The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-28
WESTERN DEVELOPMENT.

nRESEDENT J. J. Hill. Of The
" Great Northern possesses IN
4 boznde6 faith IN the future Ct the
Paeifc coast He has gzuwn up
With the West. aad It's development
has made him 9 man Of vast means
and . railway EzEnate Of the first
rank The marvellous growth OF the
| opinion. the prelude 70 far greater
strides II material advancement with
| the reclamation Of the arid region and
the inevitable mastery OF the Asiasle
s-ade
There sre a th Jusand million PEG
/ ole OF cur western coast he said in
z Chicago Tribune interview. with
/ whom re should trade. and yet re
reach out for il
/ He coufesses 10 the handicap Of the
| present coast country. but he IS san
gulne OF the good time coming when
the Uniterd States shall dominate the
trade Of Asia Hr. Hill insists that
the building up OF such q trade vii
| depend In a great measure upon the
| development OF the agricultural re
sources OF the Pacific slope To de-
velOp these he says that government
aid In building irrigation canals viii
be necessary Grain and -four viii be
prime articles OF export TO the Orient.
and at the present time rates are pro
hibitofy On these products Of the mid
die west
Except for manufactured stun and
| cotton. these exports viii be grain
and -four said Mr. Hill, and these
agricultural products must be. grown
n the Pacific coast. For this pur-
pose We have a territory 1000 miles
square. which through centuries OF
aridity has become a vast nitrate bed,
needing only water 10 make il the
most productive spot in the world
| There is water enough for the purpose
melting from the mountain SHOWS.
| All that is needed is the canal system.
The execution Of this work is the
| one thing needed to give to the United
States the. domination OF the Pacific
ocean commerce and the supremacy
Of the worlds trade. Without il our
progress will be slow, because unless
there is always available an album
dant supply of food products at ship
| ping ports it will be impossible TO in
sure full cargoes and quick dispatch
TO the vessels of large capacity which
| alone can be profitably employed in
the trade. Every business interest
which hopes to benefit by participa-
don in the trade of the Pacific ocean
must be in favor of the reclamation of
the great mountain valleys for the &C
cupation of agricultural workers. II
successful in the advocacy of this
| public improvement, full rewards will
| come in the shape of new markets in
the Orient. and it will be found ad-
| iitionally that the settlement OF the
western mountain region has develop
| ed a local market richer in natural re-
sources than any other portion of the
sarth's surface.
There. where the soil under irri-
CATION will grow the best quality and
greatest quantity of all the grains ex-
cept corn, all the grasses and fruits.
The ground is scanned with deposits OF
gold. silver. copper. lead, iron and
coal. There the largest supply OF
standing timber. and petroleum and
| natural gas abound. Under the in
auence of the dry atmosphere and
constant sunshine, good health pre-
walls. and the melted snow in falling
TO the sea level creates water
power available for electric heat,
light and motor service equivalent in
energy to the combustion OF SOO,VoO,-
600 tons of coal per annum.
People regard with amazement the
present rapid growth of wealth in the
United States, but this will be COM
parative poverty when with 10000, 600
people on the Pacific slope engaged
in raising grain and manufacturing
-four for the Orient we can dispatch
| large freighters daily from each cf
the Pacific ports loaded with the
manufactured goods of the eastern
factories. the cotton from the south
| and the food products OF the noun
tain valleys. Then river OF wealth
| win be turned into the United States
which will put to shame the visions
of the widest dreamers.
eff Congress at its next session viii
appropriate $100.000,O0O per cent
bonds to be used in canal and reser-
voir construction the money viii be
returned directly many times in the
increased value of the public land.
Indirectly. in trade results, the bene-
fts will be permanent and incalcula-
BILE. AS a matter OF political policy
the party which will take up and
boldly advocate an immediate and lib
eral appropriation will receive the
support OF millions Of people now
homeless and discontinued who de-
sire homes and the opportunity of
making living by honest labor.
The agricultural products OF tbs
Pacific slope cannot come into COM
petition with the farmers of the mid
die west. On the contrary. the sec
ton will open large market for
corn and hog products not produca-
BILE there. The storage OF the water
in mountain reservoirs win reduce
1.-THE food level Of the lower rivers
and measurably relieve the cotton
and sugar states from the dangers of
overflow. Also the saturasion OF the
land by irrigation win increase the
rainfall OF Kansas, Nebraska and the
0akotas At times when needed by the,
growing crops
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