National Rivers and Harbors Congress
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Excerpt from National Rivers and Harbors Congress: Held at Washington, D. C., March 1 and 2, 1922 The National Rivers and Harbors Congress was organized at a convention held in Baltimore in October, 1901, following the defeat, through a filibuster, of a River and Harbor Bill in the preceding March. Reorganized at a convention held in Washington, D. C., in January, 1906, it began the nation-wide campaign in favor of the improvement and use of our rivers and harbors which has been continuously carried on until the present day - and which must be carried on until its object, which is of such vital importance to our national interests, has been fully accomplished. Two conventions were held in 1906 (the second one in December), and conventions were held in December of each year thereafter until, and including, 1916. No conventions were held in 1917 or 1918, on account of the war, but two were held in 1919 - in February and December, respectively, followed by one in December, 1920. The Seventeenth Convention would regularly have been held in December, 1921, but at that time the Conference on the Limitation of Armament was in session and the hotels were overcrowded; consequently it was postponed until March 1 and 2, 1922. It was attended by more than four hundred delegates, representing 31 States and 139 cities. In the character of those in attendance, in the quality of the addresses and discussions and in the interest and enthusiasm manifested it was second to none of the sixteen by which it was preceded. As is indicated by its slogan, the National Rivers and Harbors Congress "Advocates a policy, not a project," and throughout its seventeen years of active service it has consistently and loyally maintained an attitude of entire neutrality with reference to individual projects, no matter what their location or their importance. But its conventions have always been maintained as open forums wherein both the advocates and the opponents of proposed improvements might freely state their views and present their arguments. One of the most notable of these full and free discussions of disputed questions will be found in the following pages. The present volume, which is published by authority of the Board of Directors, contains a full report of the proceedings of the Seventeenth Convention, including the addresses delivered, the reports presented and the Declaration of Principles adopted. The student of waterways and of transportation will find much valuable material in its pages. The Directors and Officers desire to express their thanks and appreciation to those members and friends of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress whose generous contributions to the special printing fund made the publication of this volume possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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