The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-04-10

cent of the amount desired. Florida ask
ed for $4,000, 900 and received $1.2oO,OOO,
or Is per m NON q rs Rss aRP4ns asked
If a thing worth having is worth work
ing for, it is worth paying for. If 1t IS
necessary for United States Senator to
eXpend SIS 900 in his campaign for otf1ce,
how much money should be available for
the work of education to create demand
for the construction of this great project?
The Mississippi TO Atlantic Inland Water
way Association has had for all purposes
for over two years work, about, S5,9oO,
with which three conventions have been
held and thousands of pieces of literature
and letters have been sent out. Most OF
these have been sent from the Secretary $
composition. directing, folding and stamp
ing and printing have been done while
both boy and Secretary were also trying
to make a living.
Now, this condition would not exist for
one minute if the people considered TINS
a business proposition ana OF the value
we hear-unless it is that the people have
no confidence in the officers who are
laboring desperately under heartrendlnS
conditions to accomplish results. If this
last is the reason, lose no time in select
ing new officers, and when you do, you
will find the present officers willing and
anxious to do all they San to aid tn. the
are in the work for but one purpose, and
that is to do what they can to secure
the construction of the waterway. They
believe it 10 be one of the greatest de-
velopment and construction propositions
the country has ever seen. They think 1t
is national proposition, second only to
the construction of the Panama canal
and as a. southern project, second to none.
What is its accomplishment worth?
TO SECURE PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
Besides the subjects above mentioned,
of increasing the influence of the asso-
citation by members and unity. of arousing
the people to their individual waterway,
creating publicity and all other incidents
to securing great government appropri-
tions, the association hopes through the
specialized organ which viii be the
mouthpiece of the Mississippi Inland
Waterway Association and with the as
and thinkers. of the country. many OF
whom have already promised their aid, to
start educational propaganda on all
subjects pertaining or relating to water,
such as ports, rivers, canals; barge, steam
and trolley vessels; free and toll canals,
locks. dams, waterpower, forests and rain
fall and their relation to water supply d.
transportation by water as it affects
agriculture, mining, manufacturing and
commerce generally. regulation of rail
rates to allow use of waterways; termi-
nails; private, municipal, state and gov
eminent ownership of landings loading
and hosting apparatus; art of the water
'front.' sanitary waterways; waterways as
developers of aquatic sports and health
resorts also as they affect drainage and
reclamation; immigration and colonial
ton and the kindred subjects as broad
as the interests of the country and enter
ing vitality into the welfare of every man.
In this connection. Mr.. Humphreys
says, explaining the need of public senti-
ment:
There are pending before the Rivers
and Harbors Committee, of which l have
had the honor to be a member of the
past six years, projects that have passed
the gauntlet, projects that have been APP
proved by the engineers, which are de-
nominated as worthy in all respects
there are projects before us to-day which
require the expenditure of more than
$500 900, 000 and IN the history of the
government we have not expended more
than 100000 in any one year. So then,
you have the task before you, when you