The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-03-08
irrigation Arguments.
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age that will be necessary in Nevada
for the next thirty years.
There are 600, 600, 900 acres of land in
the arid region, but there is at the ut
most water enough only for 100, 900, 900
acres. The rest are high mountain
lands and pastoral lands, which can
never be irrigated, because there will
be no water available.
Now, | wish to say that he refers to
this question. 1t is true the wealth
created there will amount to billions
and it will be worth billions, and the
arid country will have population of
from seventy-five to hundred million
of people within the next hundred
years. Does the gentleman object to
the creation of wealth in this country?
Is he after the creation of wealth only
in the Philippines, and does he pro-
pose to deny us the creation and de-
velopment of domestic wealth?
Mr.. Hill am in favor of the de-
velopment of wealth by individual
effort.
| Mr.. Newlands- The gentleman pro-
poses to turn over the land to the
State. Does the gentleman know that
every reservoir site necessary for the
reclamation of the arid lands adjacent
to these rivers in Nevada is in Califor-
MIA? Will not the gentleman present
to Nevada gold brick when he pre-
SCENTS to her the arid lands within her
boundaries without giving her the Cal
ifornia mountain lands in which her
streams have their sources and without
which the conservation of their food
W lters is impossible?
Mr.. Newlands them added the fol-
lowing questions to Mr. Cannon:
Now, | ask the gentleman whether
he is willing to cede to Nevada not
only the lands of Nevada, but the en-
tire eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada
Mountains, whose streams are tribu-
.ries thereto.
Mr.. Cannon the Federal courts
have not already jurisdiction, would
give them jurisdiction to legislate and
determine the interests of Nevada and
California. But, far better than that,
l should like to pursue such policy as
would make Nevada with her 10000
people, respectable county in the
State of California.
Mr.. Newlands. -The policy that the
gentlemen pursues will result in Ne
vada remaining State of 40, 900 people.
The contraction of the energies of that
State and the contraction of the popu-
lation of that State are entirely due to
the policy inaugurated by the party to
which the gentleman belongs, and
which he sustains.
We propose to stand by our plat
form. The gentleman proposes to re-
pudiate his. Now, the gentleman am
plified on it in his previous speech,
stating that the very purpose of this
platform was to secure the support of
those thirteen States or more in the
arid land region of whose contracted
population he complains. ask if that
was the purpose?
Mr.. Cannon was not in the con-
vention that adopted the platform, nor
was in your convention. In my judg-
ment the pledge of the platform would
be substantially the settlement by
Congress by the legislation / have in
dicated If it would not be, then l
would not stand by that plank in the
platform.
Mr.. Newlands.-I am glad to have SO
much candor from the gentleman.
The gentleman has referred in terms
of ridicule to the letter he received
from an Illinois constituent asking for
| legislation on this matter. He has al
luded to him as piano dealer, a man
connected with trade and commerce.
ask the gentleman whether he does
not know that the Board of Trade of
the city of Chicago sent leading repre-
sentatives to the irrigation congress,
held in Chicago last November, and
that they were among the most active
men in support of the policy for the
reclamation of the arid lands and the
building up of a domestic empire, and
whether the merchants and manufac-
turers of Chicngo do not feel that the
trade interests of Chicago would be
benefited thereby. The Board of
Trade of st. Louis also was represented
in that convention. Does not the
gentleman believe that they feel that
they are personally interested in the
bnildinv mn of this countrv west of