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Slogan of the National
Deep Waterway Conven
tion In New Orleans to
Be Attended by Presi
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By JAMES A. EDGERTON.
"F the dikes hold. President Taft
will go by boat from St. Louis to
the deep waterway convention at
New Orleans. It will be a crucial
test and will show whether all the
money spent by the government on the
Father of Waters has been in vain.
Should the president succeed iu mak
ing the whole trip without the banks
giving way congress may be encour
aged to spend a few more hundred
millions on the great river.. This waa
doubtless the idea of the deep water
way people when they invited the
president to take the steamboat trip,
If the Mississippi is strong enough to
withstand the extra strain it is cer
tsSaty strong enough to be made in tp
ship canal. -It was a great scheme,
for it would work either way. If the
dikes did not hold, congress would
Dave- tqt vote money, to re-enforce then
Tht t Be- appropriation was safe who
ever, happened. They had it coming
and: going. Whoever suggested , 4b.es
presidential trip down the Mississippi
fc a genius. , ; , ;T . , .
The ship canal from the great lakes
iue guir is Douna to come, itoose
Telt favored it, Taft favors it. Hnrle
Joe Cannon favors it, and all It- now
ticks is the consent of Senator Ald
Kich. As it is not located in Rhode Is
land. Aldrtch has not become wildly
enthusiastic in its favor. But Aldrich
Meeting Will Deal With
Proposed Widening of
River Routes Projects
of Immense Importance
to the United States,
v -V i . . i 0 r A
to own a ship canal to Joliet whether
she ever got it to New Orleans or not.
Now the state of Illinois has voted
twenty millions more to carry it from
Joliet toward the Mississippi. Even
when Mt reaches the big river, how
ever, the work will only be started, for
the great task lies in straightening,
deepening and making permanent the
channel of that stream itself. If the
Father of Waters , were a well be
haved, dependable river that would
stay put, matters would be simplified,
but.it has a habit of changing its
course: overnight, so that its., pilots
must learn it all over every trip. This
is ulot only hard on the pilots, but on
the boats, which may run on -a new
san$ bar or a sunken log at any mo
ment Tt Is one thing to, dig a ship
canal and another to, make tt. ettay dug,
especially if it is in Ihe MisaiRninn
Today the channel may .be. all right.
anq tomorrow it may be n mile away,
running over, somebody's , plantation.
Moreover, the river 1$ so. big and car
ries such a volume of water that it Is
bard to discipline it
An Elevated River.
Most rivers run in a trough, but the
Mississippi runs on n ridge. , Tjt . is
higher than the surrounding country.
This elevation if has built up itself
through the. vast amounts of,, sediment
that it tears out of the landscape and
carries downstream. A. tnan may not
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W. K. KA VAN A UGH OF CHICAGO. PRESIDENT OF LAKES TO THE
GULF. DEEP WATERWAY CONVENTION STEAMBOAT MISSIS;
sir pi, Which will carry president taft map of route.
will not live forever and it is said
wHl retire in 1911. His retirement
may mean the ship canal's arrival, or '
if not f hen it will put in an appear
ance later. Nothing can stop it. It
bas been a long time coming, but is
almost , here. The, -refrain "fourteen
feet in , the valley'' will be sung till
hips run from Joliet to Baton Rouge.
At the New Orleans convention,
which: lasts from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2,
President Taft will speak the first
day, Vice President Sherman the sec
ond day and Speaker Cannon the third,
day. This shows that the deep water
way scheme is already drawing deep
watec , There will be so many govern-rs--
present that it will be easier to
name-those that are not on hand than
those-that are. .There will- also ' be
-Bneifc a;' numerous delegation of congressmen-
and senators that it will
look like- it session of congress on pork
day. AIT these governors,- senators
and congressmen will follow the presi
dent down the river.- It is question
able If so much greatness was ever be
fore afloat on one stream at one' time.
, If the Mississippi can get away , with
all that, it can bear up under the ship-
' Bing- of the world.
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Chicago Drainage Canal. v,
Ther only reasons the lakes , to gulf
eso&I bas not been dag before this are
that It costs a bunch of . money ana
the engineers have not finished figur-i
tog out how, to do ,It.: Chicago, has
mar! a n srnrf tvr fUffpInc her dralnBce
ditch, which she calls by the more po
s Kte name of the sanitary ;canal' and
St. Louis calls names that are not fit
to print. The sanitary canal extends
as far as Joliet and really is a large
" even u it is not & Deauuiui or ..sweet
melllng stream. Chicago might have
dug it much smaller and had it ample
for sanitars purpbs'e?, btU that Js, not
Chicago's way. She -was determined
be able to lift" himself ' by the' boot
straps, but the' Mississippi has done
something' like that.-. It, is not .only, a
restless but an aspiring stream that
wants to climb" " ' ' ' : ' '
Dikes on the Mississippi are as nec
essary as the dikes of Holland. If it
were not for them the lower' river
would .wander all over the scenery.
