, 1873-05-15

Tho Congressional U0nfcrcnCc~-sIast
OF Congressional nnd Othor Dele.
gntos Observation-Disclosures Pre-
pnrctl by tho st. Louis Merchants


| OF Congregational nnA 0thor Dele
gntos prc4unt--.Iaos0Imtion Pres
pnrcd by tho st. Louis Merchants
Exchange. ,.y
sr. LOUIS, No., Mny 14.-The Congressional
Conference was oallod to ordor shortly aftsr II
| O'Clock, Mayor Brown in tho ollair. Two or
throo trims which woro Delayed yestordny mr.
rived last night, bringing aoyoral moro 1ncmbcrs
| Of Congress-, who took soatB In tho Conferences
| this morning. 4 letter from President Grant
| WINS road, returning thanks for tho, invitation,
n.,d rcgrotttng That otl,or arrnngemontn prevent
| Ills Attendance. LottcrB Noro also rucolYcd from
ohnrlos summon aud Boyoral othcr distinguished
gentlomen, regrettlng thoir inability to be pro1-
| ont.
Tho following Is tho substance Of tho reeolu-
tions presented by Capt. Janos D. Eads, as Ok
prosuivo Of tho yiows Of the horohnnts' Ex-
change Of this city, aud by which body they
woro unanimously approved: Tho hrst st :'t. ao.
Mississippi River is oi theS worry irat Importance
to tho ntoroHtB OF tho entiro Valley Of tho Mssis-
| sippi, aud Of great moment to tho whole ooun-
try. Tho solution Of this problem, We bolioyo,
outlets Of tho river. and condcnsing its waters
by systom Of jcttos to ono channel. " this
means 4 dopth Of ut loaat twenty or twenty-two
All outlay insignificant when compared with tho
many millions that will DO annually saved to tho
| country by tho work. When onco accomplished,
| small annual appropriation Will sutiloo to
HaEtta1n too 1o4oA1oa oepsu "'"o'oA ~@
| wards.
moyal Of BnaEs, wrecks, and othor obstruutons
from tho channel, comprehensive system Of
n,,a 5oennning of nhannol N iii tro,rh tho
shoal places below st. Louis, be at once 1natnred
nnu M!nusu ~ ~ IT, .ns,;,nnm N tn acoorn
w. 4et9tn!inou nt 90 I w .,rnnnaoa 1vorIu T,,a
pns1ou NJ 1iIss ~ sno tsoa,,, ,'ni ,,nro
than thirty bars or shoal places betWeon this
wy nnu Mom s1, oho,! Uairo onJ won1d roault
uaasoiu,ns fooAn tau.aui. rrsat"r tan tho
~ an,s;saa, sasin. as,+ +" Nueo'"N'1 6Ao"-
Tfho third doclares that this plan ia suited for
kaue".P lad 11hio' trenneeson, Gumborjond' and
1,anw 6,thor }mnor{ant stroamn in ta valley. on
aan1,' ~ @rhia,, K ato,id ha nnnlIcd m n ncalo
commensurate conn II, with tic volume Of tie rivor aud
w p,uo fomrtb dacinros that tl,a ;mnrovement of
+ho ,'nnor nni1 inwcr rarida of t},n N{issirannj
sonit ha v;1"r"a1v nraacnntn ,,nt the nay
cation q teoss psrts oi IL M riyer are made sato
nuu ~, II I'LL nthan ;nra ~ +i,ia ,,ai
1osuf ,,'a TO- omornoa;ra1iu nroaec1fod -
9int 1S9 5noo'o p' '6''1't@'S elo'00"s'>' :"
The sixth DIRECTS that oVery praosioaolo water.
touso 70 tne uai 70 sno hstanslu u yccan4 Of ~
soe eIeat laAes, MILL ean 70 opGIo" NY nauo tos
ann t 3 ~ 70 raamt Gpss Il n
oomphIoa wan LUZ oenenss " tosus a'un ~ ~ 80 ~
lossonng tne e1p1nso u stainSporsag sno l4s lato@
duce Of thiH Valley to their various markete,
enould meet "ltn iasor from lno aonoIal a 1os '.
ernmons, anu teU9ye thG & Hahuus Ma =, s1nu1s VI
every represontatyo OF fnis ~. SaAey n CONGRESS.
INC so7entn ao;la1es tnat tne p!. pass oomMetce
depehang upon tae M1sslss!ppl N'ser aor cnoap p
transportation aomnaas tna9 no nsslnc,al %,
esfuetaon 90 porm1sseo ~ lts cnaiaSl e1ceps upon
the most urgent necessity, nnd that no pr1ugo
having spans oyer the stream OF !ess width than
ooy 1eos, ana eteas na'gne o. 10 nooxo eh mgn
water mare snouiu ne preservo;a l uaaer INC cen
Ter Ir OF tho cnannol-spans " ~ suon 9 osaoge. :,
Iho esgntn sug8os8s shat ln c9nsequeoco, 81
the breaklh8 aoWn ol several iron plloBes Mithln
tue past ION yoatstnvolsang nlucn Aoss OF tiea1
oriuges horeatses m ona,s On 81 ppssaus 1aLoaa
,, route, should 20 examined into by competent
commbslon, wnoao ua.lea nuu pG"eta . anoula y
deoa ~ uongrese' ano w,shous sl ai, wnbse o1smll
nAs1on alu alp1osa! " pians Aof oucn ptoposeo
orn1aeos snoala a nG aooRtea H., ,o.,o =, 49,,
Iho nlnth askb tnat tng nhY1gatlon Of oul
, great water highways ano1la pe leueVeo OF tne
dangers and delays to Which Il Is anb1eetod ,,
, the many badly constructed railroad bridges or
30 modified as to lesson tug number ot accidents M
: constantly occurring 70 river craft " collsiol
with their plere, anQ thaera eGhorai DtldRe !ae
+ pc pasSoa y congress- Mncn snai4 s oenno @ tns
control OF the location anu construction OF hncl
: hridgoB IN manner TO prevent unnecessary IN
o Jury 10 Inc nny4Eatlon u eala tiYo1s.
Etepenm-tnas 1he ~ iatorossa @ Q. tnss vaney I'M
-. IL. :.
OF transportation to ana from the foreign mar
keta OF the world, and tho sa1est and most dnfa
bic CLASS or steamers, barges, etc., 1or ts inans
wator service. and that IT should be tho dut.
to labor for tho removal OF every artificial i'm
pediment which iutcrferos with auoh ohea]
occan transportation or which prevents th
aloption OF such safo aud durable yosaels for It
: INLAND navigation.
I2tirteenl-That VIC emphatically declare thu
Q the Revenue laws should be 10 amended as t
:, permit shipmastora to purchase ships wheroye
d they can bo most cheaply procured:
!, fourteenM-That no emphatically declare thu
i. the Reyenuo law which forbids registry to til
: ship Of an American citizen, simply because ah
n waa built in foreign land, aud thus compel
- aln. W uo1s sl1u 44'6 ~ e1usAoA a..1s ~ a M - ~
people of this Valley, aud is policy only worth
=. ct q past ago.