The Florence tribune., 1901-07-20
Brilliant Possibilities {.
From the Los AngeIes Times.


 The national irrigation movement has gained another powerful advocate. He is man who "does things" and who counts-"Jimp Hill of the North ern Pacific. Mir. Hill is one of the few men who appear to thoroughly realize the vast possibilities which the open ing up of the Orient offers to the Pa cifc Coast. Not only that, but he is prepared to take advantage of those opportunities.
 In conversation recently with rep resentative of the Chicago Tribune, Mir. Hill expressed the belief that when the 3,000,0O0 people at present occupying the Pacific slope of the United States west of the Rocky Noun tains are increased to 20,000,00o people, Chicago should become the largest city of the world. He bases this possibility on the fact that 76,OOO,OO0 people in this country are supported, more or less directly, by trade with Europe and Africa, having population of 400, ,000,- 000, while there are 100000, 900 peo- pie on the other side of the Pacific Ocean with whom we should trade and yet we have only S,00O,0 ,00O population to reach out for it.
 Mir. Hill insists that the building up  of such a trade will depend in great measure upon the development of the agricultural resources of the Pacific Coast. To develop these resources, he claims that government aid in build- ing irrigating canals will be necessary. Our exports to the Orient will largely consist of grain and flour, and these products must be grown on the Pacific Coast. In order to raise sufficient quantity of grain and four to supply the teeming myriads of Eastern Asia as their demand for such products in creases, it will be absolutely necessary to bring into acquisition the thousand miles square, more or less, of aric lands, which only need water to mak, them the most productive spots in the world. MT. Hill is quoted as saying
 'srhe execution of this work is tn, one thing needed to give to the United States the domination of the Pacif Ocean commerce and the supremacy o the worlds trade. Without it prog ress will be slow because, unless ther, is an abundant supply of food prod , ucts always available at shipping ports, it will be impossible to insur full cargoes and quick dispatch to tn vessels of large capacity, which alon can be prohtably employed in tn trade. Every business interest whic 1 hopes to benefit by participation i
 the trade of the Pacific Ocean must b
 in favor of the reclamation of tn
 great mountain valleys for the occu
 patton of agricultural workers. If sui
 cessful in the advocacy of this publi ,f improvement full rewards will con ,- in the shape of new markets in u
 Orient, and is will be found addition r ally that the settlement of the yves !. ern mountain region has developed B. local market richer in natural r a. sources than any other portion of th
 earth's surface.
 "People regard with amazement th 1T present rapid growth of wealth in tt
 United States, but this will be cor tt parative poverty when with 20,000,0 ,0I n people on the Pacific Slope engaged
 raising grain and manufacturing flo "a for the Orient, we can dispatch lar C. freighters daily from each of u e Pacific ports loaded with the man