Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-15
MUST HAVE IRRIGATION.
TT WITT TURN DREARy WASTES
iNrO PRODUCTIVE TERRITORY.
MIR. y. II. Moses President OF the western
Retail Dealers Association. Talks
on u Matter in Which lie Is
Deeply Interested.

Mr. r. II. Moses. Of Great BEND. kas.,
! president OF the Western Retail Implc.
mcnt Dealers Association. while one of
The most enthusiastic implement dealers
| IN the state of Kansas. does not allow
his business IN that line to absorb his
whole attention. For years he has been
one of the most earenst advocates Of ir-
rigation, and with his money. his tongue
| ana pen has lent valuable assistance to
the scheme FOR the salvation of the arid
lands OF the West
He is president of the Interstate 1rrl-
cation Association and is one Of the
men most deeply interested in the mat
ter Talking yesterday on the subject.
he said:
''ln little less than two years of agl.
tation Of this subject we have aroused
a deep interest I'm the matter all over
the West At all points the people are
agitating the subject. and the agitation
has come TO stay. II is the salvation Of
the West and vitally concerns every
land owner and business man We have
homes out in the sparsely settled coun-
try there for a million more people lust
as soon as we have proper irrigation.
Without it we cannot have the rros-
peritN we deserve No country can PROS
per where we SOW eighteen times and
reap ten. Three years of fair crops and
two years of prosperity will not paw. 1t
IS speculative farming and must cease.
We must have an assured water supply,
ana then We can raise enough on twenty
acres of land to- sustain a family and
give a competence besides
'There never was "A time when so
many people were talking irrigation as
now They can sec exactly how 1t will
increase their earnings and make them
certaintes each year. 1t would rob the
drouth of its horrors and make the vail
leEs of the Arkansas and the Cimmaron.
the sand hills of Seward and the SOUTH
west fertile as the Nile. able to support
and reward all who would settle there
and toll
What our state and the West need s
more production and more certain re-
turns rake our state over and find the
farmer who during the past fifteen wears
has had the benefit of good averages in
his crops and used good methods in
handling his business affairs and YOU
VIII find him a well-to-do man. But irri-
cation will add immeasurablv to this
and give its benefits to all instead of to
a few.
THE farmer who has been raising
twenty-five bushels of wheat per acre
Will ON the same ground raise 400 bushels
of potatoes. The difference in the in-
come can be easily computed by turning
TO the market report and getting the
prices. With irrigation we would give
the farmer an opportunity to handle a
diversity of crops and escape the ills Of
low prices and over production of the
staples. All the finer lirss of farming
and market gardening would be taken
up and all our delicacies and staples
would be raised at home.
The increased number of farms would
help our towns. our schools. our
churches, would elevate and improve otI.
every condition. We must have irriga-
ton"
TRY these delicious pop-overs" Made
with DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder.