Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-24
ASK 100000
FOR EACH YEAR
Upper Mississippi River I'm
provement Delegates Adopt
Resolutions
At CLOSE OF THEIR SESSION
Committees Named to Present Copies
to Bryan and Taft on Their
Appearance Here.

Clinton, Iowa, Sept. 24.-(Argus Spe- |
| ;ial) annual meeting of the Up |
| per Mississippi River Improvement as
ISOLATION was brought TO close this |
| morning with the adoption of strong
| resolutions favoring a six-foot channel |
in the river from St Paul to st. Louis. |
| Major c. S. Richie of Rock Island and
the corps of engineers under him were
commended for what they have done
and an appropriation Of $2,00O,O00 a |
year from congress was asked to en-
| able them to carry out their plans.
This sum would be for the most part
available for permanent work, but a
| small portion being required for main
| tenance.
| Two committees were named to pre-
sent copies of the resolutions to the
two candidates for president on the
leading tickets. NJ. j. McEniry and
Alderman j. w Day of Moline and
| Mayor Fl. C. Schaffer of Rock Island
were named to present he resolutions
to w. ]. Bryan on his visit to Rock
Island next Tuesday, while President
Thomas Wilkinson of the association
and Bruce T. Seaman and Postmaster
Alonzo Bryson of Davenport were ap-
pointed to present the copy to Judge
Taft while he is in Davenport tomor-
row morning.
DR.. J. w. MCGEE, member of the in
land waterways commission, was the
leading speaker at the morning SEES
lsion which closed at noon.
Officers Reelected.
AS was anticipated, there was no OPP
position to the reelection of the old
officers yesterday afternoon, Thomas
Wilkinson of Burlington being chosen
Iagain as president, and l.. B. Boswell
of Quincy as secretary. J. P. Eckert
= of Gutenberg was elected treasurer.
w. A. Meese of Moline presided dur
ing the election.
During the afternoon addresses were
given by Congressman James McKin-
| ney of Aledo and Congressman J. w
: McGee of the inland waterways
) commission both devoting their
: chief attention to the best methods of
helping along the movement for i'm
provement of the waterways.
Attend a banquet.
After tour of the city by trolley
the delegates became the guests of the
manufacturers of Clinton at a ban
quet at the Lafayette inn. There
were $50 seated at the feast. Charles
Ellis presided as postmaster and
there were addresses by Congressman
Lloyd of Missouri, Congressman Daw-
son of the Second Iowa district, NJ. A.
: Walsh of Clinton, democratic nominee
for congress in the Second, Engineer
l Cooley of Chicago, DIR. ]. w. MCGEE
of the inland waterways commission
and James Thompson, one of the
prominent members of the National
S Rivers and Harbors association.
The Benefits of Policy.
! The benefits of fixed and a def
mite governmental policy on all CUES
d lions are conceded, says 4 circular le,-
u ter just sent out by the National Deep
e Waterways association. The two great
/ political parties have conceded the
merits of definite policy on the part
+ of the government of the United
i States with reference to river and
Il harbor Improvement, with the excel
Il lent results of a policy which embraces
t all subjects within class, instead
i of a project within a class, as illus
trated in the governmental policies
of Europe and even of Asia.
Russia embarked on a definite plan
of improvement of its inland water
ways, and has undertaken the worl
r on scale commensurate with the
= vastness of its territory, it's diversi
fed interests and its great capabili
4 ties for development 1t is proceed
ing with the work of construction O
a ship canal connecting the Blacl
sea with the Baltic, under the direc
ton of ministry of ways of communi
re cation, at a cost of S130,000,000, o.
l. three times the amount for one pro
e ject under its policy of waterway i'm
n provement, that is asked from the gov
e eminent of the United States by thu
g National Rivers and Har5ors congress
t, in keeping with the policy it urges
g upon the congress for adoption as par
g of the settled policy of this govern
t. ment
~ In a communication to the depart
" ment of commerce and labor, Consu
r Heingartner, stationed at Riga set
lie out the particulars of what the dc
lg partment rightly calls "a Vast Enter
lprise"-and it vas only because O
a the adoption of the broad policy b
ey the Russian government that tn
r. great project of connecting the tw
seas was made possible, with the r,
r. lief to trade and commerce we'll sc
rt tout by Consul Heingartner when h
err lsays that:
a 1.-The total length of the waterwa
lis to be about 2,310 versts. or 1,5s
miles, and among the many .benefi
there will be relief from the chron
W. congestion on the Great Southwestel
elk, system. it being estimated that II
ter Dnieper river alone-a part of the pr
gel posed waterways able to furth
freight during the navigation seas,