The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-24

Booth Of Los Angeles. Cal. chairman Of
the committee on permanent OTganizati ton,
submitted its report recommending the
President, Thomas F. Walsh. Washing
ton. d. c.; first vice president, former
Governor L. Bradford Prince of New
Mexico; second vice president, z. Thur
Der, New York; secretary, II. 3. Maxson,
1t was recommended that members of
the executive committee and one vice
president be named by delegates from
each state represented.
Mining Millionaire Talks.
Thomas F. Walsh Of Colorado was the
first speaker at the night session, his
theme being Cold and Silver Mining and
the Markets They Afford" He said in
part:
"A point which should be emphasized in
I connection with water storage and irriga-
/ iiOn Il the fact that to a certain extent
/ the interests of agriculture and mining
in the west are closely interviewer. With
/ the development of irrigation population
Is increased and the cost of living re-
duced. With reduced cost it is possible to
work the lower grade ores which have
4 been neglected owing to the Sp3TSeiy set
tied condition of the country and the
great cost of transportation and SubSis-
tence On the other hand agriculture is
greatly benefited by having at the mines
q good market for all the products of the
soil. BY the establishment of the mineral
industries on a paying basis the pros
peTity Of the farmer of the country is
assured THUS. With the growth OF one
comes the increase of the other.
Above all is to be emphasized the fact
that in the vest our opportunities for
making thousands of homes where men
can earn their living from the soil and
be practically independent Of hard times
The safety of our Institutions rests to a
large extent upon the ownership of small
/ farms by the men who live upon them
ana derive their support from the prod
uCtS Of the soil In all the great centerS
of population. like New York and Chi
cage are thousands of unemployed men.
constant sources of danger. There Is no
higher duty for the citizens of the coun-
try at large than TO make il possible for
these unemployed men, who are willing
to work. 10 make for themselves homes
upon the national domain
The dropping of o. the ratio of IN
crease in population of the western states
is highly significant and worthy of con-
SfderatfOu- 1t shows that the easily avail
able resources in agriculture and mining
have been seized upon and that we are
now confronted with 4 different condition
of affairs There Is no question as to the
enormous resources remaining, but these
cannot be utilized by the individual or
even by corporate wealth without some
radical departure
Eastern Men Favor Plan.
John W. Ella of Chicago followed with
I a short address on Forecast of the
AIr Ella dweIt entirely upon the future
{ of the country when a large part Of the
arid lands shall have been reclaimed. and
I
lands into small farms was to be one of
the great sources Of the welfare cf the
country in the time to come.
Dwight b Peard of Arizona read a
/ paper on Government Irrigation Works
! in India and Egypt"
Alexander II. Revell Of Chicag spoke
upon THE GrandeSt Opportunity in the
Pathway of Nations.
photographer Tells of Resources
Frederick H. Newell. photographer Of
] the United States geological survey, de-
liveTed an illustrated lecture on Our IT.
TiEatiOn Resources He said in part:
In any system Of Teclamst ton of the
/ land now vacant it Will probably be nee
eSSary to provide for the condemnation
{ and taking of tracts of land which other
wise block the enterprise. More than
{ this the canals already built in certain
{ localities, although small and relatively
( insufficient. may make il inddViSabie to
/ attempt to reclaim other lands immedi-
ately adjacent. At the outset it would
have been possible, at a slightly grea ter
/ expenditure, to irrtSate all of the lands
I III these tocdnueS instead of only a p0F-
/ ton; but even with existing disadvaa-
4 tages much can be accomplished by
prompt action
: In spite OF the fact that private enter
prise has already taken possession of the
more easily irrigable land, there still re-
/ main millions Of acres to which water can
3 be brought by canals built from the large
d rivers or by the construction Of storage
/ works The cost Of so doing viii not be
I notably large per acre reclaimed, but the
/ total cost Is beyond ordinary corporate
/ EFFORT and more than this, as stated be-
! fore. il cannot be made a source of profit
I without creating a great tenant popula-
! ton and violating some Of the institutions
! of free country
/ The whole situation is illustrative OF
! the fact that certain public utilities OF
, functions cannot be turned over to cor
/ porauOns, to be made a source of profit
J without disastrous effects. In the arid
region water, like air, is essential to life
ana monopoly OF il for speculative pur-
poses cannot De tolerated On the other
J aand, public funds cannot be used to bet
! Ter advantage than in conserving the
J water supply and in insuring its grea test
! possible use in the creation Of thousands