The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1907-10-11

horse, the old roadway. is 25 cents;
by railroad - mills; by canal Of
limited capacity. "a mills. and by.
such waterways as those furnished
by the lakes or by a river with full
capacity, for 4 small fraction OF l
cent.
Then we, who are an agricul-
tural and timber country largely,
the Southeast being that, will be
provided through our improved and
to-be utilized waterways a widening
market and an increased price and
an increased margin for profit for
those things which We most largely
produce. Along with this will come
then this deep channel on our left,
and we will have a waterway for
sea going vessels from Mississippi
on down through the gull and
across the Panama canal, when
finished, to all parts of the Pacific
ocean and its tributaries In one d.
rection, and the Atlantic ocean and
its tributaries in the other. Then
indeed viii have what we have long
sought, a deep water harbor, one
they claim at Pascagoula and one at
Gulfport, and we Will have a deep
water harbor secure from storms
from Just below the city of Mem
phis to just above the city Of New
/ Orleans. With this waterway we
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and cheap freight, and competition
in rates that viii put Us on a parity,
and far superior in, fact, to those
people living along the Erie canal
in New York; and there with that
canal and its competing and lower
rates, the larger part OF the wealth
and population Of New York is
gathered
And SO it will be that the 4iis-
sissippi with this open canal consti-
tuting this open channel for sea-go-
| ing vessels upon our Western Dor
| der from one end Of it To the other,
that that portion Of Mississippi viii
be wealthiest and most populous not
only OF our State, but OF all the
other sections of the country.
We bring to it its aid. we will
receive from it in every industrial,
agricultural and commercial enter
prise a wonderful help in the cheap
ened rate which its competition viii
bring. And then when the govern
ment will do what it ought long
| ago to have done, take charge Of
| this immense waterway into which
all the waters Of the Mississippi val
| ley above US flow, when it has taken
charge Of it and is made responsible
| for its security and for its useful
ness, and when we make a national
charge Of what now in much part
constitutes a local burden, then the
Mississippi delta viii become free
from this charge, free from this bur
den, secured from what oyertiows
the national government will make
| it, the garden spot Of the earth, and
| its towns and its cities will grow
resplendent an be and object Of
pride to Mississippi and to the
whole Of the American States. Cap
plause.)
I'VE believe in aiding in the de
velopment of this channel because
we know it will aid in the develop
ment Of all our industries, agricul-
tural, commercial and industrial,
and then when we have secured the
| full development of these waterways
instead of being as we are now, de
pendent upon foreign markets large
| ly, not only for what we buy, but
for what we sell, the cost of what
we sell being deducted from the
price of what we buy, the transport
tation charge being added to it, we
Will have cities in our midst which
will supply not only to our State,
but to adjoining States and to the
world, commercial, industrial and
agricultural products which this de
veloping agency viii aid us in OBJ
tanning.
Il thank you for this opportuni-
ty of speaking to you tonight; for
the honor of the invitation which
| has come to me, but / know that
the most pleasant thing that | can
do for you, as well as for myself,
will be to close this discussion TIE
president Of the United States, in
| its opening and those who have fol-
| lowed him, have Illuminated it bril-
liantly from one end to the other as
clearly as that stereopticon view
thrown upon the screen tonight,
and all else that | or others could
say at the close of this day would
add but little light or information
to a subject that has been SO illum-
mated before. thank you" Cap
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