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down the Ohio and the Mississippi Rivers, through the Panama 
Canal, and around to the Pacific Coast at about one-fourth the 
cost for sending it across the country by rail. This being the 
case, Cincinnati's position is strategic, for she is the nearest large 
city to the center of population, central to the fertile Ohio valley, 
a very important grain center, and has easy access to the ore 
deposits of Northern Michigan and the great soft coal regions of 
the United States. With a clear passage from Pittsburg to the 
Gulf, river commerce should increase enormously, and Cincinnati's 
industrial progress should be correspondingly nurtured. 
