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Show Interior Citiet and Seaports. In a recent address by Lyman E Cooley before tho engineering clsis'tn tho University of Michigan ho iud "12vcntually tho Interior cltlea of he country will be sapped of their trio's unless the sea ran be brought to tkel doors " This Is n confused statement and unexpected ns coming from one of the most distinguished experts In tho exact science of engineering The Interior cities cannot bo 'sapped of their trade" They are near the sources of production In every article of commerce nnd consumption Tbcy nro tho centers at which are collected for shipment by rail or water the product of tho farms, tho factories, tho forests and the mines They are tho half-way houses or conitnerco between be-tween all the sources of production and the seaports |