The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
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''The people Of the city Of New Orleans
are intensely interested in a proposition
row pending in Congress to appropriate
money to be expended in deepening the
pass at the mouth of the Mississippi
River, 10 miles below the city, so tEat
larger vessels of commerce may land at
cur port" said Capt. John w. Bryant, OK
New Orleans, at the Arlington, who Is Iva
Washington looking after the interests Oh
New Orleans shippers. 'The volume CT
trade from New Orleans to all parts OF
the world is increasing so rapidly that the
deepening o. the channel at this point Is
necessary to the interests of the entire
Mississippi Valley. We want TO get 9
depth there of thirty-fiVe feet and make
the channel LOCO feet wide. The entire
project will cost s6,5000O0, out Congress
has already committed itself to the prop
osition by making a preliminary appropri-
alton for surveys. dredges, and the like.
"The amount of commerce which is
now plying between New Orleans and for
oign ports, both on this and the Eastern
continent, is prodigious. Every product
that is raised in the Mississippi, Ohio,
and Missouri valleys is represented in this
trade. and the volume is increasing year
by year. The bulk of it consists of cotton,
cottonseed, grain, lumber, and iron. Last
November 100 vessels cleared from New
Orleans for foreign ports. On November
last twelve vessels cleared the port car
Iying an immense quantity os articles of
commerce. The deepening of the pass as
desired would enable larger ships TO enter
the harbor than are now trading there.
Large ships are in demand, as we have
more trading than We can attend to-"
I
Gov. L. N. Shaw, of Iowa, who is here
/ TO attend the Centennial celebration, is
/ registered at the Normandie.
The people of Iowa are to-day as hap
py as any people on the face Of the
earth" he said There are good crops
and good prices for the producers, and
prosperity is apparent on every hand.
Iowa is. of course. safely Republican as
( far as ever the youngest of political OBJ
servers can see into the future. -Four
/ years ago Mckinley carried the State Oy
/ a majority of 5000. Last month his ma
! ,ority was $500 This result was due 10
/ the fact that the people Of Iowa had TO
/ confidence in Bryan and no trust in the
Kansas City platform. The gains came
/ from all quarters. 1t is true that We lost
I some Of the German vote, but the gains
from other sources more than counter
balanced our losses in that direction.
Many Germans who. on account of tne
predominance of the free silver issue. vot-
ed for Mckinley four years ago, were led
to vote the Democratic tieket this year
I when told that there was no probability
! that a free silver law could be placed up
J on the statute books. even though Bryan
were elected. Republican administration
4 is fixture In Iowa. The people wont
/; have any other kind
Among the guests at the Shoreham is
Mr.. F. S. Landstreet. a young politician
/ Of West Virginia There are at least
two matters of great importance which
will be disposed Of during the session
| of the State legislature which cOnvenes
next month";" said Mr. Landstreet last
/ night. zone is the reapp0rtionment oi
the State and the other is the selection oi
a successor to Stephen B. Elkins. whose
| term of service expires March next
Ten years ago the Democrats gerry
( wandered the State and 80 apportioneC
the counties that, although the STATE
| might go Republican by 1000 majority
| the legislature would yet be Democratic
Now the Republicans, being in control
win readjust the various districts so tha'
/ both the State and the legislature undel
the usual circumstances, may be Repub
lican.
Senator Edkins will be elected to sue
ceed himself The Republicans now hav'
on joirt ballot d majority OF 20 votes
in the legislature. ard al favor Ar
Elkins' reelection. West Virginia &
now undergoing a rapid process OF deyel
! opment. There Is no reason, In m,
| ouiniou. why II should not be as activ,
an industrial center as the States Of Oh.l
and Pennsylvania. between which il lies
The resources of the state are unlimited
Even HOR West Virginia Is the leadinl
oil producing State. and ii also stand
second in the list OF coke producing States
and third among those mining coal i
time II viii make the great State o
Pennsylvania move pretty rapidly 4
maintain its place. Under ordinary cir
eumstances West Virginia Is Republican
The people there understand that ths
party's principles stand for developmen
and progress"