New Orleans would be another Venice.
Some of the Louisiana and Mississippi
plantations would have to be cultivat
ed by submarines. " Tat is the reason
Mississippi . floods, , cause seven differ
ent kinds of consternation in the lower
valley. The dikes do not always hold.
and it is hard to repair them with sev
eral, million tons of water pressing
through. It is hoped, however, that
there will be law water when Taft
makes'- his trip,; so .that the unusual
weight will, not cause an inundation,
Perhaps the, original Jdea in, having
Mark Twain pilot the president's boat
was to relieve the strain. Mark bas a
way of lightening things up;-4-He was
afraid to tackle.the job, however. Per
haps be reflected that the congressmen
in the follow up boats might have a
number of f undelivered - speeches in
their beads, and these would: be so
heavy v they ? would cause the. river to
, On of the deep waterway conven
tions - was beld at Memphis, and this
was attended by Mr. ' Roosevelt, who
also went "to" if in a boat Nothing
more disastrous v happened than that
the; president ripped a steamboat tap-
tain up the back. -Nobody remembers
.Whatv the, captaiq did, but everybody
recalls what Roosevelt said. How
could they, forget?. Thus words some
times Hve longer than deeds. At that
1 lime ; me presiueni expressea nimseix
I In ' an enthusiastic way . fop the ship
canal as a general proposition, but re-
f used",, to : go'i Into 'details: -tPerhapa
thoughts of the shifting bed of the
Mississippi made him sidestep beilfe
too specific. If that river can be made
to settle down and stay at home it will
save trouble. . -V i
"Fourteen Feet Through the Val
S ley." ,.
That the supporters of the deep wa
terway are in earnest is shown by the
fact tha.t they have ". written poetry
about it. This poetry evidently came
hard and resulted from a, stern sense
of duty. We forbear quoting more
than one stanza, but the rest show the
same grim resolve to write a 'song or
die:.,. ,., Jy , A ;;.-:, ,,;:,
We represent the people who want the
waterway r -; i .
Fourteen feet through the valley. -
We represent the shippers, who have the
biggest say - .. .
Fourteen feet through' the valley.
We want the ships a-running and lower
ing the rate , . .
Fourteen feet through the valley.
And if we get the water we'll guarantee
- the freight
Fourteen feet through the valley.
'The proposed ship canal connects
with Lake Michigan ,at,,!hicago, fol
lows the Chicago , drainage canal to
Joliet, thence down the Illinois river
to the Mississippi and by the.Missisr
sippi , to the .gulf. ''Fourteen feet
through the. valley" represents depth
at low. water. The project Includes
more than .the.ship canal. , It also em
braces nine feet up the Ohio, to Pitts
burg. ; six feet up 'Jhe Mississippi to
Minneapolis and six feet up the Mis
souri to Sioux City. , ' ; :: -. , .:,,
!,Toi .Reed once said that "the.. Mis
souri .river, is rnot navigable and the
Mississippi river ought not to be." but
it - was. on., one. of his .erouchv. davs
when , most of the- congressmen were
yelling for river and.harbor ppropria-.
tions. The witticism should now be
revised and made-to read, 'The Missis
sippi river is navigable, and the Mis-r
souri river ought to be." When it is
reflected that the great river and its
tributaries "an; freight - from - a- vast
territory extending from ,, IMttsburgi to,
Omaha and from Minneapolis to New
Orleans and that by means V of", the
ship canal and, the proposed, connec
tion with the Red River of the North
it could also reach the great lakes re-
gion,and the Canadian northwest the
importance of the giant scheme can
be dimly realized. It - would extend
the recast; line. of. the .nation by. multi
plied thousands of miles, would relieve
crop.; congestions througbout the vast
wheat corn and, cattle belt would
lower .freight rates, would make a con
tinuous ship canal from New York via
the, enlarged Erie canal to Buffalo,
thence through the. great, lakes to Chi:
cago and from" there down the Missis
sippi to the gulf, would furnish a new
outlet to such important trade centers
as Chicago, St. Louis. Pittsburg, Cin?
cinnati.' Louisville.' Sioux City, Omaha.
