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Show I! . RiROiS INADEQUATE TO ;, MEET NATION'S DEMANDS n - ' President Roosevelt, In Address at ( Memphis, Makes a Plea for Deep Waterways, Pointing Out lm- ji portance of Work. I " " . It Memphis, Tcnn. With hands piny- I 1 lng, children singing nml enthusiastic It men 'shouting tho Blogan of Deep Wat- i erways, Memphis threw wide bur Kates Friday nftornnou to I'resldunt Huosovnlt, n scoro of governors and many other distinguished men of the j Mississippi valley. The president nr- ' rlvcd on llio steamer Mississippi shortly lifter 1 o'clock. When all had landed the president wns conducted ! to a carriage by Governor Patterson I jj of Tennessee and Mnyor Malouu 'i V Mumphis, and tlio most Imposing I parade over given hero was begun. rho president was continuously I choeord throughout the march. I Arriving nt the auditorium rink, . where tho Deep Waterway convention ' was being held, President Itoosuvelt alighted and nfter chatting with several sev-eral friends, ascended tho platform. The hugo structure filled up rapidly I and when Governor Patterson aroso I Jo present the president an Immense I nssemblago greeted him. I President Roosevelt departed from I his printed " speech in several In- I stances. Speaking of tho Confederate I ' guard of honor, he said It was a touch- I Ing sight to see these old Confederate I soldiers carrying the flag of this great I Union. If anyone wanted to know I j how they would fight for Mint Hag let I them nslc the boys in blue how they j fought against it. I'! Speaking of tho dcop wntcr channul i( from tho gulf to tho lakes, tho' prcsl- li dent snld: If "This vnllcy being literally tho heart - of tho United States, all that concerns Its welfaro must concorn likewise tho ( wholo country. Therefore, tho Missis. , slppl river nnd Its tributaries ought by all means to he utilized to their utmost possibility. Facility of cheap transportation' Is an csscntlnl In our modem civilization, and wo can not afford any longer to neglect tho great highways which nature lias provided for us. These natural highways, Mia wntorways, can nover bo monopolized by nny corporation. Thoy belong to nil tho pcoplo, nnd It Is in tho power of no ono to tako them away. Whenever When-ever n navigable liver runs beside j railroads tho problem of rcgulntlug ' tho rates on the railroads becomes t fnr easier, becnuso river regulation Is ' rate regulation. When tho water rate I sinks, tho land rate can not be kept nt nu excessive height. Therefore It Is of national Importance to develop theso streams as highways to tho full-' full-' est extent which Is genuinely profita ble." "Tho Industries dovoloped under the stimulus of tho railroads uro for tho most part permanent Industries, nnd therefore thoy form tho basis for future fu-ture dovelopmcut. nut tho railroads hnvo shown Mint they alone can not meet the demands of tho country for transportation, nnd whero this Is truo tho rivers should begin to supplement tho railroads, to the benefit of both, by relieving them of certnln of tho less prnlltnhlo clnssns of freight. |
