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Show TAFT ON DEEP WATERWAYS President Advocates Adoption of Definite Defi-nite Plan Instead of "Procession by Jerks" Policy. Corpus Chilstl, Tixiis. -Announcing himself oa mi udvocnte or deep waterways, when suc.i p-.njeets can ho shown to be pruct Iciible, and declining de-clining thn piecemeal "pnau'santi by Joika" policy of congress In the punt with referenca to such liniinivenieiit should be replaced with u di tlnlt 1 plan. President Tun caused much on t liiiel utm at the1 Ititerstute Inland v uterwaya league Intro on Friday. The president auld I hut In uddillon 10 extending commerce, deep liituml wntcrwaya would serve to cotiitol ml I road rales. Meanwhile, be urged the amendment of Ihe Inlerstain laws to niako their provlalotia inoi-e effective. effec-tive. Mr. Tsfl added, however, he did not favor radical legislation, that hla pur-poan pur-poan wua to keep railroad comiNiules within bounds. Hn said the mllroudt ahould bn encouraged. In aome lo-calltlita lo-calltlita ho aald there was a disposition disposi-tion lo do Injustice to Iho rill I roads and drive them to a ayatem of eeon oiny which preventa tho development of ihe country through which they pass. The pmaldent said cltliena would go to anf erxtent tr) get a railroad to come Into their country, but once them, not a friend of thn railroad otniM lis found except, perhaps, the local counsel. The president urged a "square dnl" for the railroads, that they might not be deprived of reasonable reason-able prollta through popular prejudice. |