The herald., 1893-07-14
THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS,
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Secretary of State Gresham
to Assist the Enterprise.
He Has Brought It to the Attention
OF Foreign Countries.
He communicates With the Chamber OF
Commerce on the Matter and 81 &
Ancloses one of His
Circulars.
The following correspondence explains
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

The following correspondence explains
itself:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
WASHINGTON, July 8, 1898 81
9. D. Willard, Esq, Secretary Chamber Of Com
Merce, Los Angeles, CAL:
SIR: Referring to your letters OF May
18th and June 17th, last, enclose here
with copy OF circular dated July 2.
1893. sent by this department to the dip
lomatic officers OF the United States, in-
structing them to informally bring to
the attention OF the government to
which they are respectively accredited,
the meeting at Los Angeles OF the inter-
national irrigation congress, on October
10, 1898, and invite them to send dele
gates thereto.
am, sir, your obedient servant,
W.Q. GRESHAM.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, July z, 1898
To tho Diplomatic Officers OF the United States:
GENrLEMEN At the fourth annual
session of the Trans Mississippi con-
qrecs Which met at Ogden, territory of
Utah, April IA, 1893, at which all tho
states of the United States and terri.
tories west OF the Mississippi river we're
represented by regularly appointed del
egates, the following resolution, ad.
dressed to the president of the United
States. was unanimously passed on
April 26th:
Whereas, The greater part OF the
Trans Mississippi section represented in
this eongress is actively interested in
the irrigation industry. and in a large
measure dependent upon irrigation for
the DEVELOPMENT of it's agricultural re-
sources, and
Whereas, An International irrigation
congress is to meet at Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia, October 10, 1898, at which load
ing irrigationists cf the United States,
Europe, Asia and Australia will be pres
ent, and where number of important
questions relative to irrigation law, irri.
cation securities and irrigation methods
will receive discussion and action, there.
fore, be it
Resolved, That this congress OF the
Trans Mississippi states hereby requests
the president of the United States to is
sue an invitation to foreign governments
of countries where irrigation is prac-
ticed, asking them to send delegates to
the international congress at Los Ange-
les and be it furthermore
Resolved, That the Mississippi
states be urged to send representatives
to the congress, and that their respec-
tive governments be requested to exert
themselves to make the undertaking the
success which the dignity and impor-
tance OF the subject to be considered
meyits.
The subject OF irrigation is one that is
rapidly assuming vast proportions in the
United States. particularly 30 far as con-
Germs our large extent OF ard lands, and
the success which has attended its prac-
tice therein has naturally caused it's
spread throughout the regions OF our
territory as we'll.
The congress which it is proposed to
convoke at Los Angeles will pTobobly be
attended bya thousand delegates coming
from all the states of this union where
irrigation is practiced and from foreign
counties more or less directly interested
in the nubject. 1t promises, moreover,
to be an important convention OF perscns
actively interested in 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 and to officers of
public lands and with scientific re-
ters of the arid regions. Hence the
exchange OF ideas of writer's on irrigation
and others having practical experience
with reference to irrigation problems,
cannot but prove highly beneficial to
this most important industry, not only
to our country, but to all others where
irrigation is practiced even to limited
extent.
The interest evinced by the chamber
of commerce OF Los Angeles, California,
in behalf of the international irrigation
congress and by the chairman Of the
committee on irrigation and reclama-
tiun 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
less extent, leads the department to
hope for favorable responses from
abroad, in order to obtain the fullest
possible expressions Of opinion on the
subject.
The department OF the interior will be
represented at the proposed meeting BY
an officer to be detailed by the secreta-
ry of that department for the purpose OF
giving such information as NAV be de-
sired concerning the results obtained by
the surveys which have been carried on
for several years under the auspices of
the general government.
You are accordingly instructed to in
formally notify the government to
which you are accredited OF this meet
ing of the international irrigation con-
gress, which is to convene at Los An
geles, California. October 10, 1898, and
request its cooperation through duly
accredited delegates.
l am, gentlemen, your obedent serv-
ant, W. @. GRESHAM.
The Ladies'.
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