Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-12
BIG ATTENDANCE At
WATERWAY MEET
LOOKED FOR
Mississippi Valley and Gulf
States viii Strongly Support
Rivers and HarborS Cor
9reSS,
N -ning journal bureau.
6l3 Munsey Building.

Washington, y. C.. Nov. 10.
Indications are plentiful lnat there
Will be an unusally large attendance
of delegates at the National Rivers
and Harbors congress which meets
here December z, and 2, especially
Mississippi valley and the gulf states.
This is assured probably on account
of a sentiment prevailing IN this part
of the country that New Orleans ~
the place for the holding OF an inter-
national exposition 10 celebrate the
completion Of the Panama canal The
New orleans exposition propagandlsts
are working upon the idea that the
Improvement Of the Mississippi river
and its tributaries and the success of
the exposition should form a com
mon double purpose OF the business
interests in these regions.
j. Duval Armstrong. of New orleans
Of the executive staff of the EXposi-
ton company who is in charge of its
headquarters in Washington, expects,
on account of the exposition, rs well
as because OF the deep and wide
spread interest in the National Rivers
and Harbors congress that from every
state on the Mississippi and its tri-
butaries. as well as from all the south
ern states there VIII come the best
delegations that have attended the ma
waterway policy and not water
way project Mr. Armstrong who has
spent many years IN business for New
Orleans interests in Central and South
America. said today:
There are two Things to be borne
in mind The people of the Central
and South American states are al
most as much concerned in opening UP
to unobstructed navigation, our great
inland Waterways and the improve
ment of our harbors, MS our own peo-
pie. II means to the foreigners south
OF MS who would want our goods and
products, cheaper transportation and
lower prices for what they buy from
us. ON the other hand. our producers
and sellers to the southern foreign
trade in standing for great effective
system Of Waterways are working for
what will enable them to dispose Of
their surplus products, In a way that
would immensely stimulate all our
industries. starting more wheels 10
hum and speeding the plow as never
before,
THE great bulk of the trade of
Central and South America is almost
by England ana Germany
That trade should belong 10 the United
states. With railroads already availa7
BILE and with more navgable streams,
with our naturally fine harbors
cleared Of distractions and with ter
minal points equipped with freight
handling facilities we would soon be
making immense strides toward secur-
ing u highly profitable share of the
trade south of us.
We have the Alonore doctrine to
keep European powers from oncroach-
ing by force aud arms upon the ter
ritory of this hemisphere, but tho
Monorc doctrine is powcrless To pre-
vent the Europeans from making
complete commercial conquest OF cv-
cry foot of Central and South America
There Is already assured by word of
mouth br official communications
and boy appropriations of funds for eX-
hibits n larger participation in the
New Orleans exposition. tn the event
of its selected, than has ever before
been given am American exposition.
The foreigners from the south Of US
rather look upon such an exposition
as an enterprise of their own. Just as
they are eNpcciaui of great things
from the operation Of the Panama
canal Great numbers OF them will
visit the states and there will be an
excellent opportunity TO cultivate sub
business relations with them.
And it can also be safely said they are
not without particular interest In the
of our Waterways. FOR
the reasons ! have indicated"
In addition Go the president oc the
: 'uited states. who viii open the con-
Fenffou. addresses VIII be- made bv the
from Mexico the Hon.
clifford Scfton. chairman of the con-
serNatiou commission al Canada. iic7'
Champ Clark of Missouri and sena- 4
tor William Horad of Idaho.