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Mississippi River improvements demand careful national action
The article argues for broad federal leadership to restore the upper Mississippi as a viable commercial waterway. It highlights prior river declines due to rail competition, pressing questions on depth, maintenance, and costs, and urges a federal Mississippi river commission to conduct extensive tests with new studies by a proposed interstate waterway commission.
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Mississippi River
Great Northwest
Upper River
Great Lakes
St. Louis
Ohio River
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Mississippi River Commission
Congress
Europe
German Empire
Wisconsin