The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1907-12-13

CONVENTION
I..e GATHERING FOR THE
I.omoTloN OF WATER
TRANSFORMATION.
[wAYs INADEQUATE
l<1ARy ROOT DEFINES POL.
ex OF UNITED STATES
yeovERNMENT.

.hincton, Prominent officials OF
.tional government. governors OF
representatives OF foreign pow.
nembers of the senate and house
presentatives and leaders In all
NJ civil life In America partici-
wednesday in the opening OF the
,ntion OF the rivers and harbors
sss.
Irly 1000 delegates representing
state in the union ware present.
ore the congress formally con-
President Ransdell was present
N silver mounted gavel by the
Mississippi Improvement AS
hon.
Ransdell in opening the congress
nd to the work of the national I'D
tration in promoting trade re;a-
between Americans and foreign
ries, particularly those countries
10 the south OF the United States.
referred in complimentary terms
achievements OF Secretary Root
umotinf those relations. He then
nied the secretary OF state.
retary Root was received with
applause, the delegation rising TO
him.
Is a pleasure" said Secretary
ito extend to you the interest
hearty sympathy OF the national
histration In your great work. II
een n subject OF much misuuder.
ling and depreciation and even Of
lon. Our people are 80 busy that
Inhabitants Of one section of the
k-y understand little OF which Is
on In other sections"
Irrigation scheme. Mr.. Root said.
been sought under color OF river
harbor improvements. He felici.
the convention on the fact that
liver and harbor bills OF this day
removed from temptations Of the
referred to.
said that policy followed by the
ID States must be considered truly
policy and not as a project. He
red to the construction of tho Pan
canal and to the Improvement of
Erie canal as instances showing
The American people stand square
hind the Improvement OF water
and he expressed the hope ;aat
would assert that policy In the fu.
your last convention" said Sec.
y Root. there was some refer.
that we should not cross bridge
We reached II. We now lave
led the bridge. There is no greater
vement than the Transportation
dcies valueless at one point to an
point where they are valuable.
railroads OF the country no longer
able. physically. TO carry The
OF America and the one avenue
to such traffic is waterway trans.
!ion. We must move forward or
III go backward. I see American
ction handicapped by two things:
the great cost OF getting the
to the seabOard, and second, the
zee OF an American merchant
sident Ransdall presented u re.
the work Of the congress during
ost lew months. Then he intro
N. Jusserand. the ambassador OF
e to the United States, who
al length. closing by saying:
" an absolute principle-no for
no waterways. Without forests
Jung the distribution OF waters.
WIS are at once hurried to the sea,
q. sometimes. alas. across co,in-
Aiter having devastated the neigh.
neids, the rivers find them
again with little water and much
ana with such rivers how will
ed your canals in all seasons?
zee our forests suffered damages
We are now bent upon repairing
s'Gerable pains and cost, river
~ Lore has been entirely trans.
=, IL used to be the best OF water.
sad IL Is now the river whose in.
ons are most destructive. The
W IS as clear as can be: Do you
~ nave navigable rivers. or do
eler to have torrents that will
your crops and never bear a
II you prefer the first, then
a s"at forests. We can tell you, for
"r Newland. Hon. Marth A.
4, And other prominent men made
Ql Addraauas
yer y" Of regret was read from An.
carnegie. Its salient point was
80 OF spending money on var.
nght Imaginary foes. we
pehd 1t on our waterways"