Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14

/ pfrl MlfrheL0f fla C0asf auH geoiefie 500.
ffff They afa fhe lafuNfII ufIIa HNl. Do MfU
J Proposed Hf tle lnam % gnTlufnu nf lHi.. Dol
2 i1rn fHa commission HHf created. $50 1nd ihr
scientific knnalrdga and ODE sn.Nnnlf ihDIghf NJ
lhn country standing fHauiY iu recommend and
hplfufe Those UlHns, and W hdtf nothing uut
sMtnrae, l, ~, WIZ siVgaiI WV o"i
tir1ka. Hrnlnsi tIasg scientific statements aha
scientific Judgments.
fhe UU,erimeni wll lose nothing by espena.
INK money for tbe Building NJ lrfcr4, even " The
segunl shall show that ihe power ~ man Is uUt
{ RfrHt en- UGH ~ enrhAiH aud guhdue tile mighty
enefRles o. This majestic river, NO motley ell De
Expended which i ~ sifeiu Yield beneficial r.
Gen. Abbot estimated the total area " She
bottom lalid 70 be 800 square mile and tliat
i protected from intindatlUn aud mlde available
for agricultural purposes there would be- 2h1g.0O0
sores Of sugar land, 1904, 900 acres Of cotton
lands, anu 100000 acres NJ corn lands.
Could tie nation undertake . grander or more
surely grDhtable work than the conq1erlils Of
THIS splendid principally, the reclamation Of
this rich dOmainP 1be nations NJ Europe vie
with pacli other IN rest ess schemes for the &C.
guisitlon Of territory, not counting the cost Of
blood and treasure. Here there awaits us q
grdnder and richer territory than any they seek
after, which VIII cost nothing but u irining sum
Of money Hs compared with It's value In the
natureO OF tnlngs, we people III this valley must
in the main content themselves with the pursuit
of agriculture,
We must continue to buy from you In exchange
for our cotton and stl4arthe horses, mules, metal.
flour, and dry goods we consume. You can lnd
no customers who viii buy more freely from you
than ourselves. Save us from these floods and
10 man can depict the future pro perity and
greatness OF tins fertile valley, YOu are AS
greatly Interested III this as we are. What we
make At last inus It's way to the great cities Of
the North TO increase your riches. 1t would seem
that TO 1.-THE people Of the East at least the levee
feature Of this plan Of Improvement would be
( fnp mOgiiuNitiu aud Affirmative
But we want the navigation Of the river i'm
proved also. II Is the great regulator of ireights,
which puts down the tolls on the longitudinal
lines Of railways tTaveTSinS the South. Stop
the navigation Of that stream and we would be
forced to pay the most eXOrbitant rates upon
conlmOd ties received and shipped by us.
Mr.. Standard, of st. Louis, estimates that the
annual saving in freights by the thorough i'm
provemHnt OF the river will amount 10 $3.50 0,0OO
annually.
as II Is, when the lOw-water season comes
upon lis, and tile large boats either abandon the
trade or travel 1t lightly laden and we are forced
to rely large Y upon summer tramps our rates 20
up anC tile profits upon our yearly labor are
correspondingly diminished.
| do not regard the plan as experimental.
When ! see the wonderful effect of tile works a.
Lake Providence and Plum Point. and | find The
distinguished engineers in charge expressing
confidence in their ability to accomplish beneti-
clal and permal .ent results, | unhesitatingly
yield my approval.
The conventions which have been held
within the last eighteen months vice
the sentiment OF the people with
reference to this great scheme. They were not
sugar nor cotton planters, and can not be
charged with selfish motives in indOrsing the
plan. Nor can such motives be imputed to Tie
engineers in charge of the works.
