Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-22
Approves Plan to Put Steam
ers on Mississippi River.
LETTER SENT TO Mr.. DAVE
Endorses Plan of Southern Capitalists
to Open Navigation.
LEAVES FOR BEVERLY TODAY
President to Stay Until Monday
Night at Massachusetts,
Town.

President Taft has written letter Il
managing director of the Southern Com
mercial Congress, relative 10 the plans W
southern men. capitalists OF the Missis
sippi valley, through three-million-do-
lar corporation, to operate a feet u
American countries. when the Panama
canal is completed.
The New Orleans Progressive Union
asked Mr.. Dave to make a statement OF
the purposes of the company which is to
make practical and effective use OF tho
Panama canal. and to request the Presi-
dent to grant to this enterprise OF the
Mississippi valley the honor and privilege
OF sending the first American built mer-
chant ship through the canal when II Is
opened.
In a letter to Mr.. Dave. President
Taft says:
THE White House. Washington. n. c.
my Dear Mr.. Dave:
It note what you say about the orr
ganizatiOn Of a corporation to put into
commission a fleet Of the highest type
Of American ships to take part in the
business that the Panama canal may
open for the worlds commerce. 1t de-
lights me to know that there are peo-
pie in the Mississippi valley who are
taking practical steps to improve our
merchant marine, and IL they do So
have no doubt that those who WIFI
have the power to arrange the cere-
monies will yield to every claim to
proper recognition.
Sincerely yours
(Signed) WILLIAM n. TAFT"
Representatives. of the new steam
ship>company are arranging with the
Brazilian government and other South
American countries for concessions and
docking facilities.
President Going to Beverly.
President Taft is to leave Washington
he will remain until Monday night at his
summer home there. He attended to
much business at the executive Offices to-
day and will work right up to the time
Of his departure. Representatives Payne
and Hill. republican members Of the
ways and means committee discussed
with the President some Of the features
Of the tariff bills that will be laid before
him within the next few weeks. They
these bills.
A number of the Presidents visitors
today conveyed him invitations. Repre-
sentative Morgan Of Oklahoma urged
fair, Oklahoma City. the last week in
September, and the President has the
invitation under Amusement. hoping to
be able to accept
Representative Kinney Of Illinois asked
the President to stop in Moline and Rock
Island, ILL.,, rival cities, when he goes
west, and Representative Pepper added
an invitation to stop in Davenport, Iowa.
Representative Foster OF Vermont asked
the President to go to the fair at Mid
dlebury. VT. the last week in August. aud
the president may run there from Bey-
erly.
The President today accepted an invi-
tation to attend the dairyfnen's national
convention, Milwaukee, October 1918
The New England Society of New York
has invited the President to attend its an
nual dinner December % and an invita-.
ton has also come from the New Eng
land Society Of Brooklyn for its annual
dinner December Il.
The President has been asked to attend
the lakes-to-the-guif deeper waterways
convention to be held in Chicago in Noe
yember.