The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-21
PRESIDENT TAFT
IS THE SPEAKER
Will Welcome Delegates to
the Annual Rivers and
Harbors Congress.
HARMON ALSO TO TALK
Governor of Ohio Has for
Years Been a Close Stu
dent of Waterways.
american News Service,

(Amcrican News Service)
Washington. d. c.. Nov. 2l.--The
seventh convention Of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress which
will be- held In this city December Z.
s and 0. next. II Is expected will bring
to the National Capital the largest
gathering OF waterway enthusiasts
ever assembled In this country. Presi-
dent Taft, who will deliver the open.
ing address to the delegates said In
the course OLA speech In Chicago that
transportation was the question OF the
hour and that the only solution OF the
problem was recourse to the water
ways Of the United States.
Probably next In Importance to the
address Of the President of the United
States will be the speech OF Judson
Harmon, Of Ohio. who has for years
been close student of the question OF
improved water ways and at the very
meeting In Cincinnati seven years ago
when II was determined to reorganize
the National Rivers and Harbors Con-
refuted the idea In his address to the
Delegates ut that time that the differ.
emit states In which interstate wa
tcrways run should be called upon for
a pro rata sum for their Improvement.
insisting that the Jurisdiction belongs
entirely to the Federal government
whose duty II Is to improve such
streams for the benefit OF all the states
through which they flow.
Some Other Speakers.
In addition to these distinguished
citisers others quite as well known in
their several vocations will deliver
addresses during the days ofsthe con-
vention including the Hon. Clifton
Seton. chairman OF Conservation OF
the Canadian Government; the Next
can AMBASSADOR: General w. H. Blk.
by. Chief of Engineers; Governor
Horace White OF New York; Repre-
sentative Champ Clark Of Missouri;
Col. William l.. Sibert, member OF the
Panama Canal Commission. who will
speak on 1.-THE Panama Canal as a
Connecting Link Between Our
Coasts" Walter Dickey Of Kansas
City. the chief promoter OF the Nilsson
n River Steamboat Line: F. W..Cran-
dali. National Chairman Railroad Com
niittee Travellers Protective ,Associa-
ticn OF America: Robert J. MacFar-
lsrd OF Brooklyn, who Is one OF the
leading spirits In the New York Wa
terways association and Mrs. Hoyle
'rcmkies. Of Louisiana. president OF
tho Women's National Rivers and
Harbors Congress.
The appearance Of the Chief Of En-.
gineers upon the platform Of the Ma.
tioual Rivers and Harbors' Congress
marks precedent as none Of the pre-
ceding Chiefs CT Engineers have ever
addressed this great body Of waterway
advocates. Their particular objection
10 thus appearing was That as they
were intimately associated with the
recommendations for the Improvement
Of the rivers. harbors and canals OF
the country and their references to
the same might be regarded as Of
fetal In character. therefore greater
importance might attach to their ut
terAnces than would otherwise be the
case. General Bixby. however. who
probably has . knowledge OF the wa
tcrways Of continental United States
as wide a. that OF any officer Of the
corps has accepted the invitation OF
President Joseph r. Ransdell OF the
Congress to address the convention
sitter consultation with the Secretary
Of War.
Four thousand delegates attended
the convention held In this city last
year and according to Secretary J. F..
Ellison Of Cincinnati, who opened his
headquarters today ut the New Will
lard. this number will be greatly aug
mented ut the forthcoming convention
his correspondence indicating increas-
ed interest In the propaganda Of the
Nationail Rivers and Harbors Con-
gress which stands for Waterway
Policy and not for . Waterway Pro-
1oct."