Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-09
BRYAN GREETED
WITH OVATION
AT CONVENTION
SHOWS HIS INTEREST IN DEEP
WATERWAYS
HlLL,s PAPER is STRONG PLEA
FOR CAUSE
commoner Declares He VIII Do All In
His Power to Assist Improve
ment Of Mississippi and
Its Tributaries
rRv Associated Press.l


CHICAGO. Oct. S.-When William ].
BRYAN. speaker of the day at the sec
ond session of the Deep waterways
convention. reached the Auditorium
theater today, the audience arose in a
body, cheering Justify and waving
American flags. 1t was repetltlon OF
+he reception accorded William II. TART
yesterday. 81
tinguished Nebraskan letter was read
from ]. j. Hill.
!. G. Froman of Richmond, Va,
moved that Mr.. Hills paper be pup
lislrod and sent to every commercial
organization in the country. lie oe-
clared it to be the strongest plea for
deep waterways that the associaIiol
could put forth.
Mr.. Bryan showed only trace OF
hoarseness when he began speaking.
His address was repeatedly interrupted
by applause as he made some humor-
Gus touch, or drove home an argument.
In beginning, Mr.. Bryan related
few humorous stories wnicn caused
much laughter. He then said;
Promises His Aid
az am glad to meet with those who
assemble here in the interests or the
development of the waterways or the
country. l am in hearty sympathy
with you. You cannot give the people
too good facilities for transportation
of their merchandise. If you tell me
YOU want to improve the Mississippi,
/ tell you that is all right; I will help
you improve it just as far as you
please and make the canal as wide as
you please and as deep as you
please, and when you get to improving
the Mississippi will start all alone If
necessary to improve every river that
;yafo ha
"Water transportation is the natural
transportation God made the rivers
man made the railroads. The rivers
were the means before the railroads
were invented and while the railroad
has given us speed. it has not given
us thB cheapness that the river gives
And speed is not the only thing.
Water Courses Cheap
1.-THE railroad cannot rival the water
course in cheapneSs, and then there
is another advantage that the water
course has. When you finish river
sufficiently deep for commerce or
canal upon which boats can float, you
make it possible for a man with a
small capital to act while the rail-
roads make it possible for men with
large capital to act. Where there is
a river any man who can build boat
can engage in transporta ton, and If
he cannot build a big boat he can
build a little boz and if you have a
large number of little boats the big
boat will have to meet the rate that
the little boat fixes.
"You will find it a much easier thing
to regulate rates on water than on
land because competition can be much
more active on water than on land"
Clifford PinchOt also spoke before the
convention. He said:
"The conservation of natural re-
sources has often been taken TO mean
simply the prevention If waste. 1t
does mean the saVinT of those re-
sources which we are now engaged in
using, but this definition is too mar
row The conservat tlon of natural re-
includes both the prevention of
destruction and the prevention of
waste from nCr-use. Conservation
means development not less than saw
ing.
Two Forms Of Waste
"There are two forms of waste: One
is such as takes place in the destruc-
tion of forests or the waste of our soil
from washing. There is no better ex-
ample of this form of waste than the
frightful and wholly unnecessary for
est fires, which in the last few months
have caused the loss of tens of mil
lions of dollars in proDerty and many
human lives.
Another illustration is found in the
enormous loss of fertility which the
farmer suffers by the washing of soil
from his best fields into the water
courses to pollute their currents. clos
ing their channels and entailing large
expenses for its removal The other
form of waste is far less spectacular,
but no less real. When we allow the
tens of millions of potential horse
power in our streams to go to waste
for lack of use we are breaking the
laws of conservation almost as fully
as If the streams themselves were de-
Stroyed.
"When we allow the water to flow
unused we draw unnecessarily and
wastefully upon our stores of coal and
fuel oils to replace the power we waste
by non-usage When we fail to use
the rivers for navigation we make huge
and unnecessary drafts on our supply
of iron and coal. 1t is estimated that
to transport freight by water requires