The Forrest City times., 1912-10-04
FEAR GOD. TELL THE TRUTH AND MAKE M0Nryr
FORREST CITY. ARK. FRIDAY AFTERNOON OCT f. 1912

De infiniteiy greater to the people liv- ing in this great inland paradise. His general text as he stated in the be- ginning was What nature has made possible is the measure of Mans op. portunities.
 Il. F. Auten of Little Rock, spoke on the subject The Arkansas River" Mir. 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 saiG, the freight Is Sl.25 ton to haul coal from the Ark ansas fields 10 Little Rock while up Ill Illinois coal is hauled the same dis lance for 60 cents a ton. See the difference? With a deep channel in 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 ill ten years the cement trust would make the steel trust seem like 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 i5 needed in this sec ton to give our people commercial supremacy
 Among others who delivered ad- dresses were George II. Maxwell of New Orleans, executive director of the National Reclamation Association and former Congressman Edgar c Ellis of Kansas City.
 John Maynard Harlan of Chicae. and former Congressman J. Adam Bede of Minnesota appeared before the convention as representatives of President Taft.
 What is needed at the outset is a dream, Mr. Harlan said. You have got to employ expert dreamers, and the dreams should be evolved by commission. Every interest affected in general should be represented on this commission. The work is going to be done by some one. If I were citizen of Arkansas I 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. would suggest that a committee he appointed to memoralize congress and arrange some sort of a program. This question is not in politics. it is so biz l. cannot get into politics; and poli- tics may be kept out by holding it en broad patriotic basis for the good of the whole people,
 William K. kayanaugh of St. Louis 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. Nicely. 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, III.
 Secretary-Thomas H. Loyelace, St. Louis.
 Honorary secretary F. Saunders, St. Louis.
 Judge W. NJ. Kavanaugh of Little Rock was named as a member of he board of governors and Judge Kav- anaugh and H. F. Auten of Little Rock were placed upon the executive com mittee.
 Peoria, H., was selected as the neyt meeting place. New Orleans and Mo bile were seeking the next convention but the Illinois city won because of it's geographical location,
 The closing feature of the conven- tion was an old fashioned Southern barbecue given by the citizens os Lit tie Rock for the entertainment of, ne visitors.