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Show HHHfHHHv"H"HHHHHHHV TAFT ON DEEP WA'fERVAYS j - President Advocates Adoption of Defl. ' nlte Plan Instead of "Procession by Jerks" Policy. , 1 l " I Corpus Chrlstl, Texas. Announcing J, hlmsolf aa an advocate of deep ) watorways, when sudh p.ojects can be shown to bo practicable, and do- , daring the piecemeal "prooasson by J Jorka" policy of congrcEs in tho past i with reference to such Improvement should bo replaced with a definite if plnn, President Taft caused much en- thuslasm at tile Interstate Inland 1 Waterways league horo on Friday. -r jj Tho president said that In addition I to extending commerce, deep Inland t watorways would servo (o control railroad rates. Meanwhile, ho urged tho amendment of tho lnterstato laws , to mako their provisions more effec- i tlvo. Mr. Taft added, however, ho did not 1 favor radical legislation, that his pur- 1 poso was to keep railroad companies i' within bounds. He snld tho railroads ,! should bo encouraged. In somo lo- ; calltles he said -thoro was a dlsposl- ; tlon to do Injustice to tho railroads 5 nnd drive them to a system of econ- i omy which prevents tho development i of iho country through which they i pass. ' Tho president said citizens would i go to any extent to got a railroad to como Into their country, but once thoro, not n friend or tho railroad .i could bo found excopt, perhaps, tho lc;al counsel. Tho president urged a "square deal"' for tho railroads, that j they might not be deprived of reason- able profits through popular prejudice. . ' |