The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-07-15
|TRANS-MISSIS.
SIPPICONGRESS
To Meet at the Lewis &
Clark Exposition
Next August
IS OF VITAL
IMPORTANCE
To This State as Well as to Louis
lana and Should Have Full
Representation The Sub
ieCte to be Discussed


(From the New Orleans Picayune)
The sixteenth session Of the Trans
Mississippi Commercial Congress will
be held at Portland, Oregon, Aug. 10
to 70. Of the present year.
Portland IS long way of. bat the
occasion will be made more than or
dinarily interesting by the fact that
the Lewis and Clark Exposition, ceIe-
brating the first arrival OF the United
States exploring expedition sent to ex-
anime the territory Of the Louisiana
Purchase. on the shore Of tile Pacific
ocean. will be in operation.
i should be remembered too. that
Louisiana !, MART ii that vast area
known as the Mississippi re
on of the United States. and has =
direct interest in all the important
proDosi+f0rs which affect the country
from tbe Ni.s;s.ioDi river 10 the Pa
rifc ocean and should not neglect ia
narticfga4e in +I7e. co1lnse1s and discus
sions of the Congress.
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osed for tbe consideration o; the
CONGRESS- are +h4 following.
(r) The in1rovemert Of rivers
barbors and waterways (2l The
pnion of interests between Pacific
coast norris and norris Of the Gulf Of
Mex;co (0Tbe Isthmian Canal and
its effects upon commerce. "a The
merchant marine. 80 The consular
service. co. Statehood for the Terri
tories. ~ Interstate Commerce Com
mission and the betterment Of rail and
water transportation. g. Preservation
Of the forests. O Cooperation in laws
covering waterways, irrigation and
mining betweet the United States.
/ Mexico and Canada. (Io) Encourage
ment of home manufactures (II) Ex-
positions and their influence upon the
| development of the country. I2) Tech
nical schools and experimental sta
tons for the West G3) American
/ scenery and its influence upon travel.
| (I4) Alaska. (I5) Live stock interests
of the Trans Mississippi region (I6)
The necessity for for differentials ia
voring Pacific coast ports in the build
| ing of naval vessels. G7) Parcels
| post. (I8) Good roads (Io) Irrigation
and the reclamation of arid lands.
/ There is not one of the subjects
mentioned above that is without di
rect interest to us in the lowlands o
Louisiana We even have very clos
and important connection with tn
Irrigation and Reclamation of tn
Mississippi River and the Rock
Mountains, and it is seen at a glanc
: when it is understood, that the exter
d sive use for irrigation. of water fror
d the numerous rivers that make UP tn
Mississippi, the Arkansas and Re
Rivers, which are the great wester
n tributaries and contribute to tt
II foods of the Mississippi, from whic
& these lowlands haye 50 often sufere
reduces the volume of those WEBSTER
tributaries and mitigates if it does n
IL wholly remove the danger of beir
y. overwhelmed by their waters It is a
id ready demonstrated that the dang