Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10

the completion OF the Panama eanL
will, IN the language Of the great Nmcr.
iean navigator aud naval commander.
Commodore Maurv. ~cnrry tho ,ieitaof the
Mississippi across the continent. aud
place one mouth of that river IN the
Paciiic o"ean,' thus making ~the great
est OF rivers tributary Geo the greatest
of oceans ami % j. tl,p known that
To reap all the benefit. anil rlrh reward.
that viii fpllow the complexion Of the
l-thmiaE canal. We must provide direct.
safe AMI cheap transportation for the
natural AMI manufactured pro,lurts of
the Mississippi valley. BY means of a
deep waterway OF a minimum dcpth 81
4, feet. extending from Lake Michigan
TO the Mis-i~-ippi. and then souihward
via that river to the Gulf of Mcxico.
and.
Whereas. the national government i.
charged by our constitution anil laws
with. and in pursuance thereof. has
properly assumed control and iurisdic-
tion OF the rivers. harbor. and water.
ways OF the country. and j. therefore
committed TO the duty OF their improve
ment and bettermeut hy some compre-
henstye AMI intelligent plan. which will
'N7N N'AA7fAHf AAAf interests VI NAN " AANA+
people;
I. Resolved. that 1t i the sense Of
this convention that the deepening OF
the waterways from the lakes to tho
gulf ~ public necessity, and that it
l. national and imperative duty to
take definite and immediate action to
deepen said waterways 10 a depth of 10
feet from the lakes 70 the Cult of Mex
leo through the route already selected
by the army engineers, with all prac-
tical specd
:. Resolved. that il j. the intention
that this grand channel shall BE- a part
of a great comprehensive system OF in
land waterways which shail include tho
great tributaries of the Mi~sissippi river.
and the other meritorious waterways Of
the Mississippi valley
?. BE IL further resolved. that the
Lakes-to-the-Culf Deep Waterway As-o-
ciation hereby extends 20 our co-lahor-
ers in the great work Of inland water
ways Improvements the Missouri Nal.
ley improvement Association. the upper
Mississippi Improvement Association.
the Interstate Mississippi River Inn
provement and Lev-e Association: the
Ohio Valley Improvement A--oriation.
the Interstate Inland Waterway A-so-
citation Of Louisiana and Texas. aud al
other kindred associations IN thi- great
valley, for their valuable assistance IN
the past. and assure them of our SYM
pathetic interest in the object of their
efforts in the important work IN which
they are respectively engaged. and ~
our most cordial and energetic cooper
alton therein.
). BE 1t further resolved. that We
hereby tender the unanimous ami PRO-
found thanks of this convention tn the
president for his mastsrIv and fur,eful
address. AMI for the great honor h. ha.
conferred upon IA hy his presence here
as our most distinguished guest.
6. Re il further resolved. that We
hereby tender our cordial thanks to the
governors Of seventeen sovereign states.
and to the other distinguished states
men and gentlemen who have hnnured
us by their se-encc; and We also thank
the patriotic and public spirited people
Of the great and growing city of Mem
phis for their unyarying courtesy and
royal hospitality.
:. Be it further resolved. that Hon
William X. kavanaugh, president OF the
Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Asso-
citation be and he j. hereby requested
and empowered to appoint committee
composed of fifty members to present
these resolutions to the next congress
Of the United States. aud also tn use
all honorable and proper means a. the
representative OF and in connection with
this association, to induce congress To
act favorably thereon at its next
session, and that the said president Of
this association be chairman of said
committee.
g BE it further resolved. that we
heartily indorse the efforts of the Rivers
and Harbors Congress of the United
States to secure an annual appropria-
tion of not less than fifty millions of
dollars for the improvement of rivers
and harbors.
0. Be it further resolved. that the
thanks of this association be extended
to the Press Association. To the news
papers of Memphis and the other great
cities which have assisted in its work.
The report was adopted and the con-
vention adjourned to meet in Chicago
in 1908.