Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-03
THE lRRIGATIONISTS
An Association Reorganized and New
Hope Inspired at the Transmits
sissippi Congress.
HOUSTON WINS HER FIGHT
Speech Made in Favor of Territorial Ex-
pansion and the Commercial Inter
ests Of This Country in the
Far East.

Wichita, Kas., June 3.--The National
Irrigation association held meeting
last night and reorganized with Joseph
M. Carey of Wyoming, (author of the
Carey act) president; George Fl. Max
well of California, chairman of the
executive committee: Henry Michaelsen
of Colorado, secretary.
The association reorganized to secure
increased membership and funds to push
claims. Resolutions passed by the
Transmississippi congress on the sub
ject of irrigation are satisfactory to
irrigationists. 1t is this that inspired
them to renewed exertions in behalf of
peopling the arid regions.
Most delegates have gone home and
the Transmississippi congress is thinly
attended today.
Resolutions had been passed, Houston
had won her fight for the next meeting
and only a few papers remained to be
delivered.
w. R. Savage of Wellington and j.
D. Houston of Wichita spoke on sour
trade possessions" Savage made warm
plea for expansion.
T. G. Henry of Denver, created a SEN
sation in his speech on Conditions of
Inter-mountain States" He claimed
these states and territories are actually
retarded and losing population because
of excessive and unjust freight rates,
and depreciation of mining properties
and products generally through monetary
conditions.
Prof. w. H. Isely of Fairmount col
lege concluded the meeting with an ad-
dress on Expansion and our commercial
interests in the far east"
Ex-Governor Prince of New Mexico,
introduced the following resolution rela-
tive to the admission of territories to
statehood.
Whereas, The principle of self-gov-
ernment is the fundamental idea of
American institutions, and no body of
American citizens should be deprived of
it except under temporary circum-
stances which render its exercise i'm
possible.
Resolved, That compliance with that
great principle, as well as every con-
sideration of justice and equity, re-
quires the immediate admission to the
Union of New Mexico, Arizona and
Oklahoma, each of which possesses the
population, character and financial
ability necessary to statehood.
A. s. Goetz, of Eddy, N. NJ, delivered
an address on the ''beet sugar industry" !"
He said in part;
The great southwest, especially the
arid region, under an irrigation system,
offers many advantages for the estab-
lishment Of the beet sugar industry.
'In order to speedily bring about the
necessary conditions and to permanently
establish this industry in the United
States, it is necessary that congress
should declare that the present tariff on
sugar imported shall be maintained for
at least ten years; that the tariff ou
sugar from the tropics shall be contin-
ued; that the cooley contract labor sys-
tenn in the Sandwich Islands be pro-
hibited.
Sugar consumers should not permit
themselves to be led astray and think
that the admittance of sugar from the
tropics, as we'll as from foreign coun-
tries, will lessen the cost to them.
The sugar interests would fall
into the hands of the trusts, and once
they obtain control of the markets the
price can be easily maintained. While
on the other hand the development of
the industry within our own borders