Kansas City, Minneapolis. St. Paul and
Memphis and would be a boon to the
farmers- and merchants of ..the entire
interior of the United States and Can
ada, i
Will Reduce Freight Rates.1
Take the question of freight tariffs
TAFT'S NEXT TRIPS.
Figuring Already - on Visits to
- ; Panama and Alaska.
TO GO TO ISTHMUS ANNUALLY
Has Announced His Purpose of Seeing
. For Himself Each Twelvemonth
Progress on Canal His Ideas on
Alaska Combated.
Although President Taft's present
tour of thu United States is far from
completion, plans are already being
made for his next two trips, which
will take h'im from Washington to
Panama and Alaska. It is reported
that the president is figuring on a run
down to : the isthmus of Panama and
back- during' the three weeks of the
Christmas recess of congress. The
president is making plans, too, for a
trip to Alaska next summer. .:, ;,, :
The trip to Panama, will depend al
together ,on Mrs. Taft's health. : Re
ports from Beverly of. her steady .im
provement have delighted the presi
dent,' and be is looking forward to the
sea voyage to the isthmus with, her,
, The president Intended to have Mrs.
Taft. accompany him on his present
western trip, but her health would not
permit ' -' '
When the president' visited' Panama
last spring he announced that it would
be bis policy to make a trip-to the isth
mus, once a year.. He added that he
wanted first hand information on. the
progress of events there and that he
believed a, ylsit . by the . president . to
have a most wholesome effect upon
the canal's, working force..
Included Alaska In Present Tour..
The president had originally Included
Alaska in his present jaunt, but the
late adjournment of -congress forced
nim to cut it out. The president wishes-
to see the territory with his, own
eyes before recommending the legisla
tion that he has proposed in regard to
its government.
Next to-the president's' tariff speech
his .Alaska program has probably
aroused the most antagonism of any
thing said on his trip;- A lot of people
in the Pacific, coast states have busi
ness Interests, in Alaska, and tnany
more .have relatives who have settled
In that country.
The latter are ruffled at the presi
dent's characterization of Alaska's pop
ulation as nomadic and unfit for self
government, - They argue that the min
ing town populations in Alaska are no
more, lacking in the qualifications nec
essary' for .self government than were
the miners of California and other
mineral sections of the west that have
developed Into great commonwealths.
'. Opposed to the President.
The Pacific coast people who are opi
The highest medical authority
Sir James Crichton Browne, LL. D. F. R. S.
of London,
gives the best reasons for eating more
Oats
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In an article published in the
Youth's Companion of Septem
ber 23rd, 1909,. Dr. Browne, the
great medical authority on
foods, says', about brain and
muscle building-
"There is one. kind of food
that seems to me of marked
value as a food to the brain and
to the whole body throughout
ehildhood and adolescence
, (youth), and that is; oatmeal.
v "Oats are the most nutritious
of all the cereals, being richer
in fats, organic phosphofus and
lecithins:" " " !
He says oatmeal is gainiijg1
ground with the well-to-do of
Great Britain. He speaks of it
as the mainstay of the Scottish
.,lahprer's diet and says it pro
duces a big-boned, well-devel-
oped,;, mentally energetic race.
His experiments prove that
good oatmeal such as Quaker
Oats not only furnishes the best
food for the human being, but
eating it strengthens and en
larges the thyroid gland this
glnd is intimately connected
with the nourishing processes
of the body.
In conclusion he says
i "It seems probable therefore
that the bulk and brawniness of
the Northerners (meaning the
Scotch) has been in some
measure due to the stimulation
of the thyroid gland by oatmeal
porridge in childhood." 7
'-The Scotch eat Quaker Oats
because it is the best of all oat
meals.; - v
alone. Not only the boomers of the j p0Sed to the president's proposed gov-;
era men t by commission in Alaska say
that .Is the form which the wealthy
men of the territory want. They want
the commission because it will mean a
less number-of persons with whom
they will have to deal in getting sat
isfactory legislation. , i v .; :
The Pacific coast people add that all
of the common people. of Alaska, on
deep.waterway project, but commercial
bodies in many cities and towns of the
country, have adopted the motto, "Riv
er regulation is rate regulation".; The
proof of jthe statement "as it relates to
the Mississippi valley is furnished by
the report of the chief of engineers a
few years ago: ' (' j , v
"Comparative, rates between Pitts
burg and Memphis by rail and river j the other hand, are demanding self
on son coai: uy ran, su mues, $3.73 ; government.
per ton; by river, 1.218 miles, 42 cents
per ton." Figures from -this same re
port show another interesting comparir
son between the rail and river rates:
"St. , Louis to St. Paul- by rail, 573
mries, first class, 03 cents per hundred;
sixth, 21 cents; by river. 729 miles, first
class, 40 cents; sixth, 14 cents.'
the orediction of an armv pnMnppr fnr.
merly in charge of river improvements ' that of his brother as first aroused
ntPiriainirthnf-thonfoi fi by Octave Chanute's book on aerial
MAN WHO TAUGHT WRIGHTS.
