Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-16
"rmE REPUBLIC or IRRIGATION

Since Thomas Moore wrote hiafam'
Gus work describing the imaginary is-
land Of Utopia, whore the enjoyment Of
the greatest perfection In politics, laws
and the like was depleted a. bringing
man 10 the highest pinnacle Of human
happiness, tho schemes to bring about
this ideal condition probably have In.
creased rather than decreased. Some
Of these have been OF the most imprnc'
tloal character, while others have
contaIucd measure OF useful Ideas
some have sought 10 DO away with
large proportion Of human toll, like
the Ffuitarians who are now looking
toward Hawaii A. the place 10 form n
colony where men anu women may
dwell and aubsist on the fruits, vege'
tables and grasses that nature produces
unaiied, aud clotho themselves only In
natures gAtb, while Others havesought
toutillre all the energy OF brain life and
physical effort available. But as yet
the land Of utopian bliss IL an "undis-
covered country" even iu prospective
to those who work with human
forces alone.
The latest scheme containing sug.
ge4tions Of q practical nature that has
been put forth NJ n means OF attaining
Independence and equality, and at the
same time securing 20 all IL toned.
eiAres competency Of this lifes
necessities, 10 by William Il. 5mythr,
editor Of tho Irrigation Age, In what
he dcslguates "rho Republic Of lTri.
CATION" Mt. smytho does not lay
claim 10 being the originator Of the
chief Idea which undetlirs his plan,
but gives credit for the suggestion M
coming from what he desiguhtes the
industrial system OF President
Brigham Young a. II was followed
In Utah In early days, when the
small farm Of 20 acres was ssttled
upon aud made, by irrigation
and careful cultivation, to pro.
duee that which IT, ocou.
pants consumed aud also a surplus OK.
chAngeable for other property. Nit.
smythe's honor In this connection h
his plan for making that system appli.
cable 10 the Great West, or Nud
America As he styles II.
This arid region ~ he describes II no
divides Into four sections which pre-,
sent four different phases Of tho
problem. These sections are: Flnt-
Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota, eastern Colorado aud
Wyoming; seoond-wostern Colorado,
New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, idaho
aud Montana; d--sAstern Wash.
iugton and Oregon; iourIh-Callforniu
and Arizona. The problem Of socur.
ing the greatest produotiyeness from
each Of these seolious he holds has
been fully anu satisfactorily solved
In process OF irrigation suited
to each. Within the area described
there 10 TO DO found, he considers, IN,
remedy for industrial Ills that htiiict IA,
country, "lhe one broad field remain,
ing ON this continent for agriculture
and industrial expansion" where labor
may not be- onlyabsorbod but rewarded
with the means Of living, and where
"the problem OF how TO find the high,
est average prosperity ior the common
people may be solved"
The details OF MI Smythe's plan NJ,
far from being perfected, though Ga,
general plan IL outlined. Toe task of
working out these details IL yet future
but secondary to the design that IL sol
forth. Some Of It Is to DO accomplished
At the next National Irrigation con,
gTess. IL Is proposed 10 Their,
map out number Of scheme,
OF diversified farming, applicable
to different localities, forms Of admin
issration for proposed model colonies
plane for economical and attractlv,
architecture, and the best manner o
training settlers In methods OF soieu
tide ana Intensive cultivation unde
irrigation. Mr. Smytho himself prom
Ices TO undertake To "marsGal the brain
and the heart Of Arid America 10
order 10 hasten by downright pracuCa
means, the making Of the new civil,
z,tion," aud viii leaveIt to DO deter
mined show the results Of these labor
suall bo applied, whether by giyiul
them common publicity or by th
creation Of model colonies under
business administration to be- hereafte
developed"
The scheme Ia brIsi 10 to form van
cooperative movement backed by tn
sympathy and capital OF the country
and the practical experience o
the farming community, to locat
colonies oil over And America, ami
establish sysIems OF irrigation whereof