The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-12
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| tiyes of keokuk Business inter-
ests at t;oteI Iowa at Six
O'clock.
/ r. B. Morrow, managing director
iof the Mississippi Valley association,
was in Keokuk today IN the interests
/ of the association and tonight at
dinner at the Tiffany room Will meet
1 fifteen or twenty representatives ol
/ keokuk business houses and Will eA-
plain to them what the association
/ plans are, and how vitality keokuH
| is interested.
..The Mississippi Valley associa-
ton, speaking for the economic iree
dom of twenty-seven states, demands
of congress that ample funds be ap-
lpropriated for the prompt complexion
! of the surveyed, approved and inter
related navigation projects IN the
region it represents" MIR. Morro"
/ said today in an interview.
| "a huge trunk line is TO be devei-
J oped from Minneapolis to New VI
leans. from Kansas City to st. LOUIS
/ from Pittsburgh to Cairo and some
other allied feeders to the MAIN me.
In coordination with the railroads.
as provided in the Cummins-Escn
| bill, the fullest practical use OF une
waterways will be made. you wiz
see great grain elevators gong up
| all along the river here, MI. MOT
row predicts when the shipping prop
lens are co-or0inated.
! .aThe upper Mississippi cities have
II nd
! said. THE river cities can get MOTH
ing by themselves, and it has been
necessary to organize the interior
cities to have them back OF the river
cities. This kind of organization
makes it possible for the cities TO
| go to their congressman and make
their demands as an organized unit.
This organization is one of the aims
or the association. To develop II
/ to it's fullest, the rivalry between the
| southern ports had to be overcome
and outlet for trade established.
Channel and Barges.
Mr.. Morrow spoke of the channel
from st. Louis south and the use OF
barges there He said that channels
iv;ll be made in the upper river IN
Z the spring, and that barges will be
released for shipping and to find the
extent of tonnage that will be. pro
yided. A six foot channel is neces
sary in the program of this assocla
tons development of waterways.
Terminals are not merely prob
lem Of the city on the river, they
affect all of the inland territory
which will ship its good to this city
for shipment on the big trunk line
To handle these practical loca
problems, a subzone plan is being
used, which gives representation
of the zones and county, and make:
an official family familiar with th'
needs of the community and presided
over by a zone director.
The sub-Zone Plan.
The sub-zone plan is explained 81
Mr.. Morrow as being this:
Each state to be divided into sub
zones. embracing number Of coun
ties not to exceed ten, whose inter
ests for the greater part were iden
tfcal so that they could be brough
together more readily in local com
munity spirit.
Each of these sub-Zones to bt
. presided over by sub-zone director
Each county to select count!
chairman who in turn selects tel
residents of the county, representing
its business, Industrial, financial ant
agricultural interests.
This organization when com
pleted, provides in ten-county sub
zone, one hundred and twelve mel
representing its every activity, ant
through whom the membership il
the sub-zone can find expression.
1.-The sub-zone plan provides the
vehicle through which the executive
Officers can function and secure quick
response and expression upon those
questions, which need the uniform
approval of the people of the valley
1.-THE snb-zone plan further pro
vides the machinery through which
the executive staff can quickly reach
it's membership A telegram to the
sub-zone director can be passed or
to the official family Of the subzone
within a much shorter period of time
than that needed by the executive
l staff, and incidentally, at a much les:
{ cost.
The snb-zone director, chairman
3 and committeeman can keep in close
l touch with state directors and the
zone vice president and thus have {
closeup Of every activity of the
association and Of the actions taker
by the state directors and the zone
3 vice-president.
Further, the sub-Zones, when com
} pleted in a state, provide an organi
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