Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-04
WORK ON LAKES TO- GULF
 WATERWAY WAITS FOR LOR|MER

CHICAGO, June 3.--Wrok on the
 l.akesto-the-Gulf Deep waterway will wait, as result of Congressman Lori
 mer's election to the United States
 senate. unil Uncle Sam is prepared to cooperate and carry this first of the country's great waterway projects 10
 completion. This was plainly stated by him in a statement made soon after the deciding ballot that made him sen
 ator and broke the deadlock which had lasted four months in which he said It is my firm conviction that the state of Illinois should await the action of the federal government be
 fore commencing work on the water ways. Having this in view, expect to take the question under consid- eration with the General Assembly at once to see if a policy of cooperation between Illinois and the United States can be agreed upon" This was vic tory for Lyman F. Cooley. consulting engineer for the Internal Improve ment Commission. who had opposed efforts made to rush upon the expeni iture of s20.00O.0 .000 of Illinois money
 which would provide nothing more l than a gigantic sluice for Lake Michi- igan's water to turn water power wheels in the Desplaines and Illinois rivers for the state and private inter | ests. Senator Lorimer has been con sisent champion of the deep water way. E. $. Conway. first vice presi dent of the Lakes-to.the-Gulf Deep Wa terway association said: Ten years ago MT Lorimer and Iheld confer
 ence. at which he outlined what he hoped to accomplish in water trans i portation. especially concerning ship | canal from the lake to the Mississippi river. and said his mission in congress would be to try and bring about thai | happy result. I paid but little atten- I ton at the time to Mir. Lorimer's | plans but three or four years later became interested in the project, but | found very few who seemed to com prehend the importance of the thing. ', Lorin,er's untiring efforts. his public ! addresses on the subject, his yisita- | tions throughout illinois and adjoin- ing states. caused the public to be- come aware of the great importance of this new undertaking. and at the outset one by one joined with him | in the effort. They later came by dozens. and during the last year and a half joined his ranks by the thou, sands, until the Lakes-to-the-Gulf pian became one of the most important
 subjects discussed by the American public
 Enactment by the Illinois legisla' ture of measures known as the Wo' mans World model bills aimed at the
 white slave traffic has staYted new efforts for uniform laws on the same lines in all other states where, no statutes exist to safeguard daughterS
 and sisters against snares of the pro curers. Minnesota already has en acted such laws and North and South Dakota have made a start. The Gen eraI Federation of Wonen's clubs has
 taken up the fragrant menace of the traffic in girls. Mrs. Eva Perry Moore. president of the Federation has predicted that the states will be prompt to take legislative action. To the legislative committee appointed D. the womans World she wrote: v
 fully appreciate the great work whicf
 your committee is doing, and in manA
 ways the subject is being considered by our states and clubs. l am sur'
 you will find, in approaching tn