Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-16
KANSAS CITY GETS NEXT SESSION
Time Will be Set After Cities Inter
ested are Consulted.
vICE-PREsDENT IN EACH STATE
Governors Shall Fill This Position
Hereafter, Ex-0fficio.
STRONG NAVIGATION RESOLUTIONS
Recommendations Favor Deep Chan
mel .nd for This are Opposed BY
Henry t. Clarke and white
of south Dakota.

GoycsEor John Burke was reelected pres
ident OF the Missouri River Navigation
congress. and william A. Campbell was fe-
elected secretary-treasurer OF the congress,
late Wednesday afternoon. The report of
the committee on nominations recommended
<shis action, and there was no opposition.
y Kansas City will entertain the next con-
Nention, but the time for holding It will
not be set until the Commercial club Of
that city has corresponded with all other
commercial organizations in the Missouri
valley. The secretary will also get INTO
correspondence with these organizations,
and when their sentiment is learned the
date will be fixed. 1t will be either in
June or September next Judging by the ex-
pressions of the delegates while the matter
of date was under debate.
The constitution and bylaws were revised
by a committee. and the revision provides
for vice president in each state repre-
scented in the organization, who shall be
the governor of such state, ex-officio.
There is also provided a board OF d.
rectors Of twenty members from each state,
ten of whom shall be elected by the dele
gates from the different states at any meet
ing, and the remaining ten shall be ap-
pointed from each state annually by the
president. II Is thought that by this means
more interest will be aroused In the work
of the congress and a much larger attend
ance secured at Its annual meetings
Old Pilots Speak.
Major Edward H. Schulz, Principal o. A.
Thomas of the Kearney Normal school and
Bartlett Tripp former chief justice of the
South Dakota supreme court, were the
speakers at the Wednesday morning ses-
sion.
Major Schulz told in brief what the gov
ernment had done for river Improvement in
the last thirty years, Since 1876, he said,
$3.50 900 had been spent on the Missouri
river and he explained what this money
had been spent for
There is plenty Of water" said the
army engineer. but we must narrow and
conffne its flow" He briefly sketched the
outlines Of the plan now pending before
congress-, which aims to go at the improve
ment of the rivers systematically, at a
cost of $4,000 mile.
This work must be systematic and con-
tInuous," said Mayor Schulz, otherwise
what Is done this year will rot and decay
within a very few years. 1t is not want
of water that Is hindering this much de-
sired development; the fault is In the peo-
pie themselves. You must put boats on the
river and operate them, carrying your pro-
ducts, to bring congress into the humor &c
help you. You must improve your rivers
by use, by establishing boat lines and by
building proper terminals The river 4,
very difficult to get at in most towns. a,
here in Omaha, for instance.
Cities on the Rhine have spent as high
as NO0O,O00 for river terminals alone, i
would be considered q wonderful thing Il
city like Omaha should raise 800 900 FOL
such purpose. Talk once year, or al
the time, is no good. You must get actor
and establish proper boat lines and goot
wharves and terminals"
Great EcOnomIe Proposition,
Prof. Thomas sale the development o.
the waterways OF the country is one OF tn,
greatest economic propositions before tn,
people today, they are, perhaps, tn,
y greatest resource unuulized at present
Ae pointed out that the raisers OF tn,
produce OF the country are not the rea
shippers OF that produce, but that tn,
shipping is really done by men and cor
porauOns who are IN most cases auxil
iaues OF the railroads. River transporta
ton was too slow when the great era o
money makins began and railroad pro
moters ana managers took the snort cut
STARTING the flow OF traffic along tn,
way TO benefit them most.
I'VE nave u common cause" said Prot
Thomas, put we must get together oi
some one feasible method OF procedure
A beginning toward this must be mad
~ eaucaung the people, VINO have reali
made every trust that exists today. W
must have patience and remain true L
All Nil
ana TEMPTATIONS TO step aside. Tue peo
PIE OF Nebraska pay every year noN
%OV,OOS,VVO Ipr Transporting out OF the STAT
theT surplus product win improve
walerways nIucn more than half OK thI
cUu,d be saved"
JIdEe TFiPp Speaks.
Judge Trip, after outlining the Jremen
dous extent OF the inland empire ina
could be proiitAoly served and h.gnIy ue
velopeo " improved river transportation
TOOK up the story Of Ine decline OF tina
KIND OF transportation on the upper Mis
sou.L lie has Oeen resident Oh lanktol
since the very early days and is The fathe
Of North and south Dakota as separat
states, and pictured the busy scenes alon
the upper river at almost every town whe
fleets OF boats were plying the water
Then came the disastrous Hood OF III
spring OF lsSl, when whole fleets OF boat
were swept inland or wrecked and de
stroyed. The few that survived went
the lower river. There is beginning TO D
noted a recovery OF river traffic to som
extent and the South Dakota jurist drer
the lesson that there is no good reaso
why the waterways Of the west should Nc
become great highways OF a rich con
merce II the men OF the west VIII get 1,
gtther agree on a definite plan. then d,
mand Of congress that their request I
acceded 20.
Tbs auditing COMMITTEES appointed b
President Burke has prepared a report thl
reflects eredit on Secretary -Treasur.
Campbell lie is eompnmented on havin
handled the funds available with care an
ECONOMY, often advancing money from n
private funds. A recommendation Is mad
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