In Il special message to Congress in 1882 Pres
id-nt Arthur uttered these brave and AMY
woods:
..rho sofa and oorvenier+ royioa+ior If tho
M;.oi"s 1 mm, :, Sn ~ r,ottnn ~ man 'S"tiHl VI ~
of t6e ra,int 20 Inf to thc Vortthyes .ti viii itS
~ vnu c"uitLS, DuC w NV NoICnmvsI, VIII us
immense harvests needing cheap transportation
W tnV sci anu W tno ihnspntasCS a. Wy uiveI
Valiey, Wllose lives anu properly uepenu upon
nv PaVpTt voi .nnn, t rTn "a W. lTSu "Hiu a
n%ortanee Ihat a well maturtd and comnreben-
Siye pla for the Improvement should be- nut in
IN onerlt,nn with AS lttle dpIav as nnsSihI-
.,TI,o aat+an nod,at ~ ~, n,htaa4u
~ ouauon PtHu ~ ~ NV noslou oupiyIt ~
~, ~ Wotio" a n ~ $50 y" o.. = IN |" ,Hort,noo =, "E"tIu "
t KS ha ! W. ~ vi Z G fn mm I my ~ MovP,nS
SlJ unlanGe TauV NV, ~ Hm ,h v az ~ Va no'
W iioppoIvune W ,m9h dTl tnaC tliS GoFedn-
dlenC mas ,nposeu amo cGiect I Sniie S,C,oooc
WLLS;Oobh a .ha e%M or WI ot'U ~ Ia ~ ny pnVI iHs Vi
" MI ipraI w e,ip% cpuaGG'. .mn i # + d ime 10y n"" sae miiS Ma%1
- = la[e,s emEaseu, an nn II i, ~ nj, rot seem hequIa
ooT = ;h Ttniu - a poaIiT n y III va ~ tnose Wno
vT ;na ~ ~ =, Pai '!T ~ o Sucn gu acI.1n
mIi W. in ~ IN "m sr ,mpgr ."aU SAN y Imt
e oUd Xxx ! d" !, a,se, a fi ne eoPTIaSI y so W ~ ErtaI
sippi Valley"
IIhV are Az ITIH HOW AZ InhN were linen and
they sent a thrill of gratitude through thp hearts
of the inhabitants of the valley.
Mr.. Blaine telegraphed TO the New Orleans
convention his hearty apnroyal of the work de-
signed for the IMPROVEMENT of the great water
WAYS of the West. and the national Democratic
convantion i'm 1881 dpempd tha uraat MigsiSrinni
If snch national eonseG1emce as to MAKE liz
following a cIanse i'm its hIatform.
The Federal Government shOuld care for and
imnroye the Nississjpni river ana other great
wafer WAYS of the Rppublic. 80 az 10 sprlIra for
the limited States EASY and chean tranSnortStion
10 tide wafer.
II has thIIs received the sanction of avarv nm
Mar asseInhlv which has h en- called to cny1 siidlpr
il. and il can NOT in debate here he driven an Nv
ridicule' nreiudice. or Factions criticisms - "
=, -
MI. CHAIRMAN, Sollethlng has Deen SAID ABOUT
tie approprlatlons tor the Southern harbors:
TentIeuleh SPEAK ~ d most scorhlul manner OF
tleIl anu ueScIiOe uleh as mere lalldlng places,
mere way ~ uons Tor ~ste&mDoats to land and
ulscntTge tHelr cdrgOeS: where 40 gentlemen
stt we autuoLlt! IOr we assertion tlaC tlOse
towns art hot naInors ~ every JusI sense OF Cne
conilIeIcidi lleanliiS vi tndt WoIdI l say. 70
gentlenlen Inat tIe supreme ourI Oh the United
lales mas not iOuna any ulIlculCy IN recognlz-
T ~ have I "i them ~ ha hsrb Hupie and
have DECLARED thai this Govarnmant h .S Ihha
mower mt Onlv to iinnrova tha uav i1
Streams of tbe n9untrv lift IN in,nrovn Xxx hgr-
bo Z mon tie hordprS n those streans ~ ""i
NaHi = H,St-Naa w.
NoM, MI, EnaiInidn, 10 SNOW 70 What extent
Ills recognition mas : me say tnat Ill a cause
reported a. lar Dack as 10 hoWard tht supreme
0urI OF tne Uhiteu States speak OF the little
NiIlGge ol nrahu Oull' located on Clle lower MIS-
S.9SiPp,; Us T. mauuot, anu alpit 10 IL lne rules OF