Show i PRESIDENT ATT A END 1 CANAL CON Multitudes Meet at T and Give Him Reception FAVORS GREAT AY 1 Points Out Stupendous Nature of Project and Its Certain i Benefits i Memphis Tonn Tenn Oct OCl 4 The Tho The Pro Pre PresIdent Pres- Pres S Ident wa 8 given ghen ven a rou t S hm hero toda today by the people p of or Tennessee and ana surrounding states lates j His 4 or of the great proposed valley aile vat val le ley canal question u ton before thiS the Lakes 5 S to n Waterways sas convention wa va S masterful rul In th the highest hl het degree showIng show show- Jug ins a n most thorough knowledge ge of oC al at al tho the details of or the gigantic gigantc project Th The 1 s was wa delivered 1 at rink and an was to ny D ten thou hou thousand thou thou- sand Mn P people Ile The President spoke as follows 1 Under nn any n circumstances 1 I II should I w the chance of or H fht S Memphis in the th old historic state of or Lj Tennessee rich In i Us ILS glorious past pas an andS and andIn S 5 In the thE certainty of oC an even en greater I future but I especially congratulate S myself mr that I am mu able to speak sjuk here hereon if on Oil an occasion like le this tl when I meet not only th the citizens of renne Tennessee see but butman many man of the citizens of Mississippi and Arkansas and of other othEl states tate aa well veIl wel and an when the th chief executives cut ts of so to soran tot t ran many states state are ore gathered to consider a i subject of momentous Interest st to all alII o S This hlf Mississippi 1 valley Is l I a magnificent empire In in size and arid fertility lUI It I Is better lietS bet liet- S ter tel adapted to the development d of or In Inland InS In- In S land navigation than any other oilier valley valleyS I het-I S In either hemisphere for fO there are t O miles mils of waterway now more or orless orless less fUl fully navigable na anti and ant the condiS conditions condi condi- 0 S llon ure so o o favorable orble fa that It 1 will wi be lc Increase th the extent of Qt navigable ahle oay eay y to as la f I S waterways a to almost ulmo t any required degree de de- ce- ce gree greo b by canalization Early arl in fn our 01 industrial in industrial In- In history this valley was the theS S seat eif of ot ti the largest 5 development d of ut In fn- fn L land navigation na in th the United el States Slates StateS and perhaps you ou will vIll wIl pardon my ny m men OJ- OJ L. L that chat the die steamboat wet wel fr built by n of the Ow was Roosevelt Roose J m my croat s 's I brother In Iti ISU for or the tl Orleans S I S 5 trade treJe and Jn In that year ear eal made the lie trip from Pittsburg to w N t v Orleans But from froni various onuses causes N i river I t. t and nad nd en canal mi I IU 5 aU o over tilO tho Hta r rr- rr N llon iua UnI U 1 I a. a It III lT tn t Yf ui II J i bat pe and iel et It Its is s iso o oC t. t to I r U re t nent nea nearly h ha a ti a f ff I S. S i ft r f v J 1 1 o f t- t tn n U l Pt c i S ot tt t tru lh U IRI uj ji S- S t. t wealth In aal w of or c rc 0 8 no 1101 S. S S kingdom J n J can compare with wih with valley alley and arU r th the region rc the S f It alcy t S around th the Great Greut Gr Lakes taken t to- to eU d. d hel anti and In n population tits this hu p S f rUf plain hIn already surpasses all al s uve sive c or 01 two of or the h largest gc 1 European F r o kingdoms In this a peculiarly ton masterful finds Il- Il S stalwart and matt people ople self elf eJ In the th surroundings best jilted for forS or orl S l Iho rhO h run full development JH of Its Us powers an and andS S faculties There herC has bus been a great f growth In the 1 valley alley aley of manufacturing r th the movement Is Rood good if it Si it r centres mo Kool i but hut I most t earnestly ear ear- an a mo far does lo not KO go o too n nestly th hope that this region on a as a whole S remain remal predominantly m o will wl a lIve In the counS coun f 81 a The he people who S S try S tr n districts and who till the th small 01 oi S sized medium tI far farms on which they Uv It th the whole th thc Ii- Ii t S make tip UP what Is It on S most valuable asset n et In tn our fur nn-liona nn f life There can be ue Just as real progress pro pro- the th country as ns In 11 Inthe in In and culture 54 i 5 gress 5 of ot the h ht Cn city especially In these days delivery 1 trolleys bicycles I I 11 free and ancl school im- im f t telephones H good roads 3 55 Worlds World's t Valley t S S The valley of ot the Mississippi Is politically politically po po- po- po and commercially more im tnt- important than an any ally other valley y on th the if tco of oC the globe Here more thanS than S else etee will bo he determined the anywhere S S S future futuro of or tho the United 1 States and on Indeed of or tIle the whole Western world an and 1 th the I- I t of oC civilization rt reached ach ll in Iii this type of or stretch this vast In J mighty valley all I r- r between 11 the Alleghenies I 0 country lying the Great Lakes and anti andi s c and the i of ot the Gulf Quit will largely ii 11 the typo type i f for the whole Western r civilization ct c t. i history our Already Alread as lt hemisphere If 1 rJ shows the LII T West I i c v has i fc j v determined our fliP r va national li al p political development and the S S S