THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND ESPECIALLY OF THE NEGROES IS INDEFINITELY POSTPONED SO LONG AS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ANNUALLY DESTROYS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF FARM CROPS, BUILDINGS, STOCK, AND IMPLEMENTS; INTERRUPTS RAILROAD COMMUNICATION; AND DESTROYS ALL SENSE OF SECURITY IN THE PURSUIT OF THE REWARDS OF INDUSTRY BY FILLING EVERY SPRING MONTH WITH DREAD THAT FAMILIES MAY BE COMPELLED AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY OR NIGHT TO ADOPT SUCH MEANS AS THESE TO SAVE THEIR PROPERTY AND EVEN THEIR LIVES

RAVAGES OF THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS

AN ANNUAL AND COMPLETE DISORGANIZATION OF CIVILIZED LIFE IN ONE OF THE MOST FERTILE SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, CHARGEABLE DIRECTLY TO RECKLESS DEFORESTATION AND TO PETTY PORK BARREL" POLITICS IN CONGRESS

IN WHICH 12,000 MARCHERS GAVE TO MORE THAN 100,000 SPECTATORS AND THE COUNTRY AT LARGE A STRIKING REMINDER
OF THEIR CAUSE. 1,585,487 WOMEN (MORE THAN THE TOTAL FEMALE POPULATION OF THE 13 ORIGINAL COLONIES) HAVE THE
RIGHT TO VOTE FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT, AND IN THE SIX STATES IN WHICH WOMEN HAVE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE (WYOMING
SINCE 1869, COLORADO SINCE 1893, UTAH SINCE 1896, IDAHO SINCE 1896, WASHINGTON SINCE 1910, CALIFORNIA SINCE 1911)
85 PER CENT. HAVE REGULARLY EXERCISED IT

THE HOUSE IN WHICH GROVER CLEVELAND WAS BORN

THE OLD PRESBYTERIAN MANSE AT CALDWELL, N. J., THAT IS BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A MUSEUM AS A MEMORIAL TO THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT SINCE THE CIVIL WAR