The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-24
HANNA'S ON
THE LAUNCH
Reported Preparing to Start
aPresidential Boom.
HELPS NELSON'S BILL
Mark Trying to Form a Labor-Cap-
ita1 Amalgamation.
THE OPPONENTS OF IRRIGATION
Claim That Western Over Production
Will Result, Injuring East
ern Farmers. s."

From. The Journal Bureau, Room %, Post
Building, Harrington.
Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Hanna's
earnest speech yesterday in favor or Mel
sons department of commerce bill has
started rumors in this mornings eastern
dailies that he is getting ready to launch
presidential boom and to that end IS
trying to bring about the amalgamatlon
Of labor and capital. His position as a
member Of the national arbitration board
recently appointed in New York, as we'll
as yesterdays speech. is taken as fur-
nishing ground for the presidential rumor.
OPPOSING Already the opposition to
irrigation has outlined the
1RRI- character of the fight 1t
proposes to make to defeat
CATION. the Eansbrough BILL intro
duced in the house and
senate. Representa- Sibley of Penn
sylvania gave the thing away in speech
which he made Tuesday in the house while
the urgency deficiency bill was being con-
sidered. Speaking Of the Sibley speech,
Senator Hansbrough said to T u r.
n a l:
Those sections of the country which are
hostile to the inauguration Of a government
irrigation policy purpose to claim that the
opening up Of vast tracts Of arid ard semi
arid lands to cultivation will result. in over
production and that the farmers of the east
and the middle west as q direct result will
suffer in lower prices and reduced demand
for their goods. 1t is perhaps the Intention of
certain gentlemen in congress who oppose
irrigation to see that this statement of the
case is laid before the farming communities
Of the older states in detail, and they prob
ably expect that the farmers will respond
by sending petitions to their congressman and
senators to vote against the bill. Then these
members will feel justified in standing against
the bill out of Difference to the wishes OF
constituents, hiding their real reasons under
this cover.
Senator Hansbrough is glad that Mr..
Sibley at SO early IL day permitted the
friends of irrigation to know in detail
what their policy OF opposition was to be.
He continued:
Mr.. Sbley was ably answered on the floor
Of the house by Mr.. Newlands Of Nevada.
Mr.. Newands called attention to the opening
up to agriculture of the states Of the middle
west, and cited Iowa as an illustration OF
what had taken place in other middle west
states. In Iowa there are 35, coo 900 acres
OF land, which is the total acreage that can
be irrigated in the far west under any sys-
TEN of reservoirs controlled by the govern
ment or otherwise. When Iowa farm lands
were first put on the MAI ket they came Into
direct competition with the farm lands of the
older states further east, and what was true
in Iowa was true in the other Mississippi and
Missouri valley states. But there was no over
production and no harm done the farming in
terests of the east. The rapid increase in
population took care of this matter OF over
production, just as it will take care of it
now. BY the time it will be possible to grow
crops under irrigation the demand win be
very great for them, and the increased pro-
will mt oifh riP
age in any Of the OLD states. If this is the
only argument that is to be made against the
irrigation bill now pending, its passage ought
not be difficult in either house.