Show PRESS PA PARAGRAPHS An Anti And noW the tho lin arc are talking wl wisely ely about Thus the New 0 Orleans rI ru a s ri fim Times Democrat nero t says Indeed us ouo of tho the most JOost distinguished tin distin d economists in tho the country has bas pointed out out the deep waterway from the thc lakes to the tho gulf ib is an nn essential feature of oC the work on tho the Panama canal If the Mississippi valley valler the thu producing section of the country countr- which will furnish most of the American freight ht to the thc canal canil is to utilize that route to tho the l Pacific it must have havo a adeep aled deep led ep an and direct water route to tho the Wll gulf And the St. St Louis Republic Uncle Too has seen a great Ji light ht It lIt n may maybe mayho iy be ho that his extremity is tho the Mississippi s. s sippi sippi's 8 opportunity At any rate he heIs heis heis is Is down own in m writing If ho bo should fail to live Jive up tip to his bis declaration it will prove pro a 1 caso case where tho letter Louisville Louis Journal Courier It is President Tafts Taft's vi view view- v that tho the Ohio river river should come first and the Mis Mississippi Mississippi is si sipp as ns speedily thereafter as ispra is pra practicable t i ablo Judging ing by tho the present relative c commercial importance of the tho two streams tho the president is ri right hL 11 Philadelphia elphia Record The The lakes to gulf boomers and tho the advocates of other great inland waterway projects are arc not going to bo disconcerted by byI bya a pessimistic report Nevertheless the I enthusiasts are arc hound bound to l' l recognize tho the thoI I fact that other thin things will wilt need to be bedone done ilono besides making makin the thc dirt fly Ther must be prepared to show that if the wharf bogs could be removed from the tho river fronts of which h the they havo have themselves shipments by b- boats could be lie made en convenient ent nail and cheap enough h to coax commerce out of its accustomed channels and mid back to the tho water Chicago Chic Herald Herald fr r Ff how how- over ever the policy favored at Washington Washing ton is actually on one of needless delays ta the out outcome om will depend very cn largely lupon l' l upon what hat is done one by In the delegates at s from the convention in in pursuance of their political l Il pledge pledge- e. e If these men i nrc nrc ner eti and persistent nt and it if the they put iu in 1 case C before o Con r rin in the r right right- t way the politicians politicians' at nt t N the tho national ial e capital pit l will give i e them un- un of their distin distinguished consideration It Tt is now a simple t question of tho strength th of the interests interest involved in Omaha Pee Bee Mr r Taft is sound in his argument against piecemeal m al alport apportionment Tho The plan for fora a great rat waterway hi hwa from the I lakes to the tIll gulf rulf is as much macli a single sincle enterprise rC of immediate local 1 ambitions in part of the valley as is the Panama canal I Daily News U The Ho Th nolic of waterway rIc nt is ri right ht and should hI be he carried tin ouli ouch hut but deliberation and judgment t as wen well as enthusiasm arc necessary necessary to suc sue cess |