The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-06
This City Is One Of the Upper Missis-
sippi River Towns to be Visited
by Representative Of VAL
ley Association
TO SPEND A DAY HERE
J. 3. Morrow, Manager Director Of the
Organization with Headquarters
at St. Louis Will Make Tour
Starting Nov. 8.

! ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. GA tour of
upper Mississippi river cities, to
start at Dubuque on November s, to
familiarize the business interests of
these communities with the pur-
poses and operation of the Missis-
sippi Valley association, an organi-
cation formed two years ago to bring
about the economic development of
the twenty-seven states comprising
the Mississippi valley. is announced
by J. B. Morrow, managing director
or the association. with headquarters
in St Louis.
The itinerary planned, Includes the
! following Iowa cities: Dubuque,
Clinton, Davenport, Burlington and
Keokuk. An entire day is to be
| spent by Mr. Morrow in each Of
these cities, at which time it is
planned to hold conference with
the leading business men Of these
respective communities. A request
to assemble these interests for a
meeting, has been sent to the secre-
| taries of the commercial organiza.
, tions. An invitation to meet with
, the Davenport business men has been
sent to the commercial organizations
Of Rock Island and Moline, Illinois,
in order that the combined support
of the tri-city communities may be
secured in behalf of the Mississippi
Valley association.
Morrow, in speaking of the motive
prompting his visit to the upper Mis-
sissippi river cities, states that never
before was the need for concentrated
effort for legislation that will prove
beneficial to the valley, more ap-
parent than it is today. He cited
his associations program to ask of
congress, at its next session, the sum
of $500, 100000 to be spent at the
rate of $100,00O,0OO a year for five
years, to complete waterway develop
ment on the Mississippi, Ohio, Mis-
souri, and Illinois rivers.
I've can only accomplish this
objective through the combined
ley States" says Morrow. Continu-
represents only one Of the many of
the Mississippi Valley association
plans to make of congress and gov
ernmental officials in interest of the
valley citizenry.
is necessary, in order to prevent the
diverting to artificial channels of
high natural resistance commerce
which might move along channels
of low natural resistance, these will
be asked of the interstate commerce
commission. A constructive and CO.
ordniated program which will result
in the efficient development and use
of the water, SOIL mineral and forest
resources of the country, is to be
demanded of the federal government
as part Of the associations program
for internal development. Adequate
appropriations for the use of the
United States department Of agricul-
! tural and particularly the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce are
| to be asked for, in order that the
work of developing markets may al
ways rest in the hands of fully com
petent specialists.
"The success of these efforts are
entirely dependent on the strength
the association can throw behind
them. 1t is for the purpose of secur-
ing this required strength that the
association is now carrying on a
gigantic organization campaign
which will be extended to include
every county in the twenty-seven
states representing this vast area
'eThe association intends to mass
sufficient representation to make a
demand of the valley interests, of
congress an assured success. This
territory has the strength, as evil
denced by the fact that it has a ma
jority Of forty-five electoral votes and
| fifty-three percent OF the voting
strength of the country. The bring
ing together of this great power into
one unit for the development of the
valley, is the objective of the Mis-
sissippi Valley association. When
this unit is formed no undertaking
will prove too great for the valley
interests TO pursue, with the irll
knowledge that it will meet with
ultimate success"
A lot of people would be willing to