Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-10-23

Q
dent Woodrow Wilson to Senat,
Jos. E. Ransdell. which has ju
made public, will give the Poop
OF the delta some idea of how tn
Administration feels towards th
solving of the Mississippi Rive
Flood Problem, and should be wei
come news to all of the friends G
the Mississippi River Levee Associs
ton:
The w Mmlra aoosE October l, 1911
My dear Senator Ransdell:-I am ola,
you have given me an opportunity b,
your important letter of Sept. goth to ex
press my very deep interest in the prob
lem Of food control in the valley OF tn,
Mississippi and in the valleys of the riv
ers running into the Mississippi. 1t is 9
question to which have already devoted
a great deal OF attention and l shall con.
tlnue to study it with the determination
TO contribute all that can to its solution.
believe that this is one of the CHIEF
physical problems confronting the coun.
try and that it is our plain duty to ad.
dress ourselves to it very actively and
with determination to succeed.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
(SigueO WOODROW WILSON.
The Levee Association has con-
Quoted very active campaign dur
ing the last year and a half for ma
tiOnal recognition of the Mississippi
River with view to having it treat
ed as a separate and distinct project,
as the Panama canal was treated
and it is evident from the favorable
comment elected from a number of
Senators and Representatives, when
the River and Harbor Bill was being
attacked, that the country is now
willing to consider the Mississippi
River big enough to be treated by
itself.
1t is the intention of the Missis-
sippi River Levee Association, there
fore, to direct all of its efforts in the
future towards securing favorable
report OIL some definite and specific
measure for this great project, and
to divorce it entirely from the gen.
eral River and Harbor bill.
President Wilson's letter shows
that he is keenly interested and is
determined to do something in a big
way for the Mississippi River pro-
iect. With this definite expression
from the head of the present Admin
stration everybody in the Mississip-
pi delta should feel greatly encour-
aged to continue their fight.
The President has already made
progress in carrying out
he pledges of the Democratic party, |
md as the rectification of this great |
liver and the control of its floods, |
vas one of the planks in the plat
orm, it is evident that the Presi-
lent intends to take up this matter
,ext and give it the same personal
attention that he has given to 9th
II important administration matters
hat have already been put through
The Tariff and Currency legislation
md the Trust legislation have al
eady been disposed of. and now
ONES the consideration of this great
rational problem-controlling the
lood waters of the Mississippi River.
The Levee Association has already
'egun to take active steps to formu-
ate its plans for presenting the case
4 the Mississippi River at the COM
ng session of Congress and Presi-
ent Caldwell has just issued a call
or meeting of the Executive Com
nittee of the Association to be held
t its Office in Memphis on Tuesday.
october 9th. At this meeting q
curse of action will be decided upon
nd strenuous efforts will be put
orth to carry the plans into effect.