, 1880-12-04
IMPROVING THE MISSISSIPPI.
4 Zig Grab PrcparlnE for tho T1nm.
bug LeyGe Scflnfste for thu lBenctlt Of
6.I1uf urA Ii III r Il sE lfMrA.

' t'a''1 w. n ''''1 ,''.'",J "tt's' "e"M ~
earnest about tho carty completion OF work
so t,n,,nrtDnt ns thc mrn,uueut tmnrovetnent
of tio Mississippi River, md the reclamation
Of It's valley la'uls from overflow. 80
II thoy were lioncst II, whit they say. why
Is 1t ti.ut they can only rcc1cnIzc md rccoI,,-
mend tic piuu of tho s,.callrtl River COM
mt.sI,n r.hi,h oon,r,,,n,. :, s,,ta,,ants
i'lsltlo ny It's own lneIibcrs, Will COST from
SD,0o0,0o0 to S75,000,0 900, and rcquiro q
many year to co,uplete tho work. But
sihce.tlio cxroso that / hive ,nutle Of their
sc'e'neS; a''a uclnoi.si9aleu ulaI tI'ero was
Il why fy Which this great nntl lnncll-
needed work could bc accomplished in two
or three yenrs' time. and at n cost not to ex-
Ie.i ,' n"!'''"ne,l'y 'ect.'i'nE ,ie
lowcT tnstey from Overflow, enu securing
,i tT.la.!e y. eitannGl ., elEmt tfet @ trom 81:
frni', .'',., there e 70 New Orleans. .
aiiesc Jnpn!rS-iit,W ~ az entertnE Wcago
mSGt1le o,S o petofe congress nSklne 1or only w.
t10Uoo 70 lelMlr leVees una experiment. ns
m aey vs oes ts ao,S iof o iast SIX yehrs g.
iars' al,tl have got no u'ore water tllan ulere
WIZ ;E,,., otlnls Is H.. H!Ey ussNt,. ,,. ~.
t a.e ltoise ta thll , VT, ,4w miles beloW ~
bsnw . q; Louis, y gout evidence Of tho trntl,
r. ! WIN sny. noWt II y rrllllfts SIX years
tt'e it''t several hundred tll0usisld tl1iata 70
"vtr ,or Iv tn nj to vn et 1T 0o yw 9 nmrl mi T. f1am
o. L2sils t. anu Caaso dnwil to New orleans
"Ye5 ,na,f fiay sucn pafs Will 1ne same professor
"gItHa.Es y f,,.l.s y, &C.,, o.. 10 .A,,. .A,o.+ ,u .
s, IL i9oSs % to me s,s as y thelr ;ob3ect was to
ha M ~ II dS talK nnniit =! .ell,lnot ehannel to
be srcureA ny tEis wotk Is trick OF Tho rail-
ff1atl5, wl'esG interest It IS not to have the
M!!sssslp kysr ope'nc and deepsns, and
uhuetslu'lls 9eller tllMsi 10 tile !a't-aoztIi
~. naen VINO e9lltfol ltlliy tnreetunrtDs OF a.!
81 @ I'll " ,h6t ei1 tba y asn costg saguai tiHy
s st ~ tI9a 70 HeM 9 ptieahs & &togsaner wlt am ant
Givsry it " WY ,,i 4s reHa9!e, adlnltt!nK stips rs
a u Ill IL oar II I prodc;s; 9Th is % Nsr.WSss M ss a'
2Gotlt'tWesl seek ny markets Of TIC wurl4 yla
NeW I Oricalis, lor ttie simple reason TINT tho
ants n u ttul's!nEai!otf Vll river any sea lfnln
III M &,t, n"S.csm s ~, s, r. , ,nve,Roo! W. He aoie
points TO New York nili other, Eastern Al
Mli I!Si ai,l Monl ~ Ht,.tntsy d.a " save 70 le
ieopleht !a1ls valley S1,No.oo'oo Oh present
ls!t M ~ ~ to what would @ 30 saycd to TIC pco-
pie OF tNq country tiltse cort,l1Taats feel no
cn,eei11, n.y. as9 looking to tlleir own short
s,gntg9 ant! settlsl gaiis ~ matter what iill-
tfy. 'Hellce NIL theso slams, frauds. and stle-
shows, such 1s tettics. leyees, and river COM
m!ssons packed conventions ma pntH nsws-
!p t uterst aa,sIes # ate s ra1as r@ff ese 1oos" iii
II tltfe WIS NJ other way by which this
Erent work could be done,-,tn u short time
afia NJ II s!lnl! COST would not write this
on!y ti'e reading palIlc, all all those news
rnptTs, Ditt % tho HltAt Actrllnent Uf thuso
scsl1sles " Congress. ..-..
,,,, linen WY Is u tllat they q! make so much
saalo ting. they optose aud ignore the ono
by which tho work Gun bD accomplished
~ slurt tilne and at snln'l expense, but
ndyogate tho jnbs set on foot by tho So
hundreds Vt mlllinins, anu no dn1lhlt Tine
for completion, II over? UurlhH nlt nf which
i!Me tho railroads are tho 1el,rticIarles, Mt
s s ssfss ihs alH G nGee f lie A% "prnss ss s@X ~
tlM AaSs!sSippE River Is one nf the prnblems
ttat Euellt! co.ttl not sulyc OIL my .othur
hypothesis than .tl!at of Il stupentluMs fraud,
they nnyer expect to secure.
Ii, defense DC tjls plan, which will ACCOM-
nltSlI 90 ~ ln',eh II short tne, and at sllaIl
. cnst 70 t'o Goyerti'l!eht and 10 admitted by
why. tn sly few words, aud clln!leiige ref
. l!slty. t. 10 whit | NAY, wv, 50 tlat tha
ai@at lie "airt sysioI IN proposs s f by 1ais ays
srlt. | nil1rtM tl,ut Mrcnrliug to results pre-
ducrtl By tho l}u,nnt C,rrN outlet, which pn
tho average. for tnur years did lessen the
high.wnter l,t.rk Mt Nav Orleans f0,,r f.et.
t,tl eight feel 1T VieksblIrg, that il tiB outlet
il,tO 1.t.ku Norgne were natte. III Il cost nt,t to
uxueett S:,.5u OM, 1T oyIe )jg-wutrr UuriuI. Tia
hish.wslttr mnrk nj Suw UrIesI,ls would bu
ll.sscI,u,I Ia within ton feet Ut iuw or tide
wMter lunri pf ls;i, aid viii q cnrres,,n.iInr %
riiust to Wempl,ts, witIcn wui,fI iii In irsss
thin G.,,r or tIyu frct-tIemuns thS
,rr"mt ,,rt,t,,.n, ~ ronf.ti,nt is. ssa tno
sne'i mi tMra,'S',t s'v n,v.nnr n "I,aa, nn Mes
witIiout lnytrs md river fettirs
T|lcl,, by fnrtl,ur aiIifnIg uio river, in one
yp1r moro tic Lake KnrGne Dlitlrt cnuld ia
,I,ol,i ri tha rfv"r nr H. o;ier nr'Ia 1.u HI,
',i,nr,', III liz It '1i VI ~. Uties "u.us WE