The Green Forest tribune., 1912-10-04

De EulluJleiS SEedlS. rCe leOpIS ltf- ing ih this great inl disc. His general text 6G he E the be- ginning was What na made possible is the measure IS op- portunities."
 H. F. Auten of Little l,ock, spoke on the subject The Arkansas River" Mr Auten declared that the business men of Little Rock alone pay out millions of dollars annually which would be saved if the cheaper rates Of water transportation were in ef. feet.
 At present" he said, the freight IS $1.25 ton to haul coal from the Ark ansas fields to Little Rock, while up tance for 50 cents a ton. See the difference? With a deep channel ill the river the same product can be hauled to Little Rock for 15 cents per ton.'
 In mentioning the increasing use Of cement for building purposes Mr. Auten declared Arkansas has more of the material from which cement Is made than any other state. He as. serted that in ten years the cement trust would make the steel trust seem like a pigmy alongside it.
 Elect men who will work for the peoples interest,"" he demanded, "anl work for the deep waterway project, which is all that is needed in this sec tion to give our people commercial supremacy
 Among others who delivered ad dresses were George II. Maxwell oi New Orleans, executive director of the National Reclamation Association and former Congressman Edgar ( Ellis of Kansas City.
 John Maynard Harlan of Chicag and former Congressman J. Adam Bede of Minnesota appeared before the convention as representative oi President Taft.
 What is needed at the outset is a dream" MT. Harlan said. You have | got to employ expert dreamers, and the dreams should be evolved by a commission. Every interest affected in general should be represented or this commission. The work is going to be done by some one If l were a citizen of Arkansas l could not be prevailed upon to turn over to the na tional government the entire respon sibility and my share of the work.
 T would like to see some definite | program arranged at this convention | 1 would suggest that committee be appointed to memoralize congress anC arrange some sort of a program. This question is not in politics; it is so bis 1t cannot get into politics; end poll tics may be kept out by holding it CT a broad patriotic basis for the goo( of the whole people,
 William K. Kavanaugh of St. Loui: was reelected president of the asso citation and most of the other officers were reelected. The other officers named are as follows:
 First vice president-Col. E. S. Con way, Chicago.
 Second vice president-Sidney NJ Neely, Memphis.
 Third vice president-Crawford II Ellis, New Orleans.
 Fourth vice president-Chas. Scott Rosedale, Miss.
 Fifth vice president-Col. F. B. T Hollenberg, Little Rock.
 Treasurer-Edwin S. Monroe. Joliet l III.
 Secretary-Thomas II. Lovelace, St Louis.
 Honorary ecretary-William F l Saunders, St. Louis
 Judge w. M. Kavanaugh of Little Rock was named as a member of tht board of governors and Judge Kay anaugh and H. r. Auten of Little Rocl were placed upon the executive com mittee.
 Peoria, H., was selected as the nex meeting place. New Orleans and Mo bile were seeking the next convention but the Illinois city won because o it's geographical location.
 The closing feature of the conver tion was an old fashioned Southerr barbecue given by the citizens of Lit tie Rock for the entertainment of the visitors.