. Conservation. Forests and forestry. 6o6 CONSERVATION should begin at once, i he improvement of the branches of this main line, such as the Upper Mississippi with its tributaries; the Ohio with its leading tributaries, including the Tennessee and Cumberland; the Mis- souri ; the Arkansas; the Red, the White, and other rivers; and the interstate inland water- way of Louisiana and Texas, should proceed simultaneously with the development of the principal line. The deep waterwav is practically complete from Chicago to Joliet through the courage and enterprise of the single city of Chicago, which
. Conservation. Forests and forestry. 6o6 CONSERVATION should begin at once, i he improvement of the branches of this main line, such as the Upper Mississippi with its tributaries; the Ohio with its leading tributaries, including the Tennessee and Cumberland; the Mis- souri ; the Arkansas; the Red, the White, and other rivers; and the interstate inland water- way of Louisiana and Texas, should proceed simultaneously with the development of the principal line. The deep waterwav is practically complete from Chicago to Joliet through the courage and enterprise of the single city of Chicago, which has by the expenditure of $55,000,000 created a deep channel across the main divide between the waters of Lake Michigan and those of the Mississippi. A special board of survey, composed of United States en- gineers, reported to Congress in 1905 that the continuation of the deep waterway from Joliet to St. Louis was feasible, and would cost only $31,000,000. The state of Illinois, assuming that the Federal Government will take the responsibility of completing the waterway to the Gulf, is about to cooperate to the extent of $20,000,000. The delegates to this convention heartily congratulate the great commonwealth of Illinois and the splen- did city of Chicago on their initiative, and express the hope and belief that their exam- ple will influence other States to lead to similar effective cooperation. A special board of survey, composed of United States engineers, was through the efforts of this association created by Con- gress last year, to survey the deep waterway route from St. Louis to the mouth of the Ohio, and to report to Congress the feasibil- ity and cost of the waterway. That board will report during the winter; and we, the delegates to this convention, demand that when this report is made, Congress shall at once provide funds sufficient to begin opera- tions in a large and effective way. The broad plan for improving all the waterways for navigation should take ac- cou
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