The Washington herald., 1907-12-06

continued from rage One.
should be spent politics should have moth
ing to do with it. Neither should the sec
tion Of the country. he said. have any
thing 20 do with il. '"The money should
be spent. he said when and where il
would do the most good" Continuing he
said that however much he might differ
with the policies of an administration. he
did not believe that the United States has
ever had "a President who has not faith
fully performed the duties OF his Office
John A. Johnson. governor of Mime
sofa. addressed the convention at lhe
afternoon session. lie said:
Given land rich in natural resources
and a people strong in Industrial capacity
the third prime essential to far-reachiag
national development and national prus-
perity is facility Of transpOrtation-w;.y s.
and means Of moving men, materials
and products along lines Of least resist
ance in accord with the law OF supply
and demand, 10 the places of the world 5
greatest use and demand. Transportation
is the power which makes all the other
great economic forces OF civilization
available. effective and fruitful of the
greatest good TO the greatest number.
Mighty Power of transportation.
Transportation is al once the great
quickening force of industrial expansion
and the prime fUsing agency of CONNER
cial Capitalization. II disseminates and
diffuses; il c0-ordiuates and crystallizes.
IL is a power 90 make or break build
or destroy industries and firms, cities
and markets. States ard nation Farms,
forests. mines and seas are the original
Of
forests, and mines OF the interior. and
the seas. which wash the Coastline. but
the power and wealth conferred upon the
nation by the sea is, above an else that
Of transportation. and the nation which
profits most from the sea is that which
most thoroughly and successfully extends
the seaboard into the industrial interior.
and expands the energies of the interior
by navigdble channels 10 the sea
The reasons why transportation by
water is more economical than by land
are simple and plain. In the first place.
water furnishes the easiest known grades
The traffic grades of the water route are
the most perfect possible because they
rest on natures invariable law that water
seeks "a level. In the second place. the
waterway confronts the motive power
with the least possible friction IL is the
lire of least resistance II allows the very
specific gravity OF heavy freight TO assist
in the process Of conveyance.
A third vital factor in the economy OF
transportation by water is the saving in
fixed charges on the capital investment
for right Of way. rolling stock. and termi-
mails
Gentlemen, there lies within the great
interior OF this continent of North Amer
r.--r no
and varied natural resources on the earth
watered by the greatest river system that
ever offered IFS transportation services to
mankind. This empire is the greatest
asset of industrial wealth ever bequeathed
20 man. and this river system is the
greatest undeveloped asset in the posses
sion Of the American people
In the United States the private cor
poration runs and operates the railway.
but the people own the waterways"
Speeches at Morning Session
W. W. Finley. president of the Southern
Railway. spoke to the delegates al the
morning session. He said that as a rep
resentative of "A railway company oper-
ating in a section Of the country i'm which
the Importance OF waterways as a factor
in transportation can be greatly increased.
and. therefore. dealing with the subject
as a practical and not as a theoretical
problem ne was heartily in sympathy with
the purposes OF the congress.
Others who spoke during the sessions in
favor Of the movement under discussion
We're.
W. NJ q. Dawson, governor of West Virginia
Robert Il. Glenn governor Of North Carolina Rem
Teseutatiye I. T.. Burton. ONO: John NJ Parker
New Orleans; Lloyd T. Chamberlain president Mas
sachusetts State Board Of Trade: Henry NJ Beards-
ley. mayor Of Kansas City. Mo-: Alexander McDou-
gal Duluth. Minn.: A. J. Davidson lieutenant gov
ernor of Texas: George Clinton. Buffalo y Y; Al
bert Il. Cummins governor q Iowa; Arthur Knox
New York BraXton Il. CCmer governor Of Alabama.
J. Hampton Moore. Philadelphia. Pa. and Le Roy
Percy. Greenyille Miss.
At the conclusion Of the evening session
o. p. Austin. chief Of the Bureau Of Sta
tistics Of the Department Of Commerce
and Labor delivered an interesting Illus
trated lecture on New and old ways of
trade and traffic"
The complete list of delegates attend
ing the National Rivers and Hnrbors
Congress convention viii be found on