Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-09
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| FAVOR OF WATERWAYS
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| CHICAGO. ILL.,. Oct, Addresses
by William Jennings Bryan and Gif
l"fd Plnchot. tn" lat. r being chair,
man of tn" National Conservation
commission. the reading OF letter
from J. J. Hill. short addresses bv
delegates and a big reception at the
coliseum tonight wrr. the feature q
OF n" second day of the convention
OF tn" Lakes-,o-thr,Gulf deep Wa
t"rwayS Association
Mr. Ilyan. VINO spoke earn stlv in
laior OF deep wat rways no, only
from IN" lakes TO the gulf but I'm all
o'her parts OF the country where
transportation facilities were needed
was as enthusiastically rec ived as
was w. ii. Tai, when he operc I
the convention Yesterday.
Pinehot and Hall Commended.
Resolutions alopied commended the
EXCEPTIONALLY strong arguments o,
Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Pinchot A stock.
holders meeting of the Northern Pa.
zinc Railroad kept Mr.. Hill from at,
tending the convention and his let
At the conclusion of Mr.. Pinchot's
speech committee OF six was an.
pointed to cooperate with the chair
man OF the National Conservation
Commission
Short speeches by d legates fol-
lowed. Consre ssman William Lori.
m"r. OF Illinois. irac d the develop
ment Of waterways in Illinois and
congratulated the convention on the
large number of states repr sented
at the meeting.
Graves Gives His Views.
Tonight. at the reception a; the
Coliseum John Temple GRAY s. vice
presidential candidate of the Indepen-
d"nce party. made the principal ad-
dress. He said:
The problem of transportation has
b come the CHIEF commercial concern
OF this republic for the last FIVE
years. The sober thought of econO-
mics has reached the conclusion that
land transportation can only be solv-
cd by the cooperation of water trans
portaiion The vast railroad prob
lem can best be settled BY the de
vslOpmcnt of our inland waterways.
The nations which are our chief COM
petitors. hay realized this PROPOSE
tion and are moving with energy ,
and iiberality 10 execution France,
no larger than Texas. has quadrupled
her internal waterways at an ex-
pens o! s7I0, 600 coo I
Germany Wisest Of Al. |
Germany. wis"st OF nations. has
loco" miles Of inland waterways.
and the German policy seems TO be
10 make highway Of every stream
that has wat r enough to ill ca
nal Onr-fftie'h OF cent per mile
marks the precminenCc OF Germany
over other nations and this aGvant-
age due 20 her inland wat rways.
is pushing England and other ma
tiORs 10 the last limit for successful
China has so wonderful
a system of canals that almost every
town can ship by water to the sea-
In R"!cium and Holland the o. an
is brought TO every city and small
as they are BelgiI I'M and Holland
ar" world powers in commerce AMI
in manufactures.
\ ION 81 raw material comes 10
them a Thousand miles for a dollar.
Tn, little British isle with all their
vast stretch of sea coast has four
hoGsand miles of canals
What Waterway Would %.
n he great waterways could do
no mos" than the 500 canal y
~ uId pay for itself every year. even
A. cost ~ $50" "NO. O"o. At one
s'rnkr nf constructive statccraft and
engineering. the lakes 10 the gula
anal would slice the continent
through with a now scabosrd freight
'aris like surgeons knife n
would break the freight gorEc In iis
most conE"s'od crnirrs al Chicago
aui 81 I>o1is. and Tighten tho lead
u tonnage from Duluth through Bu'.
Taio and Cleveland 10 New orr ans
md Mobile
In dressing the convention 'oIay