New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-29
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EOPING md IRRIGAIING.

BORING md IRRIGA1ING.
Thcrc is what is called 'Trans-MissIssippi
C,pyress, i'm session at st. Louis. presided over
nv Mr. George q. Cannon. former deiesa'e
to Congress from the Territory or Utah' WHO.
having been welded to Il larger nuihper w
female persons than was permissible uhder ue
laws of the United States, was not so much III
evidence a few years ago as now. lie mas since
,diusted himself with much unwillingness 10
rho laws on that subject by retrenchhs MS wv
mcstic establishment and looping OF Ms SUI
ncrfuous marital luxuries. lie CONTINUES "
Wow fine Federal Government. however III Tic
light Of an oppressive and grinding Vra"n''
which wickedly and dcspotically plays 1p'o 'nc
hands Of Eastern money lenders by refusing us
s,nction to laws making fifty cents worm ol
tbr principal mineral product OF utah anu
Colorado legal tender for dollar. fia'ins
viccd with what grace he might to Govern
mon,,I Interference with his domestic concerns
which cruelty cut him down to one partner oi
his lows and sorrows. he doubtless feels that IL
would he only the fair thing on the part Oh TIE
Government to even things mp by reducing me
doIl,r from one hundred cents to nfiy. ms
bo hcevcs would make the whole country pros
ncrnus ami the people Of Utah and COLORADO
extremely happy He is presiding over "'oh
rrcss' Of persons holding similar views III vi
whom are making remarks upon the subJcct
with hucncy and zeal.
In addition thereto the Trans Mississippi
Congress" has in hand several other schemes OF
the utmost promise for making everybody west
Of the Mississippi rich and prosperous by de-
welcoming the resources Of that vast but somewhat
sparsclv settled and not altogether fertile country
All these are subordinate to the main purpose
however which Is To promote the establishment
Of q system of finance by which the gold bugs
and .'moncy sharks" and "plutOcrats' OF the
East can be compelled to assist in the develop
mcnt Of the Great West by general levy in as
scsslncnt Of ~ per cent upon all their real ana
rcrsonal property one of The most catching OF
These minor schemes is 10 bore through the
Rocky Mountains and draw water from some
where where there Is more water than whiskey
to irricatc all Utah and Colorado and the whole
iuter-moun'nin section formerly known as 1.-THE
Great American Desert" The work is TO he
done by the Government, Of coursc-n the
Trans Mississippi political economy everything
* done bv the Govcrnmcut-and. II we under
stand IL correctly. Is to bc paid for by an issue
If bonds or currency or some such thing which
will be- cheaper even than silver nj fifty cents
ON the dollar The progress Of the work will
furnish occupation for The hundreds of thou
sands of unemployed. and lis completion viii
make the desert bloom and blossom * the rose.
II l. an attractive proposition Now that tn"
ranks II thr unemployed have been swellcG by
the closing II the Denver gambling houses
against the protest Of several large business
firms and corporations. 10y whom II was viewed
~ a wantOn Interference with one Of tolorldOs
most productive industries. such IN opening for
skilled AMI unsettled labor would be- almost
Proydcnial Tie irrigation of the desert also
would furnish opportunities for the inhabitants
70 raise something besides the eighth letter Of
The alphabet, This. in addition TO relieving
their own PLY steal wants. would bring relief to
The rest Of the country. A. TO the feasibility
~ fhr enterprise there can hr no doubt. For
if the Trans mississippi Congress and their con
siituonl> apply themselves 10 boring the Rocky
Mountains with anything like the energy ana
persistence with which they have been boring
the whole country ever since silver fell below
par. they Will have the whole range bored
through lcnsthwsc and honrycombcd with tun-
ncls In less time than II takes free silver
statesman to finish speech on the floor Of the
senate And ~ for irrigation. II They irrigatr
the desert with half the assduy with which,
they rrsatc themselves they will have the
whole country beyond the Mississippi In deeper
water than the stock ~ all the railroads mat
traverse H. More than that they could not ask
ON the whole. this diversion Of the boring ana
irrigailng talent II the Trans Mississippi folks
to a practical and ulilitaran purpose has such
merit that II Is 10y NO means impossible that II
II were properly presented 10 the American
People they would rise mp and vote for ii with
81.
Trans Mssssippans will only bore something
besides the public and irrigatc something besides
themselves the Government ought To encourage
thrm In IT,