Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-08-18
NINE FOOT CHANNEL
TO Be CONSTRUCTED
IN ILLINOIS RIVER
PLANS MADE FOR MET HOD
WHICH WILL SAVE TWO OR
THREE YEARS TIME, SAY WA.
TERWAY OFFICERS.

At special meeting of the board
of directors of the ottawa Chamber
of Commerce Wednesday evening
Vance II. Evans, special field repre-
sentative of the Mississippi Valley AS
sociation, presented to the board of
directors and other LEGAL men who are
interested in the Mississippi Valley
Association program Il few of the best
accomplishments Of his association
and the hopes they have for future
accomplishments.
T. speaker stated that tho trans
portation act of 1920 was one of their
worthy accomplishments, the location
Of the port Of New Orleans and the
fostering OF a major tiCct of barges
for the lower Mississippi. which is now
acting and functioning forty new 1000
ton barges; that recent resolution
passed by congress pertaining to the
Illinois river and saving some three
years in time was largely brought
about by the Mississippi Valley Asso
citation, and quoted the resolution as
follows;
Resolved by the committee on riy
ers and harbors of tho house OF rep
rasentatiyCs, United States, That the
board Of engineers for rivers and har-
bors. created under section of tho
river and harbOr act approved June
l3, 1902, be, and it hereby is request
ed to review the reports printed in
houes document 1874, siXty-drst con.
gress, first session, and house docu
mCnt numbered 90, siXty-frst con-
gress, first session, with view CT as
certaining the cost of a nayigable
channel nine feet in depth from a
point in the Illinois river, in the vi
cinity of Utica, H., to connection
with the nine-foOt channel in the Mis-
sissippi river at Or below Cairo. Ill.
The speaker stated that the Missis-
sippi Valley Association was seeking
the economic freedom OF those states
in the valley. which territory Includes
between the Allegheny and the Rocky
Mountains, the great lakes and the
gulf, in order that the natural re-
sources of this region might be made
to contribute to the natural we'll being
and prosperity and yield greater com
fort and ease to the people who are
making better use of these resources.
1t was stated that tho association
made no claim Of altruism but rather
that they We're ready to confess and
even claim a certain degree of legiti
mate seltishness. Every practical ef
fCrt Of a modern organization will be
to awaken the people of the
valley to the consciousness of their
power and the power that will come
from the early development of trad
ing lines running north and south
We must ship on north and south
lines. We must think on north and
south lines and if We can learn - CO.
operate in this al towns functioning
with the same idea we can begin to
prosper now.
The opportunity is ripe the speak
CT stated that the association in its
program of lCcalization cndeavors to
secure a reputation in all towns as
well as a certain measure OF financial
support to the end that the great val.
ley empire will become a central unit
Of power for sclf-advancemCnt along
all legitimate measures of trade and
finance. The mississippi Valley As
sOciation is not sectional. but is /
working in such c way that will bene-
fit every individual in the valley ana
the co-ordinated efforts of CONNER
cial and agricultural organizations. |
business firms and private enter
prises.
1t, perhaps, would be well to say
that one of the best accomplishments |
has been the Welding tC tCsether of COM |
industrial, agricultural and
forces into a cO-Ordinated |
effort so that today the association is |
firmly established Tho vision of the |
Crusaders and the cause has been
The cause that they
brought in the world should be para |
mount factor in the forming of legisla. |
ton which will spell economic dcvel- |
Jpment to the territory of the Missis- |