The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-02-09
WORK In WASHINGTON.
ASKING AID FOR THE WATERWAYS,
Resolutions OF the River Conysntlon--Ie'-
timatsd Reduction OF Taxation by Nor
rison's Tarin BiiI-LabOr OF Com
grssanen and Senators.

groAhhon anu Sehbtorns
WARRINGTON, Feb. e,--The Mississippi
River Convention reassembled this morning
Resolutions Of thanks 10 tho press, the Dis
trict Commissioners and others were unan'
imously agreed 10,
Mr.. Hitchcock, OF st. Louis, Chairman of
the Committee on RESOLUTIONS, presented
the unanimous report OF the committee, as
follows
THE RssoLUTIoNs
Your Committee on Resolutions, having
carefully considered tho various resolutions
relorrod 10 them, respectfully submit Tor ooh'
hdorutiOn tho folOwingi
WngHHAa, A convention, representing lhu
broad hIun Of eighteen bLltoA ANA Perrllorlrhi
tho people or which arc intensely mlerualed
IN ule cheaper transportation IRON prodnoer
whethor of aoil, mine or inetoty, has Assem-
bled NJ the National Capital expressly 70 give
uttoranoo ~ tho popular deAiro for the oon'
unuoun Improvement ana oNtonhlOn OF thu
great Western Waterway, therefore
ReaOipod, l. That tho intoreuta Tor which
this convention In authorized 70 speak are on
ttled % tho hlghost doKfoo OF consideration
from tho National Legislature, 70 which N IN
trusted, by tho Consultation, ~ well tho rogu.
latiOn Of colnmoroe between stftoH ~ the
promotion OF tho general welfare, The do,
naoilo commerce anooted II already ono hull
OF that OF tho whole United htatnei moro
thnn twelve umoA greater than the toth FOR
oign commerce OF tho Nation, and larger
uinn tho total foreign commerce or the
world. upon this vast oomlneroo horo has
boon levied year by year direct and wlusy1'
ful tax, enormous IN amount, ny bn
way of maraaaod fraiRtits, insurance, de-.
murrago, wrockA and repairs oAu.od by
aandbnrA, annga, tronohorouA banks and other
1.kN a las and ulNlgnlNgl gf
tho Mlsulaalppi River aud M navlRnblo tribt
tarioa, No exercise OF tho power OF ConRrost
0an bo more legiunnie or more lust than the
relief OF that commerce, and OF the inmOngo
and yarlod induatrioa which support II from
auoh noedoaA baIdona by removing those
obstacles 10 the navigation. To have acquired
thoao great waterways and the vast territory
they drain, was triumph OF early American
aud 70 direct their roAlAtieAh onorln0n nrU the
achievements OF American ecicneo, II ~ for
atntoamanahip 20 complete that triumph by
calling thai soDnoo permanently 70 ~ All
2. Wo earnestly affirm the declaration NJ the
River Improvement Convention. which mot
AZ 81 Louis, October, lhsl, that Il NJ manifesty
the imperative duty OF the Government "
cause 70 bO made such Improvement OF hr
Mississippi Riyor and Ia nuvignblo tributaries
M ahllll permanently secure the safe nnd
easy navigation thorsof, Especially y this
duty obvious and our demand Justified ~
Wow OF the donations already made hy
OOOO1Ov0 noroa and In bonds iemnd or
guaranteed 20 nearly tivO,OOO,O0 more,
In aid qf ARTIFICIAL highways, the property OF
lndiyiduale, aud which oven VI tho lowo@
ratea must furnish tho most costly form OF
trnnaporlllt on large scale ~ compared
with appropriations not yot NJ prnAt 10 one
Nnth IN al for tho improvement OF mOrc thun
100000 miloa OF natural waierwaya whop
freedom from tax or monopoly y prolooted
by constitutional guarantee, whllo ny thu
ohoapcr eoryioo ana unrearioled gompou
ton ihoy afford u inost oino'pnt ohook on
| oKorbtant ohargos by any other routo 70 tho
| aoa
D. We also smphatoally approve tho .ap.
p0intm0nt by Congress OF mo Mississippi
River Commission nA tho nrst well-oOnaidercd
| and efficient atep towards permanently open,
ing tho hiaalaalppi Valley % the mhrkutA OF
the world The work OF tho Commission M.
paeeod out OF tho region oi experiment aud
haA fully Justified the expenditure made aud
the plaIa adopted for the Improvement of lho
lower river. We specially approve their plan
for preserving to the main river nll The Wntor
OF all ia tributaries aud, Tor removing all OF
Il atructlona whether natural or nrtincia, which
tend 10 dcilort or draw on any portion OF uu
anne, We alao declare that the WHtom nov
being aucgoanfuly prosecuted undcr diree
lion Of The Secretary q W.T. ioT l,' the
with general approval In The ludgmoni OF
this convention aaid improvements ought tu
/ DO continued undor the enmo tyHtcm, the Rcn'
/ oral plan nnd Jurisdiction respectively ~ ~
| prcaont We also earnestly urge upon Con'
Hrcea that the scientific ana comprehensive
nyatom Of river improvements by q competent
commission thus lnaugurntnd ~ W the Mis-
alaaippl should bo applied without delay a.
Missouri, Ohio and other nav vlguble rivers, aud
that true economy dictates that all such wurl,
bo carried on by liberal and regular approrri
ntonA
T. That In the inloroet OF ohoap tranapOrtai
tion aud to afford ohOloo OF water routes 10
the aonlonrd, We regard the connexions he'