The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1910-12-02
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am IBID the buys 20 the river a1d
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foot channel ~ss not provided a. that |
time, $1,000 ~ Vas provided %
start the work sod II was left ~ you
" get the balance Your congress
sloon mantle then passed 10 the
shoulders u your present fepfesen.
tatlye the able and active v. J..
Bowers
Mr. BOWERS WORK.
Every time that the river and
bafbof committee has met since,
J supplemented by the Pascagoula Com.
merciai Club, he has been found
. knocking at the door and every bill
. that has come from that committee
since 1902 has carried a liberal up.
: Precipitation for PascagOula river The
, river and harbor boys think a great
. deal Of Mr.. Bowers. A member OF
r that committee once said TO me that
n he did not know that Mr.. Bowers was
v OF English origin but he suspected be
" was some relation TO Oliver Twist
% because "nE WAS ALWAYS ASKING
u FOR MORE" Uaughter.) To that
y replied while his appetite might be
d like the unfortunate divers his for.
el tunes were better for he always GO1
l MORE. daughter and applause. Tit
1t II foot channel has been completed
10 and daily you see ships navigating
ee the rivers and taking cargo from th
ar very doors OF your mills. Your gate
at way at Horn Island Pass has bee
ar decpened during the last three year
from Is to % feet and ships OF tina
he draft are now passing out carryin
ISL the products OF your industry to a
I'D ports OF the world. The value OF you
II commerce increased from $2,05l, 1912 0
an In 1899 to 81, 4ss, 10000 In 1909. You
nd representative 10 congress has take
'se time by the foreock and last white
do secured an order for preliminary e.
re- animation looking to an order for
survey on which to base project Il
'us a greater depth. The preliminar
OF examination has been made and "
YER are daily expecting the survey to /
I'm ordered, so you will probably be Gale
'ss- upon TO show the next congress VIII
Tvs they should order greater dept
,on As problems and responsibility,
~. you faced as boys increased as 70
'.0 grew TO manhood so do the problem
?" and responsibilities OF your chann
Increase with every increase 10 deptl
y. You must not forget that 1t Is Il
y. public funds that are being sper
NV aud you must show a corresponds
NY benefit TO the public welfare In r
"a" turn. Your commerce 10 the pa,
> has been confined to the export {
"o manufactured lumber, you must Loo
" to other things in addition TO this
u'o your growth will cease, mean tn
'"0 not to discourage you but to spur "
on, great things will never con
through mere boasting or the magnil
,m- cstiOO OF our industries, but on
Ind through inanIte study OF things
Ieir they are. Infinite study OF Il
ess adaptation OF means to ends ar
9th inauite patience and work. 10 Il,
Ind letter that has just been read to "
lily from Mr.. Philip Weirlein l fancy
all see the key to your future, "just
urc there can only be SO many doors
Of a house just as there can only be
ose many ports Of entry to country
. Is The early development OF our count
'ose was confined entirely to the seacoa
day but since the application OF stea
res power to overland transportation Il
her interior has developed by leaps al
.rty bounds. We can now produce al
toll manufacture more Ia nine mont
,ers than we can consume 10 twelve. tt
rat. means that the future developmel
. Is OF our country depends on foreil
hat markets for our surplus. Our f0reil
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