The Mena weekly star., 1906-11-29
RESOLUTIONS SUBA|1IEL
Trans Mississippi Congress at Kan sss City Receives the Report
 of Its Committee.
WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS IS COVERED

Recommended Tor Rivers anu h"h""
 Secretary Roots Suggestion Regard
 ing Merchant Marine Fayored-seere
 tary Wilson Commended.
 Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 24-The committee on resolutions of tn Trans Mississippi Commercial con gress submitted the following repor to the congress at the session Frida. afternoon:
 To The Trans-Mississippi Conner cial congress: Your committee oi resolutions having carefully consid cred all resolutions referred to 1t begs leave to submit the followin; report:
 Be it resolved, by tiie TransMis sissippi Commercial congress- com posed of representatives of the sev eral states and territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific coast at it's 17th annual session, assembled in the City of Kansas City, November 1906, as follows:
 Canals. Rivers and Harbors.
 Recognizing the inestimable value to all the territory and people repre- gent and systematic development oi the canals. waterways and harbors O. our great country, we emphaticalla approve and endorse the earnest ef fort now being made to obtain neces sary aid and support from the nation al government for the various branches of this project which holds in store so much of value and bene empire. We commend to our mem bers the movement represented by the National Rivers and HarDors con gress, and adopt as ours it's slogan an annual appropriation of at leas $50,000,000 to be expended in tho furtherance of this highly important work We heartily endorse the re port and recommendations unani. mously adopted by the Mississippi Valley Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Water way convention held In St. Louis No vember 16th, 1906. We also favor the improvement and development oi the principal rivers of the Trans Mississippi region, so that such na, tural channels of trade as the Mis- souri, Arkansas, Red, Columbia Snake, Sacramento, San Joaquin Trinity, Brazon and other great rivers may be made adequate and econom ical channels of transportation for the products of the people. These objects are of such vast and far-reach Ing import to all the people we repre-. sent. that we earnestly urge upon the congress of the United States early and favorable consideration of these vital questions, to the end that the Mississippi country may be prepared to reap the full benefits that may come to us in the new conner cial era to be ushered in by the open. ing of the Panama canal.
 We favor liberal appropriations un. der continuing contracts by the fed eral government for the improvement of the harbors of the Gulf of Mex, leo and the Pacific coast so that they may speedily have an uniform depth of not less than 35 feet of water at mean low tide with width and ex- tension commensurate with their rap. idly growing importance.
 We heartily endorse the proposed Inter Coastal canal. nine feet in depth and about 500 miles in length, from the Missis sippi river to the Rio Grande. as one of the most beneficial waterway improvements in the Union and we request the members of this congress to urge the senators and representatives of tie Trans Missis, sippi section to induce the congress of the United States to adopt the project for this canal and make pro vision in the next rivers and harbors bill for its speedy completion
 We further recommend that the next congress make available at once the appropriation heretofore made by the national congress for the con. struction of the government canal be-  tween the Sabine and Naches rivers to form a connection with the Port Arthur ship canal recently donated to the United States.
 This congress at it's 16th annual session recommended the location of a naval station on the southern coast of California near the Mexican bor- der. but as yet the national congress has not taken any action regarding this important matter Since the passage of the resolution and recommendation, Admiral Good rich and other prominent naval off cers have publicly advocated the To. cation of such naval station in the harbor of San Diego. California, We, therefore, again respectfully request that naval station and also a coal ing sattion be located at San Diego, California, and that the necessary funds be appropriated for this pur.