Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-07-29
FOR IRRIGATION.
A Congress Called at Los An
geles. What Gresham
Says.
The Irrigation Interests OF the
Whole World to be Repre-
scented.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
wv ASHTNCr,nN InIv INK

w ASHlNGIcN, july 4, 1OVc'
To THE DIPLoMATIC OFFICERS OF THE
UNITED STATES.
GENTLEMEN:-At the fourth annual
session of the Trans Mississippi congress
which met at Ogden, territory of Utah,
April a, 1893. at which all the states
and Territories west OF the Miss ssippi
river were represented by reg ilarly
appointed delegates, the following
resolution, addressed to the president of
the United States, was unanimously
passed on April &c:
WHEREAS, The greater part OF the
trans Mississippi section represented in
this congress is actively interested IN
the irrigation industry and il a large
measuIe dependent upon irrigation for
the development OF its agricultural
resources; and
WHEREAS, An International Congress
S to met at Los Angeles, California,
October 10th, 1893, at which leading
irrigationists OF the United States,
Europe, Asia, and Australia will be
present, and where number of i'm
portant questions relating to irrigation
law. irr cation securities, and irrigation
methods will receive discussion AID
action; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Congress of the
Trans Mississippi States hereby requests
the President of the United States to
issue an invitation to foreign govern
ments of countries where irrigation is
practiced, asking them to send delegates
to the International Congress at Los
Angeles; and be it furthermore
RESOLVED, That the Trans Mississippi
States be urged to send representatives, TO
the Congress, and that their respective
governments be requested to exert
themselves to make the success which
h dignity and Importance of ths
subject 30 be considered merits.
The subject OF irrIgatiOn- is one that
is rapidly assuming vast proportions IN
the United States, particularly so far as
concerns our large extent of arid lands.
AID the success which has attended its
praCtica thsrsIn mas naturally caused
It's spread throughout the rainy regions
Of our territory as we'll.
The congress which it is proposed to
convene AZ Los Angeles will probably
be attended by thousand delegates
coming from all the States OF this
Union where irrigation is practiced
and from foreign countries more or less
direstly interested in the subject. 1t
promises moreover, to be an important
convention OF persons actively interested
IL the development of the western half
of the United States by means of
irrigation. The matters to be discussed
are OF immediate practical interest to
the nation ard to officers of the govern
ment having to 90 with the public
lands and with scientific researches
pertaining to the sole and water of the
arid regions. Hence the exchange OF
ideas OF writer's on irrigation and others
having pTacticl experience with ref
erence to irrigation problems can not
but prove highly beneficial to this most
important interest, not only to our own
country, but t. all others where
irrigation is practiced even to limited
extent.
The interest evinced by the Chamber
of Commerce Of Los Angeles, California,
ia behalf of the international Irrigation
Congress and Dy the Chairmen of the
Committee on Irrigation and Reciama-
ton OF Arid Lands of the United
States Senate, speaking for the people
of all that part of the United States
which depends upon irrigation to.
greater or lees ext 5nt, leads the Depart
msnt to hope for favorable resp Jnses
from abroad, in order to OBTAIN the
fullest possible expressions or opinion
on the subject.
The Department of the Interior Will
be repre- .entsd al the proposed meeting
by an officer to be detailed 10y the
Secretary of that Department, for the
purpose Of giving such information as
as may be desired concerning tae results
obtained by the surveys which have
been carried Oh for several years under
the auspices of the General Govern
meBt.
You are accordingly instructed to
Informally notify the Government to
which you are accredited OF this meet
ing of the International Irrigation
Congress, which is II convene at Los
Angeles, California, October 10, 1898,
and request its cooperation through
duly accredited delegates.
Lam, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
W. Q. GRESHAM.