Show liD HOOVER DVm fAVORS fAVORS' LAKES i Declares It W Would QuId Open to World Trade NEW HA HAVEN VE V Conn March 12 AP k s b between tween the Atlantic At- At lantic and the Great Lakes vIa the St St. Lawrence river would oren open the whole ot of the to IrH r national trad substantially Increase increase In- In crease the returns from farming by I lowering transportation costs and benefit the industrial east by power creation Secretary tary hoover told a gathering ot of New ew England businessmen business men here tonight In an address before before be be- fore the New Haven chamber of comm commerce Since the 1 and nd American commission ot of engineers last fall pronounced the canal construction con con- feasible he said bald a ns tide ot of sentiment Gor for i construction h has s gotten under way In both hoth Canada and the United S States Thee may may tie be difficulties in the way of putting a plan pian Into effect tor 01 opening the Great Lakes the commerce department mead d said but In spite of obstacles inherent in international agreement In the disposal ot of power rights the thc record of successful co- co Operation co-Operation between the United States t Can Can- anada an- an ada left him hopeful or of agre agreement ment menton on the subject The construction remove emo a agre gre great t barrier to world transportation tion he declared It Is urgent to the prosperity ot of the a vast t It Is a task worthy of at the strength ant and purpose ot of the two sister r nations nations na- na who have ha In two centuries already overcome overcome countless obstacles In Implanting the most hopeful civilization ot of history |