The Washington herald., 1911-12-08

was the leading topic of Gov. Hadley's
address. He urged that more care be
| given to the appropriations, and that
! questions Of transportation OF produce
| entered into the estimates for reclaim
! ing land. He made the startling asser-
! tiOn that if congress would reclaim land
| now disusrd. the population of the Mis-
sissipp Valley could produce sufficient
/ food for itself and the community at
large from the newly acquired terri
| tory.
| 1t mas been stated said Gov. Hadlcy
| by those VIII" have investigated the
| situation that there are to-day in the
! Mississippi Valley and along our great
! rivers gN.WCOO acres Of fertile land
as the sun shines on that is totally or
| partially impaired for the purpose Of
! cultivation lay reason of Swamps and
| overlows
! And this condition exists largely by
! reason Of the fat thai the Ea;!o"@! gov
| erumeTP does not keep the waters of its
navigabIe rivers within their banks
| where they properly belong. If the na-
! tiomaI gOvernmen; should perform the
duty incident to tho exclusive right that
| it possesses Of improving the rivers for
! the purpose of transportation. much, il
| not all of this land could he made
| available for the production of certain
! annual harvest. and the products Of
| these fertile fields would almost double
the agricultural prOdr,ts Of the Missis-
! sippi Valley.
Plea for Middle West.
"While undertake to say ,har n"
member OF this convention opposes the
! policy of the national government in re-
claiming the arid lands Of the West. I
DO believe that practically all the mem
! bers Of this convention will agree with
me that the time has come when the
people of the Mississippi Valley, through
their Representatives in the national
Congress assembled. should insist upon
adequate appropriations for the improve
ment of our inland waterways and for
the further result Of protecting from
overflow the fertile lands of the Missis-
sippi Valley.
4 believe the time has come when We
should say to the representatives of
other sections of the country it is all
right for the government to spend this
money TO put water on the arid lands
Of the West, but If you wish to continue
, this policy. the government must also
spend sufficient money to take its own
water off the swamp and flooded lands
of the Mississippi Valley"
Former Mayor Guthrie's address was a
plea for the Ohio River. so that the
7
ened correspondingly with the reduction
of rates The old rule that a city at the
source of the stream should have aC-
cess to it clear to the mouth. was the
rule which should exist to-day. Mr..
Guthrie declared. 1t was not the enemies
Of other soil who might hurt the cities,
FORMER Mayor Guthrie declared. 1t WAS
the insiduOus enemy Of commerce VINO
fought honest competition by preventing
the improvement of waterways who was
mostly to be feared
At the conclusion of Mr.. Guthrie'S ad-
dress, T. Edward Wilder, director of the
Great Lakes district, and chairman of the
nominations committee, brought in the
list of officers who will serve for the next
year. There was thunder of cheering,
handclapping, and stamping that lasted
for five minutes when Joseph E. RanSdell
was nominated for the presidency.
Election of Officers.
The following were elected: President.
hon. Joseph f. Ransdell; for sec
retary and treasurer, s. a. Thompson;
for special director, John A. Fox; for
vice presidents, the following: Alabama,
W. X. p. Wilson; Arizona, 3. A. Fow-
Ter Phoenix; -.rkansas, l. M. Worth
ington. Lake Village: California, Will
lam u. stephens; Colorado, Brooks Iri-
one. Colorado Springs; Connecticut. Oil
yer Gildersleeve, Portland; Delaware
William H. Heald, Wilmington: Dis
triCt of Columbia, Edward II. Droop
Washington; Florida, S. NJ. Sparkman,
Tampa: Georgia, Nesbit Wingfield
Idaho, R. c. Beach, Lewiston: Illinois,
Harold F. Mccormick. Chicago: Indiana,
Charles Won Behrens, Evansville
Iowa, a. c. Miller, Des Moines; Mis-
souri,. Walter S. Dickey, Kansas City;
Kansas, Henry Larsen; Kentucky San
ders Fowler: Louisiana, J. T. McClel-
ian. Tallulah; Maine, Edwin c. Plum
mer Bath; Maryland. DR.. David H Car
roll. Baltimore; Massachusetts, John J.
Martin, 30 on; Michigan, f. A. Stowe,
Grand Rapids: Minnesota, Harry A Tut
tie, Minneapolis: Mississippi, F. F
Noel. Jackson; Montana. F. Z. Strana-
han, Fort Benton; Nebraska. Henry T.
Clark, Omaha; Nevada, Francis G. New
lands. Reno; New Hampshire.
George L. Whitford; New Jer-
sey. F. w. DonneIly. Trenton: New
Mexico. W. A. F. Jones' Las ruces:
New York, Herman A. Metz New York
City: North Carolina. James H. Chad
bourne, Wilmington; North Dakota. John
Bruegger, Williston;. Ohio. Edwin c.
Gibbs, Cincinnati; Oklahoma. G. F.
Bucher. MuskoGee: Oregon. John Gratke. !
Astoria: Pennsylvania. r. J. Keenan,.
Pittsburg: Rhode Island Peter Goelet
IeETE, newport SOuth Carolina, Olin !
Sawyer. Columbia; South Dakota, Charles
f. De Land. Pierre; Tennessee, F. c
Camp, Knoxville; Texas, w S. Holman,
Bay City; Virginia, r. A Dobie Norfolk: |
Washington. Alexander Poulson, Ho-
quiarn: West Virginia, o. S Marshall.
New Carmichael; Wisconsin, Herman
Schreier, Sheboygan; United Commercial
Travellers of America, Charles B. Grif-
fifth. Denver, Colo; Travellers Protective
Association, F. w. Crandan, st. Louis. !
Mo.
At the morning session Gen. w. H.
BiXby. U. S. A; Secretary of the Inte-
rior Fisher, Senator Jones Of Washing
ton, Senator Fletcher of Florida, and
August Belmont were the speakers The
latter told of the work his company was |
doing on the. Cape Cod canal
The closing session of the convention
will be held at the New Willard at 10 |
o'clock this morning.