The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-09
NC0ND SESSION
VERY BUSY ONE
BRYAN AND PlNCHOT DELIVER
MAIN TALKS TO WATER.
WAY CONVENTION.
MONSTROUS RECEPTION
In Chicago Coliseum Was Feature
lrdepe ndence Party Vice Presi-
dontial Candidate De-
livered Address.

livered Address.
: Chicago. Oct S.-The addresses o
, William Jennings Bryan and Giffort
, Pinchot, the latter being chairman oI
! the National Conservation comm,s
. lsitn the reading of letter from J y
Hill short addresses by delegates
and a big reception at the Coliseum
tonight, We're the features Of the sec
ond day Of the convention of the
Lakesto-the Gulf Deep Waterway as
sociation,
Bryan who spoke earne silly Id
favor of deep waterways not only
from the Lakes-tolthe-Guf but in all
other sections of tile country where
increased transportation facilities
!, We're needed was given an enthusi,
tastio reception which was almost an
exact duplicate of that given TAFT
who opened the convention yesterdays
! Resolutions adopted by the conven-
tion commented on the exceptionalIy
strong arguments of Hin and Pinchoy.
Al the conclusion OF Pinchot's
speech a committee was appointed to
cooperate with the chairman OF the.
National Conservation commission.
Short speeches by delegates followed;
Congressman e. e. Ellis, of Mis-
souri, spoke from the viewpoint of
The Two Kansas Cities" aud told
how much these two cities are inter
ested in this project,
d j. Klink. of Chicago announcing
himself as commercial traveller ana
declared that the men OF his calling
were deeply interested in the deep
waterway movement. He declared
that TIL American people had been in.
different and neglected their duty inl
permitting the degeneracy of national
waterways.
Congressman William Lorimer oil
Illinois and Lafayette Young, of Des |
Mk ines, Iowa. made strong speeches |
and We're followed by seeyral other
Tonight at reception at the Coli
seGm John Temple Graves, vice presi-
dental candidate of the Independence
party, made the principal address.
After compllmetning Chicago on what
he termed her hospitality and her en-
Lerpiise, he said:
+" There be three things said Lord
Bacon which make nation great
md fertile soil, busy
and easy conveyanees for
he men aud commodities from one
1lace to another"
Two Of these prerequisites this
epublic possesses in abundance The {
'ther element-transportationis a
ir0biem Of America and the world" !
With this as his text the speaker
made a strong argument in favor OF
ne proposed deep waterway. citing
acts gathered in Europe where
anals have been successfully oper
ted and showing the economical .
aiur Of water transportation over i
ell
Mr.. Pinehots Address.
The conservation Of natural re-
ources has often been taken to mean 9
imply the prevention of waste II
oes mean the saving Of those re-
ources which we are now engaged In
sing, but this defnition is too mar
ow. The conservation of natural re-.
ourcos includes both the prevention
{ destruction and the prevention Of :,
.aste from nonuse. Conservation
ieans development not less than saw "
ig. "
Enormous Waste. T.,
There are two forms Cf waste One >.
such as takes place IN the destruc-
on Of our forests OF the waste Of our d.
,ii from washing There Is no bet /,
r example Of this form Of waste ri
lau the frightful and wholly un-
acessary forest fires. which. in the
st few months. have caused the loss
tens Of millions Of dollars IN prop
Is and many human lives. Another .
ustration is found in the enormous =,
- o. fertility which the farmer suE -
rs by washing Of soil from his best "'
Ids into the water courses 70 pol -
70 their currents. clog their chan
.is and entail large expenses for its ~
n0val 90
Tie other form Of waste is far less
ettacuiar. but no less real When
= allow the tens of millions Of DO
ntisl Horsepower in our streams 10 pr
tc waste for lack Of use We are th
saking the Law Of conservation al ~
st as fully as II the streams them -
Ives Eere DESTROYED. When Ne al =
(Concluied on FOurtis Pagel 81