fundamental principle of present politics political equity was f American Idea originally o u a Western tl f z The uThe wonderful v variety of resources 1 valley make indifferent different portions of ot the In i j. j r. r demand for transportation alto alto- tHc tUe f Coal lumber 1 S. S gather ither cotton cattle cattle on on the tho wheat J S corn if the soil oil and amI beneath the of f'S t 1 y surface great There ar are arc riches are arc 5 o 5 soIl poll the strong tendencies to toS evident nt already I r. the carrying of ot freight from S Increase a e northern part of ot th the valley to the V the the thc land landIs Throughout hout tint the S f 4 1 gulf to lo make the tho field for tor 1 I Is go 80 n fertile erlile aa as l. l and amI peculiarly attractive T r tho the farmer fanner In the Wt IVest the climate h be becomes le- le I c f. f S where w we enter upon the th ranch ranch- f c t 1 comes dryer while white in addition to the tine I S In log inc country countr a tithe alo the eoll there ar are of the tho 1 LS c products supplied In innumerable lable S th manufactures fl centres great and manufacturing S S 5 Snail Cities s of n astonishing from the tho growth gulf to are theS the th everywhere hore S found Alleghenies to from the Great Grent Lakes situ situ- S most niOSt of them being the y which flows river 1 ild the great reat r. r attl on oil some of Us nu Ite-nu- num nu- nu by h 1 your our doors door or OJ upon tributaries New navigable S l m nerous rou l discovered ered every evry fields 1 are oJ JS mineral constantly c Increasing the V eal IHl itI of Intensive cal co- i tse e of a all the i devIces device add lIIL 1 to the product product- In r u. u u t tho UtO 11 t Above all aU I farms atm S the of l lC power intelligent salt solf- S t. t honl honest 4 l I is f n cla average e C man and therefore a n aS orderly erderly S nut anti an and wt g wage wage- S farmer S and J d an r good the last the lh r ln alIk nien on In the cons cons- o WO mo most 1 ot oh lIving a ofT or of 1 1 r develoPed de a 1 t and C nive self manhood t 5 for the ful fu- fu good au ry T hI h are arf of i l' l lt No o man I tile tuVe l te of or the entire lImit 11 of th the poSSibilitY the vatS vat vat- foresee 1 In tint 1 5 Ie C case aind this valley vat vat-I S the Such b ln heArt or of the tho United S the Its ItH welfare concerns 5 J s States te all that fie the Uw whole coun- coun must concern the thO lI l river ver S ht by nil gill m means ought try tn ou S. S anti Its their utmost l to to be EI Eight Ir cl on rl Jao PRESIDENT ATTENDS CANAL GANAL CONVENTION Continued ii frum Lzie c l' title One Ity fly Facility of clu-ap clu I I Ian Is Isan Isan an f In our modern modem civilization nr ll we cannot fin any 10 JC l' l to 11 neglect lect tin tin- great cat Icat highways which nature na nn- ture has bias provided for or us These natural natural nat tint ural highways the c wat waterways va te r can 11 1 bo be monopolized by b- ban an any corpor corpor- atlon The rIlle I Properly II of or the People They belong t t-i t oJ aH aJ l time the IC people an anIt and It Is In the lie power of no one cite oneto to take laUe them away rover a 0 navigable able l' l river QI runs rolls oe beside iele I oads lh a the tho problem m mor oC or regulating the time Int rates on un the lie railroads vail rail Ioa roads l' l becomes far fat easier Sl i Ih Iver u r regulation I Is rate regulation lam ion V Wh ii the l' l rate late sinks the Uw land rate rale con can cannot not be kept keit at an nn oo excessive cs i e height Therefore It Is ci f na hn importance c to d develop v lo these thes as highways to the fullest e extent which is genuinely hI profitable Year by bv year 31 trans trans- I porta problems become moro acute acut and time the time tune has como when the tho rivers II really lit to serve Ol as arterIes of should bu be provided llo with channels chan chan- nels neis deep enough h and wide vide enough nou h to tomake tomake make make- the Investment In of oC the necessary ry money it to tn the public fh Time The national government o should hould undertake this ork Where th the Immediately abutting land is markedly benefited and this benefit can cnn be definitely lo localized lo- lo I trust trus l that there will be bo careful care care- ful Cub investigation to see see- whether t. t some ome someway wa way vay can cm be lie devised by which the Immediate Im in- mediate beneficiaries may pa pay a II portion por por- thou tion nf of tint till expenses as expenses as Is ts no nou no time the custom as regards certain cerium classes of Improvements In iii our municipalities s an and measures es should be lie taken en to secure cure from frum time the lo localities fI specially benefited proper terminal facilities The Time expense n e to time the nation of entering such scheme of oC river el upon a n. n as that which I believe it Il should undertake will ar l be lie great Many cautious mill and conservative l people peo jib JIe will look a askance upon the project and amI from rota every standpoint it Is necessary sary if wo we wis wish h to make mal it il successful sul that thal thale e we ive should enter upon it only onh under con conditions which will guarantee the nation against aste or of its Us money alit and which will insure us mis a against en entering