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sumption of iron. since transporta-
ton by water requires on the average
less than one-third the quantity of iron
required by transportation by rail- Water
transportation means also a correspond
ing halt in the increasing consumption or
coal not only for driving the transporting
engines. but also for smelling the iron
the substitution of water carriage will
tend to reduce one of the greatest de-
mands for timber-i.e., for use as ties.
more than one hundred million of which
are required each year. and it takes two
ties growing in the forest to keep one tie
in the track.
1.-The navigable streams cannot be i'm
proved successfully and permanently and
controlled safely and effectively without
conserving the headWaters; and generally
this can best be done by means of for
ests. The forests needed for this purpose
will ultimately insure the continuation OF
our timber supply and at the same time
bring in a steady income to their owners
The same control of the sources of navi-
gable streams will clarity the waters and
keep them pure for municipal supply.
while at the same time preventing them
from building bars and filling with silt
the harbors at their mouths In the end.
through the control of soil erosion. our
rivers will undoubtedly be made to run
clear from their sources to the sea- suit
able for water supply at every point and
fit for fishery industries far beyond those
of the present.
Utilization of Water Power
"Some canals and many lock dams will
be required for the control Of the waters
for navigation. Those might and should
be so constructed as to develop water
power and experts estimate that the wa
terpower producible in this way In the
United States would suffice to drive every
mill and mandatory, propel every rail-
way train and street car, operate every
loom and spindle and furnish light and
heat wherever required, thus enormously
reducing the drain on our coal resources
and on the iron required for the mining
and moving of the coal.
Irrigation and Drainage.
''Furthermore. the irrigation of arid
lands, which is not only one of the most
successful of the conservation policies.
but represents the largest direct effort
ever made by any government for the
man who works his own farm. is a natu-
raj part of any comprehensive plan OF
stream control So is the drainage OF
swamp lands which will add many hun
dreds of millions to the wealth of our
people. In word. stream control for
navigation will bring with it control for
all other purposes and confer unnumbered
benefits in many ways.
Judge Taft said In closing:
"a plan should not be adopted until
fully confirmed by expert opinion and
careful investigation. but when 1t is
adopted when it's utility is made certain,
then it Is neither economy to the govern
ment in the matter of expenditure nor
is it a benefit to the people to delay the
furnishing as rapidly as it can be eco.
nomically expended Of the full amount
of money needed to make the improve
ment a useful and completed thing
Committees Appointed - Recess
Taken.
At the close of his speech the republic
an candidate left hurriedly for Gales
burg. ILL.,, to make a speech before re-
turning to meet Mr.. Bryan at the ban
quet of the Chicago Association of Com
merce in the evening.
Committees On resolutions, nomina-
TONS credentials and finance were APP
pointed. and the convention adjourned for
the day to permit the delegates to make a
personal inspection of the deep water
way route between Chicago and Joliet.
Four special trains. provided by the Chi
cagO Association of Commerce, conveyed