The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-29
Convention : Adj burns After Passing
Resolu.los r recommending Appto-
priation by Congress
::,-a..... of Mr.. r. n. Edmonds.
By Associated Press.)

NEW ORLEANS. LA, October ?S.--The
Interstate Mississippi River improvement
and Levee Association concluded Its Sos
sion tonight. after adopting a series OF
resolutions In favor OF government juris-
djction Of tho levee or adequate apprU"
priations for Their speedy construction, IT
government control Is not advisable. and
endorsing the proposed waterway from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf and the Chi
cago sanitary canal as g. part OF that
project - .,e. -45---t
. The feature Of tho morning session wac
Judge Robert S. Taylor's appeal against
tho proposed movement for government
ownership.
AT the opening OF the afternoon session
tho! report Of the Committee on Resolu-
tons was presented. as follows:
Resolved. That in the Judgment of this
convention, the protection of the AIissis-
sirpi Valley from floods is of such nation
oil Importance as not only to justify. but
to make it the duty of the general gov
eminent to under take 1t and press 1t to
the speediest possible completion. IF for
any reason the exercise of solo jurisdic-
ton at this time by the general govern
ment should not be desmed advisable.
then this convention urges most earnestly
that Congress make ! at It's approaching
session such appropriations as are recon-
mended by tho Mississippi River Com
mission. In Its recent report.
RESOLVED, further, That tho system OF
river improvements In the Valley of tho
Misstssippi, frotr Its -headwaters TO the
Gulf, and In the Valley Of the Ohio and
other tributaries. now provided for, and
those which may hereafter be provided
for by Congress- under The supervision OF
tho United States engineers, meets our
he srty commendartion, and should be
pressed to. completion without unnecea-
sary delay. ~ 80.
no AVERT DISASTER.
Resolved, That the attention OF Con-
Eress is invited to the serious disasters
which have befallen those residing at or
near St Louis, Kansas City and other
| localities by reason Of the recent great
| floods. and the Secretary OF War Is re-
| spectfuly requested to cause an inquiry to
| be made with View to the preparation of
| suitable. nlans fdrS the prevention of Il ra-
/ currence of such injuries.
! BE 1t resolved That the convention
! of delegates representing the States OF
| the great Mississippi Valley. from Dd-
luth 10 the Gulf of Mexico, gives its
| unqualified approval to the movement for
the construction OF. a waterway connect
| Ing the Great Lakes at the north with
! the Mississippi River, and the Gulf Of
Mexico at the south.
We recognize the expenditure of thr-
ty-five millions OF dollars by the sani-
tary district of Chicago as a practical de-
monstration In the furtherance OF his
project We, express the hope that the
senator's and representatives In Congress
from the various States represented in
this convention will give their encourage
ment and assistance to congress onal leg
station in favor of the competition of 7 he
deep waterway, to which the MISSES ppi
Valley States have already given their . p
prevail and to which the State of III nois
and the sanitary district of Chicago are
committed as e. matter of policy and by
great financial expenditures already
made"
The resolutions were received with ap
plause and were Unanimously adopted.
A committee was appointed to memo
rialize Congress with the resolution adopt
ed.
President Scott then introduced H-n.
Charles S. Farch.ld, OF New York, who
said that as the government had aided
transcontlnental railroads had taken up
irrigation OF, the west. and Is planning an
Isthm!an Canal, he believed the lesee
project should receive equal attenticn
from IT.
DOUBLE COTTON PRODUCTION.
Mr. Richard III. Edmonds. editor of tho
Manufacturers Record. followed Mr..
Fairchld. He said in part:
proper leveenG OF the Mississippi
RIVER will bring into cultsvable condition
thirty thousand square miles of allurtal
soil upon which. with the prevailing me-
/ thods. may be raised double the present.
| cotton crop Of the whole country. The
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