Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-25

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stiles of their respective constituent
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A brief enumeration of the great
results obtained Is as follows: Deep
water for Galveston Harbor; the
deepening of Buffalo Bayou, afford
ing Buff outlet for that portion of
country tributary to Houston, Texas;
deep water for New Orleans and the
improvement of the River; the res
toration of the salmon fisheries OF
the Northwest and the establishment
of international fisheries; deep
water harbor of refuge and harbor or
commerce at San Pedro, California;
the inspiring advocacy of the 18th
mian Canal; the passage of the In
ter-State Commerce Law, with
amendments from time to time, en-
larging the powers of the Commits
sion; reform in the Consular service;
establishment of Yellow Stone Park,
Pixies Peak and other national reser-
vations; the passage of the National
Banking Law; the persistently advo-
Gated by the Trans-Mississippi Con-
gress until placed upon the statutes;
finally, the passage of an act Of Con-
gress for the reclamation of the arid
lands of the West
congratulate the officers ond del
egates from all the states and ter
ritories which constitute the Trans
Mississippi territory, and this is to
large extent the territory OF the
Louisiana Purchase; therefore. we
are gratified, gentlemen, that this
meeting assemblies here in the shadow
of the creates; Universal Exposition
thst has ever been devised and com
plete' in the history Of the world.
The ,Amented Mckinley said in his
last public utterances at Buffalo that
"Expositions were the timekeepers
of progress and civilization" What
void have been the administration
of our martyred president had he
lived to see the great palaces, dis
playing the arts and sciences, that
are here spread out in the several
square miles of beautiful buildings:
It must be especially pleasing to
lthe delegates here assempled that
this great educational Exposition ex
emplifies many improvements which
| the Trans-Mssissippi Congress has
| inspired and insisted upon. The
scope of usefulness of this Congress
| is as broad as the extent of the con
try from the Mississippi Valley tc
the Pacific Ocean.
/ In the fourteen annual meetings o1
this organization, now passed into
history, it's achievements are part
| of the fame Of our country and Its
accomplishments are gratifying. In
discuss ion and united action the bes
results are obtained In addition tt
having advocated and obtained the
benefits enumerated this Congress
to the largest extent possible, en-
Al
couraged the building of trans-conti
mental railway lines over the plains
mountains and deserts of the grea
West: also ispired the building o.
branch transportation lines, which
enable the producers of the soil Il
! reach the larger markets Of the sea
! port and on to Europe where our ce
1 reals and food supplies are reaching
5very port of the civilized world
Without such transportation facil
ities, fear, my fellow delegates, tha
the trade balance of the Unite'
States in years that have passed sine
the organization of this Congress
not have run up into the thousand
of millions to our side of the balanc
sheet
What is equally as important t
national progress as transportation
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