretary of state of the State of South Dakota, do hereby certify that the annexed bill, to wit, senate joint resolution No. 14, was duly passed by the 1913 session of the Legislature of the State of South Dakota and is now in full force and effect.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the great seal of the State of South Dakota this 4th day of February, A. D. 1913. [SEAL..]

FRANK GLASNER, Secretary of State. By J. T. NELSON, Assistant Secretary of State.

Joint resolution and memorial requesting the Congress of the United States to pass the Newlands bill, relating to river regulaion,

Be it enacted by the Senate of the State of South Dakota (the House of Representatives concurring):

SECTION 1. That the Congress of the United States is hereby memorialized to enact during the present session the Newlands bill, providing for the creation of a board of river regulation and for the control and beneficial use of flood waters, and we urge our Senators and Representatives in Congress to employ their best efforts to accomplish this end.

Proceedings of February 22, 1913.

The Senate had under consideration the river and harbor bill (H. R. 28180).

Mr. NEWLANDS. Mr. President, I should very much question whether this item is subject to a point of order. Here we have an

existing appropriation providing for the narrowing of the flood area of the Mississippi River opposite Memphis through the construction of levees upon the Arkansas side, which are designed partly to promote navigation and partly to protect large cultivable areas. The city of Memphis is situated on the bluff side, and the Arkansas side is the swamp side of the river. The result of the contraction of the river by those levees has been to force the flood of the river against the bluff side at Memphis in such a way as to seriously injure the public works there and to seriously imperil the health of the people. The work that has been inaugurated, recollect, is the work of narrowing the river, and this amendment is simply intended to carry out the existing work in such a way as to make it innocuous to the city and to its inhabitants.

It seems to me that the amendment is entirely in order, it being to provide for a part of an existing work; and it seems to me that it would be a very wise exercise of the judgment of Congress in providing now for the cooperation of the Mississippi River Commission with the municipal authorities of Memphis, through teamwork that will result in continuing the operation of narrowing the river without injury to the adjoining country.

Mr. LEA. Mr. President, as this point of order is different from the point of order which was ruled on by the Chair the other day, I ask that it be submitted to the Senate.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The rule is very explicit in this matter. First, as the Chair understands, the proposed appropriation has not been estimated for, and, next, the rule states that amendments proposing new items of appropriation to a river and harbor bill shall, before being considered, be referred to the Committee on Commerce, which in this instance has not been done. Therefore the Chair reluctantly sustains the point of order.

Mr. CLARKE of Arkansas. I very reluctantly made the point of

order.

Mr. NEWLANDS. Mr. President. I offer the amendment which I send to the desk, and ask that it be read.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Nevada offers an amendment, which will be read.

The Secretary proceeded to read the amendment, which was, on page 65, after line 10, to insert a new section.

Mr. SIMMONS. Mr. President, I desire to ask the Senator from Nevada, as we are a little pressed for time, if he would consent to dispense with the reading and explain in a few words his amendment? I think the amendment can probably be better understood by Senators by an explanation than by a reading of it.

Mr. NEWLANDS. Mr. President, pursuant to the suggestion of the Senator from North Carolina, I ask that the amendment which I have offered be inserted in the Record without reading.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the request that the further reading of the amendment be dispensed with, and that it be inserted in full in the Record? The Chair hears none, and it will be so ordered.

The proposed amendment is to insert as a new section the following:

SEC. 3. That for the regulation and control of the flow of navigable rivers in aid of interstate commerce, and as a means to that end for the storage of flood waters in the watershed of such navigable rivers, including the beneficial use

and control of such flood waters, in the maintenance so far as practicable of a standard flow for navigation, the reclamation of arid and swamp lands, and the development of water power; and for the protection of watersheds from denudation, erosion, and from forest fires, and for the cooperation of Government services and bureaus with each other and with States, municipalities, and other local agencies in plans and works having in view such river regulation and control, the sum of $5,000,000 annually for each of the years following the 1st day of July, 1913, and up to the date of the completion and opening to commerce of the Panama Canal, and thereafter the sum of $50,000,000 annually for each of the 10 years following the completion of the Panama Canal, is hereby reserved, set aside, and appropriated and made available until expended, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, as a special fund in the Treasury to be known as the river-regulation fund.

That of the said river-regulation fund, until otherwise directed by law, onetenth thereof shall be apportioned to the rivers on the Atlantic coast, one-tenth thereof to the rivers on the Gulf coast outside of the Mississippi River, onefifth thereof to the Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf; one-tenth thereof to the Missouri River and its tributaries, one-tenth thereof to the Ohio River and its tributaries, one-tenth thereof to the upper Mississippi River above St. Louis and its tributaries, one-tenth thereof to the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries in California, one-tenth thereof to the Columbia and Snake Rivers and their tributaries in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and one-tenth thereof in the connection of the Great Lakes with the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

That a board is hereby created, to be known as the Board of River Regulation, consisting of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, the chairman of the Panama Commission, the chairman of the Board of Review of the Engineer Corps of the Army, the chairman of the Mississippi River Commission, the Director of the United States Geological Survey, the Chief of the Weather Bureau, the Forester of the Department of Agriculture, the Director of the Reclamation Service, the Chief of the Drainage Division of the Department of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, one hydraulic engineer, one sanitary engineer, and one electrical engineer, the last three to be appointed by the President and to hold office at his pleasure, and each to receive an annual compensation of $7,500, payable out of the river-regulation fund.

The Chief of Engineers shall be the chairman of such board, and the secretary shall be annually elected by the board from its members,

That the functions of said board shall be to investigate and obtain full information concerning all matters involved in or specifically related to the objects set forth in this section, and for such purpose is authorized to expend a suitable and necessary proportion of the moneys therein appropriated; but said board shall not expend or incur liability for the expenditure of any money for the construction or execution of plans or projects without the specific approval of Congress, as hereinafter set forth; that said board is hereby authorized and directed to enlist through the President the services of any Federal department or bureau the statutory authority of which may involve investigations or constructive work that is necessary or desirable in the comprehensive performance of the objects set forth in this section, and to bring into cooperation and to harmonize and unify the work of said departments or bureaus as may be neces sary to provide against duplication or unwarranted or incomplete work with respect to the objects herein provided; and that said board is authorized to defray the expenses of such investigations or assistance to the extent of the ultimate cost thereof to said departments or bureaus through a transfer of equivalent proportions of the appropriation herein provided.

That the board shall develop, formulate, and, prepare plans for the accomplishment of the purposes herein provided, and shall report the same to Congress annually and at such other times as may be required; and whenever the recommendations or any parts thereof in said report shall receive the approval of Congress the said board shall proceed to construct and execute the same in accordance with the plans so approved: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall be so administered as in no way to supersede or conflict with any specific provisions which Congress shall from time to time make by way of appropriations other than such as are made by this act for work and improvements to be performed or maintained by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, but that all work prescribed under this section shall be supplemental to and coordinated with the work as specifically prescribed by Congress in other acts.