The Green Forest tribune., 1912-10-04

have accomplished what he did in that respect without the support and assistance of Senator James P. Clarke of Arkansas.
 "lf it had not been for the activity of Senator Clarke" he declared, "at best, the completion of the Panama canal would be two or three years far ther of than it is, because we couldn't go on with the Panama canal until the treaty was ratified, and the sena- tor exercised his influence to get the senate to give the president this treaty. The pressure brought to bear on Senator Clarke to prevent him from doing as he did would have been too much for any but the strongest aud gamest men. I am not able to speak this way of all United States senators, and therefore it is not only pleasure, but a duty, to bear testi mony now for what the senator did. l found that he could be relied on to stand for any policy which I could convince him was for the good of the l l live the less regard I have for the man whose principles are good, bur who lacks the courage to carry them out"
 We have at Panama" Col. Roose- velt concluded, the machinery and a great body of experts, and we ought not to let them get scattered. We ought to take this machinery and uti- lize it as it can be untilized in this country. The great plan is to under take the task of treating the Missis- sippi basin as a whole, by utilizing the waters, securing levee protection and channel for deep water naviga. tion, and reservoirs for storage of water power"
 Col. Roosevelt was the guest of honor at an informal luncheon given by the waterways ssociation, at which addresses were made by Gov ernor-Elect Joe T. Robinson, Senator James P. Clarke and Col. Roosevelt H. F. Auten of Little Rock, acted as toastmaster and Judge U M. Rose, who was appointed by Col. Roosevelt while the latter was president, as a representative of the United States at the Hague Peace conference, oecu- pied a seat of honor at the right of the former president. Mir Robinson and Senator Clarke both paid tribute to the service rendered by Col. Roose- velt in securing the construction of the Panama canal.
 Governor Elect Robinson of Arkan- sas also spoke at the second days ses- sion of the waterways convention. He declared himself strongly in favor Of immediate governmental action in aid of deep channel from the lakes to the gulf.
 Isham Randolph of Chicago, con- sulting engineer for the Chicago Drainage canal, urged the importance of 14-foot channel from the lakes to the gulf and declared that the fed eral government should do the work. He declared that it would cost $90,- 100000 to build levees and properly strengthen the banks of the Missis- sipi river. MT. Randolph told how Chicago and the state of Illinois have completed the drainage canal at a cost of millions of dollars and declar- ed that the canal can be extended to Cairo at a cost of $40,000.000 He contended that the federal govern ment should undertake the remaining portion of the work.
 Another feature of the convention was an address by Lyman E. Cooley, consulting engineer fer the Lakes-to- the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association He"took up in detail the program for the improvement of the Mississippi river and it's tributaries and showed from an engineering standpoint how the deepening of the channel could be accomplished. His main statement was that the 14-foot channel through the valley could be provided at a less cost than the construction of the Panama canal and the benefits would ->->-->--~----~--~~---~--~---