The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-11
PLEDGED TO AID
The RIVER STATES
CONGRESSMEN AND DELEGATES
AT BANQUET: TABLE.
Upper Mississippi River Improvement
Association 8 Convention Closes with
p Renewed Interest and Cooperation
} Lawmakers Urge and Receive Sup
port for Better Appropriations.

9: Friends rof the movement for the i'm
provement. Of the upper. Mississippi riv-
er: received decided encouragement last
night at the banquet given to the Wis
iting delegates to the Upper MISSISSIPPI
| pi Improvement association, at the
Commercial club. Not only did the
men connected with the association in
dorse the movement for the establish
ment Of six-foot channel between
4 Minneapolis and st. Louis, but two
members Of congress, j. 2. Ransdel of
| New Orleans and J. Adam Bede Of Min
nesota, as well as Frank M.''Nye of
Minneapolis, pledged themselves to the
advancement Of the work. ~" ~ =.
Plates were laid for $50. Former
Senator w. D. Washburn presided and
his reference to- Minneapolis in his
opening, remarks as the sthead. of. Mis-
sissippi river navigation" started the
enthusiasm which characterized the
banquet. 80 = ..l...g...' - T..
r~:.ee Mayor Jones Speaks. ..-,
Mayor D. p, Jones was the first
speaker of the evening. Paying a
graceful tribute to Senator Washburn,
referring to him as a. pioneer in the
work for the development Of the upper
Mississippi and the father of the upper
river reservoir system, he defined the
project for the development Of river
commerce as an s:'imperial movement -
Congressman Loren Fletcher was com
plimented by the. mayor: for his work
in helping to make Minneapolis the
head Of river navigation. 'tThe modern
age" said the mayor, els not the age
Of iron.-: It is the age of waterways on
the American continent, and there is no
monopoly: about aterways. . We ;. are
entering an age of cooperation, not
competition, and cooperation is: what
we need in making possible the naviga.
ton projects.' Mayor Jones pledged
the support of Minneapolis to the
movement and the delegates rose tc
their feet and cheered him. >:s>.~
Responding to the toast "The Com.
mercial Value of Our Waterways
President Thomas Wilkinson of Bur
lington, Iowa, president Of the associa
: ton, spoke of the work of the river
and harbor committee Of congress. il
helping the cause Of river and harbo1
improvement and made an able plea fol
: the cooperation of the, people. in ,ad
vancing the cause of ~Ameri can, water
ways. He declared that the develop
! ment of the rivers would mean cheape
freight traffic. "The river belongs t.
the people, ud he j. declared, "and n
|. Bring the Ocean Nearer.
+ The address Of Judge Charles Chafi
Allen Of st. Louis, responding to tn
y toast, "Bring the Ocean Nearer,' wa
8 an eloquent exposition Of the cause 0
q river Improvement He referred to tn
i immense possibilities Of the Mississippi
valley. He said the: people of s.
0 Louis were looking forward to the tim
8 when there would be no sHnpper' G
CLOVER Mississippi, but only on
). "Great3 mississippi: ",ar'<% - ,9,i -; =
Q Congressman Joseph E. Ransdell Q
VieW' pleaded That tie people e Of tn
3 country unite in. securing y appropFis
: tions> for all'th waterways ofothe1 cou1
: try, not those in any Particular. section
] He referred to the work Of the, rive
IF and harbor committee to the limite
u appropriations at their command, an
e. gave several reasons for believing thu
TX there is little antagonism ION the pa
D. of the railroads to the proposed pla,
s. for waterway improvement. =. u
ce Combining humor with good :comme
b. sense. Congressman J: Adam :Bede d
es clared that an awakening by the Peep
ii and not by congress is needed" Whe
ds the people want appropriations, co
p gress will grant them,'' said Mr.. Bed
* The annual appropriation for rive
; and harbors is not a "pork barrel,
v as has been asserted : declared M
il Bede, and the quicker the people Of tt
Ii country realize this the easier it w
IL be to loosen the congressional 'pur
vs. strings for the benefit Of rivers al
or harbors. e, *.'t,' "- :. E: ~.,'sf
O1 The final toast Of the evening "Tl
ely Missouri River Association" was
to livered by II. T. Clark, who, represen
D. inu thu orua NJ "a tions which has for i
d object the development Of the Mi
e. souri,, asked cooperation on the part
- all river and harbor Improvement Q
CARNATIONS in the campaign for natio
ee al funds.
ed Before the close Of the banquet m
e. ton was unanimously passed, thankil
y Minneapolis for the entertainme
lc- given the representatives to the conve
e. tion and the delegates gave three rot
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