Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-20
KANSAS CITY GETS MEETING
Town on the Kaw Captures TranSmissis-
sppi Congress.
HENRY S. CLARKE MAKES ADDRESS
Omaha Man Urges the Improvement
of the Missouri River
and other Water
ways.
HENRY S. CLARKE MAKES ADDRESS

PORTLAND, Ore. Aug 1s.-Kansas City,
Mo, was unanimously selected by the
Transmississippi congress as the conven-
ton city for 1906.
John w. Noble Of ST. Louis, former sec
rotary of the Interior, addressed the Trans
mississippi congress today on THE Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor"
The congress adopted the report Of the
committee on permanent organization,
which carried with It the endorsing OF off,
GERS for the ensuing year They include;
President, David r. Francis, st. Louis;
secretary, Arthur F. Francis, Cripple
Creek, Colo (re-elected) and treasurer, H.
b. Topping. Kansas City.
The committee on resolutions urging a
strict enforcement against Chinese immi-
grafton was adopted after a spirited de-
bate in which the California delegation
protested that the resolution presumed to
instruct President Roosevelt as to his
duty, and that the whole matter, being Of
a political and social nature, was barred
by the bylaws Of the congress. The report
Of the resolutions committee was adopted
as n whole
Address by Henry T. Clarke.
Mr.. Henry T. Clarke of Omaha, president
Of the Missouri River Improvement associ-
alton spoke of 1.-THE Duty OF the General
Government to Improve the Missouri
River and other Waterways and Ports"
He said in part:
This congress should take the initiative
to provide, II necessary a committee or
commission composed of one representative
or more for every important waterway
improvement within its limits. and then
reaching across the border of the Misss-
sippi, combine with the interests of the
east, south and middle west for this all
important internal petterment. rms I'M,
provement can only be accomplished
through the national government The first
effort must be In providing for the ways
and means for carrying on the work, the
second must be for the proper direction
and supervision of its expenditure, provid-
ing such safeguards as will insure econ
omy and its application where beneficial
results will be obtained. With no criti-
cism for the past, there must be guaran-
properly expended and the work done under
the most modern, effective and conserv-
alive methods. The improvement should
be made upon broad scale, following pos
sibly the plan of the building OF the
Panama canal. 1 should advocate the is
suing of per cent government bonds
of at least $500 100000 for this work. Vast
sums of money in the aggregate have
been expended on our rivers and harbors,
much OF 1t to a disadvantage by reason
of limited and inadequate amounts, in
proportion to the work to be accomplished.
| This has led to waste and discouragement.
Surer results can be secured by placing
/ the Improvement upon a scale compre-
! hensive enough to guarantee its accom-
/ plishment. We may encounter opposition
and the prejudice sometimes existing
against the issuance Of bonds, or creating
any Indebtedness, but to my mind this is
| the only means of reaching the ends de-
| sired and is based upon the experience
| of the past The states and cities and
| local districts cannot accomplish this i'm.
| provement. 1t is alone for the national
| government. Therefore, It is along this
| line that we must proceed. We must
make 1t as broad. and national as the
| country itself.