The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-11-16
|R. WILEY, FAMOUS EXPERT,
ARRIVES TO MAKE EXPERIMENTS
RIVERS AND HARBORS
CONGRESS TO MEET
Distinguished Men Accept Invita-
tiOns To Deliver Addresses.
From Fridays Daily

From Fridays Daily
New Orleans. La. Nov ~ Th
approaching session q. the Natioma
Rivers and Harbors Congress i
Washington. promises To be one q
the most notable in the history q
he organization
President RansdeIl and S.cretar
!. r. Ellison have been workin;
on n programme. anh Nj. Ellisol
makes announcement Of the follow
ing:
| The speakers who have positive
" accepted the invitation and viii
address the Convention are. Hon
Charles Emory Smith. of Philad,l
phia. Hon. Gustave II. Schwab. ri
North German Lloyd Steamship Com
pany. rs representative of tn.
great Internal ional maritime int1r-
ests Governor Deneen. Of Illinois:
Governor Folk. Of Missouuri. Cover
nor Smith. of Georgia Governor
Cmmmins. Of Iowa: Governor War
| field. Of Maryland. Governor Daw-
son. of Wes, Virginia; the German
Ambassador. Speck Won Sternberg; i;
the French Amba ssa,lOr. NJ Jusse-
rand
The following Editors have been
invited to address the Convention.
and have the matter under consider
alton: Hart Lyman. Editor. New
York Times: Albert Shaw. Editor Re
view of Reviews: Charles l.. TaylO,
Editor Boston Globe.
Among the distinguished private
citizens who have been invited 10
address the Convention and have ac-
cepted prominent mention may he
made Of Hon. John NJ Parker. Of
New Orleans.
ut is pleasant to give You truth
ful information that every indication
now points to the fact that the
Washington Convention will In every
way be worthy Of the cause which Is
calling II together. Each mail
brings in additional lists Of dele
gates and the tOal number already
received at this early GATE is some
thing over 1000 The Pacific coast
will be strongly represented. There
will come from Sacramento. Cal. a
special carload. who advise me they
are coming via Galveston and New
Orleans. Kansas City will sem
three. and possibly four special ears.
The State Of Mississippi now has OH
our records over 100 delegates s/d
these statements can be cOnsiderd
as indicativ Of what Is coming In
from every section Of the cOuntn."
Urging harmony and unanimisy
of action In behalf Of river and har.
Dor Improvement on d big and prac-
tical scale. Hon. Joseph f.. RansdelI
SAYS
II understand that feeling Of dis
cord and antagonistic rivalry has
been generated among waterway
people. This will never do. Let Us
lay aside all local and selfish In
terests until Congress has become
committed to definite
plan Of waterway i'm
prOvements and has placed river
and harbOr bills on a par with other
large appropriation bills. Our Gov
ernment il great and rich enough to
provide within the next ten years
for the improvement Of every river
and harbOr in our domain which
Justly deserves It, and we who have
good projects can safely rely upon
their merits II a broad. liberal water
way policy is once adopted. 1t is
whether more than tif-
~ millions a year can he expended
wisely. and that should he divide!
among number Of projects. All
projects in the union now under con- !
and which have been APP
proved by the Engineer Department J
INVOLVE cost Of less than FIVE hun
ired millions, hence. at the rate Of
ifty millions a year. all Of them
.Ould be provided for IN ten years. |
DO not let us get up rivalries and
but let us pull together
xith a long. strong pull until Con-
Zress has decided to give up river
md harbOr bill every year carrying |
It least $4,000. 900"
MORE RIGHT. .OF.WAY SECURED.