Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-04
DEEPWATERWAVlS
DEMANDED BYALL
Great River Convention Opened IN
New Orleans.
ala speoeh Arouses Enthusiasm o.
The Immense NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Delivers Address on Conserve
tlon Of Resources.

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that fairly carried the delegates or
their feet with enthusiasm, the fourth
annual convention Of the Lakesto-the
Gulf Deep Waterway assoclaIion
opened this morning. The speeches..
the informal talks and the cheers lefl
NO doubt as to what the people Of
the Mississippi valley want, and tney
were promised the assistance OF tne
leaders Of the natiop in obtaining y.
When William X. Kavanaugh OF mis-
souri,. president Of the association
called the convention to order In the
Athenaeum, he faced an assemblase
that included hundreds Of the most
prominent citizens Of the middle west.
In the number were the governors OF
the Mississippi valley states, numer'
Gus senators and representatives
members Of state legislatures. delega-
tions named by state and municipal
executives, and members Of industrial
and semI-public organizations without
number. To assure the association
of the support OF the nation as .
whole. there were present President
Taft, Vice-President Sherman, Speak
er Cannon and several members OF the
cabinet
Status Of the Project.
In opening the convention President
Kavanaugh set forth briefly the pres
emit condition Of the deep waterway
work as follows:
/. The sanitary district Of Chicago
has built the deep waterway, practi-
cally to Joliet, nearly 40 miles, ana
100000 have been spent thus far
on the work. "
2. The entire route OF the lakes.to-
the-Eulf deep waterway from Joliet to
New Orleans, through the Des PLANES,
river. the Illinois river and the Mis-
sissippi river, has been surveyed un-
der direction Of congress by United
states engineers, who have officially
reported to congress that the building
Of the deep waterway is feasible.
3. The people Of the state Of I'LL
nois have adopted a constitutional
amendment providing for bond Is
sue Of y2O,OOO,OOO, the money to be
spent In constructing the deep water
way southwark from Joliet
4. Abill introduced by United States
Representative Richard Bartholdt Of
Missouri Is now pending In congress,
providing for the issuance by the
United States government Of bonds to
the amount Of 100000, 900. the money
to be spent in constructing this deep
waterway from the lakes to the gulf
and other merltorious projected river
improvements.
S. It Is intended to ask the Sixty
first congress to pass bill providing
definitely that the United States gov
eminent undertake the construction
Of the deep waterway from the point
where the Illinois work will end, TO
the Gulf OF Mexico.
President Pledges support.
or course, the feature Of the day
was the address OF President Taft
this afternoon His voice was worn
out by the succession of speeches he
bes hean called on TO make but the
deleoates heard enough to cause them
70 cheer wildly the promises of sup
mort given by the chief executive. He
SeclaTed that ~ the 14.foot plan proved
Ssasihle and advisable the present adj.
min,stration woulo favor the issuance
~ Government bonds 10 defray the
cost
AZ the same time Mr. Taft made Il
D,.,n ,hs, he would mt stand for anv
Nan ~ MAZE = .nork barrel" az the
rroisc, Nc sa,d he onnosed any
sncS gararsl bond lssue n 1900 900 !.
ma ~ a. Ooo o00 oOO for Waterway
,, INV ~ U tho money 10 he ont
m snd nsrceled out = different sec.
,,ors III Sec,ared that the lmprove-
ren, otws,srwsvs naS heen carried
sorvsra tn5's ihshhazors fashion n
ths nsst ana tbat ! new method
shorid ~ sdon,sd
p.rt 4 cra,..r Mov.rsn,
az hsI,svs IN the dasn vatsrvav -
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