Wilbur Gives Credit For Interest In
Flying Machine to Octave Chanute.
Speaking i New York of his first at-
It" is l-t;l,Jf'-B w uJt nuur ngni ueciareu.
tnai ms inreresr in aeroplanes ana
portation to New Orleans, 2,000 miles
away, at present " aboul 75 cents ,per
ton,j including the-cost of returning
empties and all Incidentals, will be re
duced to 40 :cents , when, a nine foot
channel is obtained .the year round.
This will be about one-fifteenth of the
cheapest existing rail rate. -
Ot almost . - equal importance - ' with
cheaper , freight rates is the prompt
.moving of the crops. The increasing
carshortages show the railroads un-.
equal to the: task; : There appears no
simpler, , cheaper and ..more effectual
method of meeting the situation than
by the use of the rivers- ; ;
Here is-the real force behind' the
ship, canal proposition. . It is business,
not.sentiment That is the reason it
will win. Whether it is "fourteen feet
through the valley" or ten, it will gain
the day at some depth. The chief en
gineer who reported on the proposition
was inclined to cast doubts on the
fourteen foot thing, in spite of the po
etry put over in its behalf. He thought
a Jess number of feet might answer
and would not be in the same danger
from the changeable .Mississippi cur
rent; This may , have been a case
where official timidity , tried to get in
the. way of the American spirit, to be
run over and ground under the wheels
in consequence.' The promoters of the
enterprise all live along the Mississip.
pi,; have- studied the situation and be
lieve that iour teen feet is feasible and
necessary, -ertain,4t is, -that-freighW
era are ever-growing In size and hence
have , deeper bottoms. . If this canal is
designed to carry ocean traded even
: fourteen feet will soon be too' shallow.
To show his faith in the project Wil
liam K. Kavanaugh, ihe president of
the deep waterway - commission,' has
incorporated a $10,000,000 corporation
to -navigate the Mississippi and td pro
mote; the ship canalv' It is this coni
mission that - has- arranged - the New
Orleans gathering .and .will take Presi-;
tdent Taft -down the river in the steam
ship Mississippi, always provided that
the dikes hold. 1 ' - ,
navigation.: , r. ; ! .
"When my brother Orville and I be
gan working on aeroplanes we simply
wanted to get something that would
stay in the air. We started with con
trivances like box, kites. -. 'Gliders' we
called them. We glided with them,'
and then we Installed engines, and
they actually, stayed in the air. After;
that, the machines: which arei called
Wright aeroplanes were finished. .
" "My brother and, I were in, the bicy
cle business in .Dayton when we be
came interested in kites. We experi-
1 mented with them Then we got hold
of Octave Chanute's book on aeriai
navigation.- We read n with great in
terest. After more studying we built
gliding, machines. During all of this
time we were in the bicycle business.
We did not have much money, but all
we had was put into our aerial expert
iments. .'
"We knew a great deal about mo-,
tors, and with this knowledge we were
able to install into our gliders motors
that were able to keep us in the air.
That was the way we came to invent
aeroplanes.-" I have never studied di
rigible balloons. I don't suppose I
know the first thing about them."
St. Louisan Has a Hot-Air-Ship.
L. S. Flateau, a St. Louisan, has
built a -model of an aluminium hulled
airship, Which," ne believes,"WUl 'solve
most of Hhev difficulties, whiph the air
ships so far built have been unable to
overcome. . Mr. Flateau's idea is to fill
the aluminium Shell with hot air and
keep the air always at 200- degrees P.
with four powerful Bunsen burners. ;',
Longer Trip Than President Taft's. '
J Mrs.. Philip N.-Moore,-president of
the General Federation, of Women's
Clubs," is one of the busiest women in
the country. 'She is on a. tour which
will last longer and ,carry. ,her; over
more territory, than the present trip of
President Taft.- For several weeks she
has been atten'dTng"stat "conventions'
of women's clubs.
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