en- en upon any project ct until after the he ni mC t elaborate expert examination and amiul reliable liable calculation of the tue between cost and amI benefit In n an any project like this there should jo be a u definite policy and a a. resolute pose to I cl keep in iii mind that time the only made should be thos thos- really national In their character We Ve should act aN on the tile same principle In ln our OUI rivet rivers that we wc should follow Collow in iii improving ln our QUI harbors ham Tho Time great hai burs are ni-c of ot consequence not Hot merely to the tho immediate localities but the immense stretches of country an and amid the iii same Ham HamIs Is true or of the time great eat rivers ers It Js Is these great eat r rivers s rs and great eat harbors the tue Improvement of or i which is 8 of primary national interest Tho rho main streams should be he improved unproved to the hi highest practical ele degree of or ef- ef before improvements ore u at attempted attempted at- at tempted on omi the oran branches hes and amid work should be undertaken only onh when completion coin coin- Diction i 1 Is h In iii sight within a a lc time vi to o that n assured results may be gained and th the communities affected depend upon the improvements The Time Ct Go G eminent Moreover r aan nJ i on tl ca 1111 for Cor the It 0 nw an dianne channel of at lm transportation tL the United States Slates government should do Its full CuB part in levee lovee building which In the time lower reaches of ot tho the river will not only gl give a channel for COl commerce but will also give gi don fon to the a adjacent jacent bottom lands sums sum have already boon been spent pont upon the Mississippi Ih by the states and the thc nation yet ct niu mu much ii h of It remains practically unused for corn corn- mer merge mci e. e Time The rea reasons ons for this fact aleman are ale man many One Is that th the worl work done b by bythe the national government go at lea least t has not been ba biased based upon a definite and continuous plan Illan 1 by 13 con ess instead o of assuring the time steady progress an and timely completion of each piece pice of or work worl as it was undertaken undertaken under under- taken ha ha c e been Irregular and tain talim As a n direct consequence far- far reaching plans have been discouraged and amid continuity in execution has o been en made impossible It Is altogether unlikely unlikely un un- un likely that better bettor results will be obtained ob ov- ob- ob reined so long as the m method Is followed followed fol tel lowed bowed of making partial appropriations appropriations ia lions at Irregular internals for lor works which should never nc bo be un undertaken n until until un un- Hilt til It Is certain that thaL they c can cn n b be carried carric to completion within a definite and amid reasonable time flume Planned and or orderly development is Qs essential to 10 the tho best ute use of every y natural resource and to none more than to tIme the best t use of our OUI Inland waterways In the case of or the waterways 8 it has been veen conspicuously conspicuously- absent I Because o such tore foresight was lacking Jacking the tie interests of or our rivers have been In fact overlooked o In spite spile of ot immense Mums minis spent upon them ItIs It ItIs Itis is evident that their most urgent need if Ls a farl li and comprehensive plan dealing not with navigation alone nor with irrigation alone bu but considering our Inland waterways aa as a whole and with to Cl C every use usa to which they can cami be vc put The rhe central motive of or such a n. plan Plait should be bo to get get- from the streams of the United Stat Stats States s snot not only the fullest but also alo the most permanent se service they al' al arc capable cf f rendering to the time nation as a whole I Tho Tue In industries u developed under the time stimulus of or tho the railroads are arc for fOI the most pint part permanent anti and they form Corm the time basis of fu future future fu- fu ture lure development But nut the time railroads s shao have o shown that they alone aiono can cun not miot meet the time demands of the timed country for tOI trall transportation and amid where whelo this is true the time rivers begin to supplement the railroads to tu time the benefit lit of both by relieving thrum them of certain of or the less profitable classes of oC fl freight fm TIme Tho more inure seeing fat railroad 1 men I am ant glad to tell you ou realize this fact and utah many mallY of them ha have c vo become ca earnest a advocates oca of th the improvement of or the so u that I it 11 ma may become a sort bort of Inland I seaboard extending from trout the tho gulf ull far into luto thu the time interior and I hope hupe ultimately to i tho lie great Icat lakes An n investigation of or the time proposed sed lake to gulf lo deep waterway s is s now In pro progress an nn nna a of or the last congress s. s V We shall shah await Its J results with the the- keenest interest interest- Time Tho Is hs obviously ob of or capital Importance to o our Internal development de tie- and scarcely less bess sp SJ In re relation re- re lation lapoll to external nal commerce OIlier Other Kindred Projects Projects' Is butt but one one ouie of r lilO time tho many |