The Washington times., 1901-12-29

| those people all have good incomes an
they spend their money-all OF them.
Now proposition cones from GU
/ brethren out in the West-the men OF th'
mountains-the men who sent those mag
nihceDt soldiers out into the Orient, wh'
| fought so calamity and brought snci
credit 10 our army-the men OF whom
Lord Wolselcy said in the House o
| Peers the other day that as iar as th'
| American army went there was moth
| ing in the world like il.
Il am in favor OF having more homes
out in the West where We can raise more
such soldiers and citizens. Uncle sam
has great deal OF land and a great deal
OF water out there, and not that land
is arid and the water which would make i
productive is running to waste. / would
wet some OF those great mountain val
leys ana plains, and build more homes
and make more markets.
Every effort of the Department OF Ag-
riculture is along the line OF making
more rural homes. more consumers ai
home, more neighborhoods and communi-
ties to be built up and supplied with all
their needs.
Ric., fog the World.
Look at the Gulf Coast. Three years
ago we took hold OF the rice industry
down there Formerly we produced about
a quarter OF our consumption Of rice, and
this year they produced all the rice the
United States can consume. Next year We
viii begin to export. Villages have been
bailt up along the Gulf Coast there. And
we have created home markets there that
no foreign legislative body, no prince po-
tentcte. or power in any country abroad
can ever take away from the American
manufacturer.
we must look out Tor the manufac-
turer and keep him in good humor- We
farmers have built him up, and he insists
that We must keep him prosperous, and
we must do So We help ourselves by
doing so. Every man that works in fac
tory must be fed and the American farm
er feeds him. We farmers must keep the
manufacturers case under consideration.
Ee must give him markets wisely We
see the whole situation more clearly
sometimes than lie does. Hc could not al
ways be trusted to take care OF himself
II II were not for the farmer who takes
care OF him he would 20 TO the demnition
bow-wows.
Population Not Well Balanced.
The population OF this country is out
CT proportion Only about one-tenth Of
it is in the western half OF the country.
believe il would be a good thing for all
sections to eeualize the craving popula-
tion OF the United States more. | would
dam some OF those rivers and streams and
spread the water out over the land in
some OF Uncle Sans valleys and establish
new fruit ranches and new farms to grow
The new kinds OF wheat we are intr0duc-
ing so we could send more -four to Asia,
and new farms to grow sugar beets so
we could grow more OF our sugar in this
country and start new mines and make
all sorts OF new demands in these new
Western communities, ana make new
markets for all our Eastern manufactur-
ers The Eastern manufacturer will sell in
the West, but the Western farmer Will
not sell in the East. except fruits and
things like that which will not compete
with the Eastern farmer.
I'VE can save millions Of dollars of the
moneythat we are paying to foreign coun-
tries and keep it in the United States and
pay ii to our own people if we produce for
ourselves such agricultural products as we
now buy from abroad.
in 1900 we sold $3.50, 100000 worth OF
farm products to the outside world, and
we bought back just half Of that. We
paid 42o.o00.000 in 1900 for things we can
grow IN the United States. The DEPART
ment OF Agriculture is at work to get those
things grown in the United States, so as to
make more homes for our Jwn geople and
give more work to our own people and
make better wages for them, and make
more markets for us here at home that viii
stay with us forever.
Can Grow s.OO.OOO.OOO More.
we can grow over 5000, 900 900 worth Of
farm products in the United .Statcs more
than we are growing now, ana it is my job
to get that done. and when that is done
and it will be done il you con-- semen
keep as level heads as you always hayc-I
believe brains control ~ or that Capitol
Hill yet say. II you keep steady ads
ana hands We will grow that S2O0.0no G0J
worth Of things that grow in the fields,
that We have heretofore been importing.
right oil our own American farms. end We
VIII Increase the American nome r,arket
as ali the dickering you can do with for
eign countries throughout the world would
not increase II. And we can do IL quicker
and better by far If this great arid region |
out West IS reclaimed and made produc-
tive
There is $500 600 600 worth Of our i'm |
ported agricultural products that we can
not grow in the United States. We arc TOO ]
FAR north Tropical things that we cannot 4
produce. Il Is the policy OF the Depart |
ment Of Agriculture 10 teach the brown 1
men in those new possessions OF ours Low 1
to produce that 5000 10000 worth, and /
make riora markets for our country in our /
1wn possessions and 80 save the whole |
hing.
Mast Move with Caution.
That is the development Of the United |
states that ] want to see And want to |
.ay to you. gentlemen, tEat ] have all /
he conf lcnce in the world that you win
move along conservative Hines. You must !
lot alarm our Eastern brethren by trying
o do everything all at once. This great
work viii take time. II viii take many
ears to vet all that dry land But We
,ughl to begin now aud go along care
uliy each year until the great task is
one.
"Hou viii not get very many dams built
II neiqhborhoods started before the
Eastern business men will have their
men oui thc.e TO sell goods
hey will find IL is q grand good thing to |
ave people out there TO buy from them
& VIII pay just as Il paid 10 settle up
he State OF Iowa and make such a pur-
hasing force there as thc world never
aw before. Why, gentlemen stop for
loment and think what our home market
5 today. The whole world wants TO get
nto the United States to sell things. But
ur home market is for ourselves first.
nd ] want 10 develop it to the very full
ST extent.
That is my job; and If, in your wis
ON. you thing am doing too much Of Il
'hy, great Scott teli me so. and / will
0 back TO my farm in Iowa. / can enjoy |
lie out there