Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
PRESIDENT PRAISES
OHIO CANAL|ZATON
Engineers Lauded for Sue
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whose lives are spent in devising means
70 increase the comfort and convenience
Of the world.
But men Of every mold have wrough
with equal bravery in this transforms
ton of the wild beauty of the OhiC
River into the not less beautiful hui
more tractable stream Of today. Thu
engineer found the practical means, but
many others contributed to the vision
courage and persistence needful to this
accomplishment. Statesmen, river mer
and business men may. share the glory
The elders present may we'll regret tbs
absence of such stalwart figures as Col
William E. Merrill and Capt. william
B. Rodgers, whose ingenuity and daunt-
less faith bore so large a part in thi:
achievement.
Praises Senator Burton.
ct personally feel deeply the absence
Of Senator Theodore Burton, at whose
bedside in Washington l have recently
stood His work as chairman OF the
Historic Inland Waterways Commits
sion, appointed by President Roosevelt
in 1907, gave the foundation upon
which this great development has been
created. The report of that commission
In 1908 has been the bible of water
ways Improvement. Its first result was
the act of 1910, with which began the
present project, now brought to sue
eeSsful conclusion. 1t reflected not
only the clarity of mind with which
the Senator has endowed public issues
for a generation, but also the broad
humanity of his spirit that dwelt with
especial concern upon the problems OF
equity involved and upon the welfare
Of the whole body Of men and women
of the country for whose benefit the
program was primarily undertaken.
"Of Speaker Longworth. who FORUM
ately is present, it should be recalled
that he was one of the founders of the
Ohio Valley improvement Association
and has, both privately and as an officer
OF the Government, worked indefatig-
ably in the cause of this development
for more than a quarter of century.
He and his associates deserve high
remembrance in the records Of this
achievement.
but the whole Ohio Valley, and the
Nation as well, should be congratulated
upon this occasion. A new agency of
service now begins its quiet labors for
mankind. The tow path that led one
Ohio boy to the White House has been
modernized. But opportunity has been
expanded by the abandonment of the
tow path for the engine. 1t is the glory
of our scientific age that its sooty proc
eSSes in the end bring results that
make childhood stronger and happier,
and give to manhood and womanhood
life richer and more varied.
This monument will ever remind the
people Of a great accomplishment"
Given Stirring Welcome.
The President came to Cincinnati this
morning from Dearborn, Mich, and was
accorded q stirring welcome by its
citizens. He was met at the station
by small welcoming party, which eS-
eorted him Immediately to the Gibson
Hotel.
The sidewalks along the route which
the presidential party followed from the
station to the hotel were damned with
thousands of people, many Of whom had
arrived early in order to flnd points
of vantage from which they could get
an unobStructed view OF the President.
They cheered wildly a. the presiden-
tial party came into sight and the en-