New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-27

&c -. ,1r,Rs~ THAT SOW - I' VASE
.-,.p,.,.,, TO- coon Use AID DAMAGE hf
FLOODS WOULD BE PREVENTED
,. N,on, Sept 2G-The congress IA 'a'0'
Ms'', - reclamation o. Grid lands i"1 a.
,,eresting session to-day. ana 'i' y, d,.c,rsed
e,ted by numlNr OF 81" "N''' I'D =, the
s,.oren, nbases oi IT, They agreeu ]" ~
.ossi,v for and importance % '"o ,,z VINO
hee' .,,ror II M,s'ord. Of PhrHN AIM
a ,n. oongrers was a. one t'E
-,n., from Wisconsin, later Wa 49,. ,h.
,,1ona resigning the latter ''",' 49, e., the
"oiooelcy Of the Isl rerr'oN"' 't. If his
90 mr. "a. spoke Of ine l'ru"F ,
spanish wal 80 the Salt River Of Arizona
nome ,,,o ,reyaiis through irrgd""' az"
~he.e ,aS ,ne millions Of fertile acres iha' ~.
main unproducuve BECAUSE OF Tie 1901"
water ,r.ptoSE
WOULD SERVE \ DOUBLE ~ III
Tina sneaker believed these LANDS S",-' ,,,,t,,
.,a,noed nv the National Government - ,a, tho
s"n,. ,or great reservoirs in which 10 "'rs'"' n-
eood waters that now ln iF9"'
checked 10 the sea lie seld-
,, ,...r the heads If the gtea' taNffs
Mi tmpound such quantities OF "a.e' ton Of tho
need longer be- iG"i re- improvo- and add
IONS ions. ~ IN" lower Mississippi The es"y Wc
Je,iiro hVt,,, ~ .uch "a disposition OF 'ue -
funds cannot De questoHeu "a ,Tar lie amount
~ 49,, mat had been expended IN ihli r.,
Tox and Wisconsin rivers wouid ne c0ntroi and
buiid a reservoir system mat "Yur U,red millions
S,sfrihute water to rrigate one ,Se annual
OF acres OF land. ana foie'eI M 'rd property
iorg he Missouri ana Mississippi rN rtS MAJ had
stated that II onr,'e..m 81 10 protect prop
Den 80 The Mississippi River h'd been cap fh
IN DIiun u5 rs tributary the Missouri nsIS "o"''
he no more danger from inc l'. crt,',r tt,u The
am piiyp1'e e ,n'1ee that haS been fooled aw.5
Senator II lur mon H., Navigation Of the VISION
bod if4
building atnnS - ~ producti,e land as waS e',
m IliHi ~, ~ hoe would now bee really 10 Iy.p"'',
fo the hushaadmanS tot "' l"n to mis- dale
mrs ~ he Engineer Corps nave Auto'". MT
b"ildine ~ reservoirs aS means oil pi"'' ,t,,,i.1
Sor Ihe pnrpose Of irrigation. They ha. f,r
i H, -" ~ Culy vav 20 regulate the v"lune GOT ~
was to control the ho| nt elt.t tnne w. io Dee
1I hv 10 erndually escape II mis- be w. .,
certainly more wise % imp'u.'u ''.9
sIso FOR the purposes ~ iriisau"h
NOT UNDERSTOOD ~ THE EAST
s..,.r s,.,oner made a remarkable spec IA
~, c,',. vhiie the matter VAS under coRs!e'i
ton last session. He took IN. endangtr tie
construction Of these dams "0H'u TnI1 End he
nroeneri,v OF the fathers OF NiSo'.1 ~.
East by increasing comPg '',,1 NIKE -50eo
NE ~ Eighty acres each. whose occ Ip"I.S ~
b exempt from me ,h y,,teT t-edful Tor their
crops instead Of depending ola '.r H.. f.rr,rrs
q, ,be Eas. had nothing 10 fear because ''r ,ii,s
Of he West wanted 10 r"se agr,.''ols" Atu,y and
H.. toll OF mt
1.,,..d a. Nes selfish Obstruct the ueN'
% ~ arid lands for fear or ccnlltu'ivi. .itiD,
ur,stion ,tsrlf protects tht grover ON. 49,
- ,,.,,lI Inc, none and our Eastern iI'vi"s No.
~, ,h.Ir fears and vote TO let us nav" d"
,",ilions from the public Treasury. IN Iv'.""
W. many millions We have voted 10 ihem l'' '"'
bOrs and rivers J., Ill. ..,. axhar-f4d
"a srsbifious American farm boys ale ir"NI.ss '.o
parent roofs. PROSPECTING l.r new led
,,nust ne provided. Thousands IN tie ON go
ni,i.s are longing for farm life. m houSi'i.u9
worthy foreigners want homes h,sr " '',, ,
can only Doe. met In the arid region ne w 49,
mn, could bee compensated fuut Tor us VNtv.,
.,,r.s ~, rh. sale Of It's Own lana az Ws
80 .rj tfa land would be IN no s~iise a sll' ~
H. ne~pl- 40 internal improvement can 40 me-
GOOD than Thu. II Will yield ten TINES Ire ''"''
e. no gained hv improving rivers or hafnV'S' 80,
believe National system OF Nllsauon - '.
o,ty means Whereby a perfect deVelopment oi o'i
S,rT,ain can he made and our country naldH'e'
4 and made symmetrical Millions from NE 'D4.l-
r1sted centres would obtain homes lIas.Oi i'.l'
me desert into paradise. The GoNerHW'5'' ]" ia.
nes. has loaned its credit 10 Dulld idlH"a"S' a. '
sivop largely for the benefit or commerce il ii"S
Sesnrned harbors and raised leVt"- on many
WAYS: vet none Of these can compare WIN '"' W.
,.ei1nnent OF the almost raincsS West.
There can be no doubt. however tha' mos.
~ IN educate Congress and III" l'obl" Z" "'
lfsf unon This question have "a gigantic ask n'
fnre them Comparatively fcw or our '""n'i ~
living I'm tne Eastern states have any c"h''p'i"i
80 ,ha MAGNITUDE ~ our great rivers. VIZ" q"
God and our canals and irrigation rl'tN'S "i'
,,,ferlv incomprehcusibc 20 them. To i1r atrl"s'
rnsiden, ~ me East the irrigation or ancient h6lP
a. ~ PALMYRA H. e more familiar subject ina"
the Irrigation Of our Western plateau