Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-05-24
aeTGf4.s tSEt4HN II
PRESIDENT! WILL
. MAKE RIVER TRIP
EEEsf fsrslI 1~3VDEA SIE 4
WILL SPEND THREE OR FOUR
DAYS ON MISSISSIPPI.
BY G0fERNoR.s
He Has Been Invited to Make the
Trip BY aNambsf of Governors
in Order That He May Acquaint
Himself PersonallyfW With the Con-
AsaE 4-AA-@F ss& ~ LS=aA aA--s N = ft
ditions.

Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt
Intends if possible,-tostaEe a three
or@four days tfipsznexf Hall down
the Mississippi river from some point
in middle Illinois or Iowa to Missis=
sissippii.a 7 Tt will, if made, be with the
members of the inland waterways
.co1nrntilssioa 6fl which iRepfes tative
Burton of Ohio-isF Fcliasiiffniaa, and who
like the president will be the guest
of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water
ways Association. @s
President sReoseEeit mpleave his
summer home at Oyster Bay in time
to be at Canton to attend the, dedica-
ton of the Mel KiinleH Imonnment Sep
tember 10, and the voyage down the
Mississippi river viii, if nothing pre-
vents, Immediately follow that event.
The president has been strongly
urged to make the trip because the
opportunity it will afford to 'acquaint
himself personally the import
tance Of the work the Tinland water4
ways commission has In hand Re-
Gently he <TeeeiKedi alia0Ifgent invita-
tion to do so--from a number of
governors in various parts of the
country, Responsive to the invita-
tions from the state executives the
president has sent to each one an
identical letter promising to make the
trip outlined unless something un-
foreseens occurs, to cause him to alter
his plans. 1aaas5 ;' Is g. .ss1ssE 1at
The following addressed to Cover
nor Cummins,o q Of Iowa, is oaseopy l.
& ,ss ! W ashingtqn, p, G., C., May Is My
Dear Governor have received the
invitations kindly sent me d through
/ the governor of 81 E. Arkansas, Florida,
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana,
Maine Missouri, Nebraska, zOklaho-
ma, Oregon, South. Dakota, sTennes-
see, Texas and Wisconsin, asking me
to accompany. the inland. waterways
commission for a trip on the Missis-
sippi so that5I may personally fanaii-
iarize myself with certain features
of the situation which the commits
sion has been appointed to consider.
] deeply appreciate the invitations! !
+, Let. me say a. special word. of
appreciation Of the invitations which
come from the governors of ! Maine,
Florida and Oregon, all Of who,rlln,. al
though the states of which they are
governors, are not aoni the eMississip-
pi river, show their realization of the
enormous importance of improving
this great natural highway because
OF the benefit that easy and cheap
transportation thereon will mean to
all the union and because they believe
that the improvement of the Missis-
sippi river and its tributaries Will
tend to bring about the improvement
OF the other navigable waters of the
country as factors in commercial
and industrial Development and as
affording one Of the bekts possible
methods of reducing railroad rates.
Others of the governors who have
written me dwell upon the fact that
the people of the west feel a peculiar
interest in the project of the improves
ment not only of the Mississippi but
of other navigable rivers fitted to
be public highways Of commerce, be-
cause they think that such improve
ments will help toward the. solution
of many Of the problems attaching
to railway transportation. II
Observation-Disclosures m. .s.N N
The basin of the Mississippi taken
as a whole. from the gulf to the
great lakes, from the Alleghenies to
the Rockies constitute the greatest
agricultural empire that men ever
cultivated and an equally great sys-
tenn of water highways is needed
to supply any inadequacy of land car
rage for the products Of this region.
Unless something unforeseen oc-
ours to make nae alter my plans, I
intend to accompany the members Of
the inland waterways commission on
a three or four days trip at the
beginning Of next October down the
Mississippi from some point in mid
die Illinois or Iowa to Memphis. T
feel that the problems before the
commission concern vitally not only
the people of the Mississippi valley,
but the people Of our entire. country
and anything / can do to forward