Show TO MEET DEMOS DEMANDS pres dent roosevelt n addre address s at s makes a plea for deep waterways pointing ot oil im 0 of wo x e memphis benr with bands play ing children singing and enthusiastic men shouting the slogan of deep wat memphis thiea wide her gates friday afternoon to president roosevelt a score of governors and many other distinguished men of 0 the mississippi valley the president ar rived on the steamer mississippi shortly after I 1 0 clock when all had landed the president was conducted to a carriage by governor patterson of tennessee and mayor malone of memphis emphis Nl and the most imposing parade ever given here was begun the president was continuously heberd hee erd throughout the march arriving at the auditorium rink where the deep lAa waterway convention was being held president roosevelt evelt alighted and after chatting with sev sey eral friends ascended the platform the huge structure filled up rapidly and when governor patterson arose to present the president an immense assemblage greeted him Pie Pi eside roosevelt departed from his printed speech in several la in stances stance speaking Sak lg of the confederate guard of honor he said it was a touch ing sight to see tf U ese old confederate soldiers carrying the flag of this great union if anyone wanted ranted to know how they would fight for that flag kt them ask the boys in blue how they fought against it speaking ot of the deep water rater channel from the gulf to the lakes the dent said this valley being literally the liparit of the united states all that concerns its welfare must concern likewise the whole comiry therefore the sippi river and its tributaries ought by all means to be utilized to their utmost possibility facility of cheap r transportation is an essential in our modern civilization and m ve e can not afford any longer to neglect the grett greit gre it highways which nature bas has provided for us these natural highways tag waterways can never be monopolized by any corporation they belong to all the people and it Is in the 1 power ower vt of no one to take them away who i ever a navigable nver inns lung beshe railroads the problem of regulating the rates on the railroads become becomes far easier because nier regulation Is i ate regulation when the water rate sinks the land hind rate can not be kept at an excessive height therefore it li IS ot of national importance to develop these streams as highways to the full est extent which is genuinely ble 1 the industries developed under the stimulus of the railroads are for the most part permanent industries aal an therefore they form the basis for fu ture development but the railroads have shown that they alone can not meet the demands of the country for transportation and where this is true the rivers should begin to supplement the railroads to the benefit of both by relieving them of certain of the less profitable classes of freight |