Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-18
Epraag Times spbttan 5up Fridap aap is 1901

method of authorization is subtle and
perilous. Would the gentleman from
| Ohio. would he have permitted this bill
to bear his name il the appropriation
was for $50, 00O, 900 direct and the 49, :
900 that will be borne by the sundry
civil bills 6S 900, 900? take 1t he would
not; ard I take it that he would have
been able to &c farther in the direction
that he dfd go.
do not suppose that / am telling any
secrets-in fact, it did not come to me
las secret but that he did compel the
cutting off of s2O,0O0,O0O from this bill
1s 1t was originally drafted. The coun-
try should thank him for that / say
seriously if we could put the RESPONSE
htl;ty on that gentleman I would be
perfectly content to do it. We would
nave a river and harbor bill then that
did not contain fads; we would have a
river and harbor bin that was not filled
With experiments; we would have a
river and harbor bill that did not min
ister to the greed of localities and of in
dividuals. 1t would be national in its
character. and would represent only
tilose works that were of national char
acter and that did give equality of
Blessings to all who contribute to the
expense.
But see another danger looming up:
Here are industrious young men from
the far west. They are now at the
is-adwaters of those great streams They
can not ask for improvements for navi-
cation, for they lack both navigation
end commerce. and often even river
"iay; but tina does not necessarily put a
limitation on desire, and they come to
US With the plea that we must-we must
reclaim the arid lands. little while
% 90 they came with the proposition that
We S should give them the arid land. Many
gentlemen thong htlessly We're willing to
&c IT, But see what it would come to-
( 4 ears ago the congress of the United
Sfates gave the swamp lands and over
flowed lands lying within the borders of
the states to such states.
Shortly after that a gentleman from
Mississippi the one that have be-
fore me now but another one-in con-
junction with other gentlemen from
Louisiana and from Arkansas and from
those states TO whom those lands had
been given on the condition that they.
you'd reclaim them and add them to the
arabic acres of the United States. That
Vas the plea-that that would be a ben
eft to them that they were TO be Cow
cred With corn. cotton. rice and sugar.
So they We're given to the states.
think Louisiana nominally had about
lo,ooo,o00 acres. and I think Arkansas
Aad-on paper, at least-6, 0O0, 900. ( do
not remember what the other states
had; but after they had got the title to-
the lands. then they came up to us in a
river and harbor bill for Improving the
A.ississirpi river, with a scheme so COM
prshsnsve that it would include the
reclamation of those lands, saving them
fsom that duty and expense upon which.
- condition the lands We're given To-
their states
Mr. Mondell--Will the gentleman allow
me TO ask him a question
Mr.. Hepburn-Ye sir.
Mr. Afondell--I wish to ask the gentle.
man from Iowa if he considers ii fair
IN view of the fact that he has ius;
STATED that the government gave CERTAIN
southern. states their lands with the mn
Outstanding that they would reclaim
them. and then appropriated for the con-
struction3 of leveess to protect then-is Ii
now fair that this congress should re-
lass 70 give western states their arid
land and at the same time refuse to ex
tend aid in the reclamation Of tfello
Mr. Hepburn Why certainly IT is an
tsrely fairSto refuse to do that. Isecanss
congress has made a great mistake
because two congresses or many con-
stresses have, where all men can see flow
that mistake has been made. is II wjse
io go on in the light of experience. sfi;1
Numbering and still frittsring away ;,.es
rlble domain? ! do not hesitate TO say
u ths gentleman that 1 havs another
Iva son for that. a selfish che it is true
but I have it, and 1t is strong with ma
When the time comes for the reclan1a-
Lion ri this land and there is an agr,-
cultural necessity forsit. when the mod
net of The farm Is insufficient for tia
food supply. then let the generation IA
lie Affected make these changes. To-day
we have a surplus of farm producers af
hundreds of millions, a surplus that wa
! ave 70 send abroad IN order 10 realizs
upon il at ALL
Sending It abroad as a surplus we per-
fllit the consumer abroad 10 fix the pric.a
That foreign price fixes the price of the
liaduct az home. There will be sub
stantially Q more farms until the arid
ttginn lands ara reclaimed. The availa
bic lands are now occupied. Every nov.
crse is competitor in this overcrowde,,
market with the farms that now exist. 4
When We have such a population as viii
consume all we produce which vii,
probably be in twenty YEARS. when ttfr
~ mora million people will greet 1929.
an We viii con sumo the product that is
our present Surplus. then is the time.
then is tie hoped-for time for the Iowa
farmer. Then he can fix his price in
i,istice. Cloud applanse)
tHere the hammer fell.)
Brave Men Tall
Victims to stomach. liver and kidney
troubles, az well as women, ard all feel /