Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-09
Resolutions Adopted by the Recent Ca
nal Convention at Davenport.
DAvENpoRr, Iowa. May 20,

DAVENPORT, Iowa. May 20.
THE Committee on Resolutions made
the following report through its Chair
man, General I. j. Henderson,:
This Convention, representin9 the people of
the Mississippi Valley and OF the Northwest,
in pursuance of the purposes thereof, unani-
mUusly declare: ls~4 l
/. That the Congress of the United states
should devise by law, and sustain by liberal
and efficient appropriations, system OF cheap
transportation by water routes connecting the
Mississippi River aud its tributaries with the
eastern Atlantic seaboard and the Gulf of
Mexico. 'H
2. That It has been the policy Of Congress,
and the desire Of the people Of the Northwest
for many years to inaugurate and complete q
system of water channelimprovement, having
the Mississippi for its base; that to give
greater efficiency to this policy, thore should
be constructed from the Mississippi River, on
the most direct and feasible route to the ILL
nois River at Hennepin, and thence to the
lake at Chicago, q canal adequate to the pres
ent and future transportation needs OF that
great part of the Northwest TO whose people
such work Of internal improvement 10 an
imperative necessity for relief from the ex-
cessive freight rates on the produce and COM
merce Of the country, and that the work 90
long needed should be immediately COM
menced.
8. That the continued improvement of the
Mississippi River under the auspices of the
Mississippi River Commission, created by act
Of Congress, fe work Of such National Inn
portance that the Congress OF the United
States ought to promote that scheme OF inn
provement by the most liberal appropriations,
in q separate appropriation bill therefor, and
that we emphasize and indorse the united and
earnest demand OF the people Of the entire
Mississippi Valley that Congress shall make
prompt and adequate appropriations for the
Improvement of the river and its navigablo
tributaries from tho Falls OF st. Anthony 70
the Gulf of Mexico. and that this Convention
has no sympathy. with suy policy that would
deprecate or hinder this great enterprise Of
making fully navigsble and building up q
great commerce upon this central river-Na-
lures great highway OF the continent.
4. That We hail with peculiar satisfaction
the increasing success OF the barge line sys-
tenn of transportation on the Mississippi and
fits tributaries. and the relief IL gives to the
producers and shippers OF the Mississippi VAL
ley in the cheapening OF freiehts. rr
s. That we heartily favo- the proposed ces-
sion OF the Illinois s. Michigan Canal and the
improvements on the Illinois River by the
state Of Illinois, and declare that the ErieC Ca
nal should be made free of tolls: therefore. we
hope for the early success Of the efforts inau-
gurated to secure these results.
6. That the Commission under the auspices
of which this Convention has been called be
continued, with the proviso that its member
ship be enlarged by the selection Of an addi-
tional member from each State represented
in this body. which additional member shall be
named by the delegates Of the respective
States, said Commission to afterward elect its
own officers and mature its own organization.
:. That the Commission, when reorganized
Is contemplated herein. be requested to Sc
lect TWO gentlemen from each State to present
to Congress the appeal for the support TO the
work of internal Improvement which IL con-
by the foregoing resolutions. ~
The report was unanimously adopted
amidst cheers. l
People who set the fashions hatch
put many silly styles.
"A poor fool is just as well off as a