The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-02

books a law which consider 50 .ond Dc
te. ma de elopnent &C, thu ON tead
law was pas
l an delghses that the National rrrga-
ton Congre is be held here next fall,
and l cangratula the state U,ah upon
the c. tn I its egis ture was the Erst
ever 10 pass an appropr at on FIR such a
congress. here can be no 81
importance T. the welfare and growth OF
our count Y our ng the hal injury that
is oreni tran this que j o II. iga-
ito 1t s ON V Il oneq cree o the
g owth # all OF the states OF tn Rocky
Mountair s and immesia ely to ell her side
a. anything that Is o, :uch consequence
TO one portion of or country is nscessari-
~ OF con ecu &c o I'll a not with
too much emTha 4 ay hat every wise
ard at iltic m n VIII fav any :cheme
for the bette m ut Il p IT + the coun-
try. VIII the ii is in his own section or
net. beca Sc VIII tev T h is a pa I OF US
in tie 10 run teIps all.
Furdamen ally. we g u O. down to
sether. Prcspe- ity doss not op 1T state
lines ard Meth We Sly. When
pro e ity comes, while il may come IN
equally. yet it come somewhat TO ali; ard
when adversely comes, while some viii
suffer more tina Mothers, yet all must suf-
fer somewhat The greatest lesson which
the American body polite need TO take 10
heart at the beginning OF the twentieth
century is that it is out of the question
permanently for our people 10 progress
Sax rhar -af1<
of all; that you cannot raise permanently
one section by depressing another. one
class by depressing another. ard the man
is recreant 10 the principle OF our gov
eminent no less than 70 the welfare OF
our people who seeks TO arouse any feel
ing among Americans against his fellow
Americans, whether he makes his appeal
in the fancied interest OF a section or in
the fancied interest of a class. We can
go up-as we shall go up-only by each
of us keeping in mind not merely his own
rights, bur his duties 10 his neighhors;
meaning by neighbor every man living
in this broad land. The safe motto on
which to act is the motto: Not of some
men down. but OF all men, and there
fore l feel that 1t was not merely my
PilN4AtScs vul my dulEs ~ dSh TIE -NdN-OA-
al government-the government represent
ing the people of the entire nation-to do
all in its power for the furtherance Of the
interest of those states whose success is
largely dependent upon the application Of
the principles OF irrigation.
And now You know the proverb. The
Lord helps those who help themselves"
If you throw all the duty Of helping you
on you. Now, 1t is the same way with
your fellow men. Providence is not going
TO do everything for you, and the Ma
tonal government cannot. All that the
national government can do is to try TO
give you a fair show 10 help you 10 the
chance of doing your work under favor
able conditions and then the work has got
to be done by you yourselves.
And as one step toward doing that
work, l hope earnestly that you and all
the other states in interest will push for
ward and will in every way endeavor TO
make the meeting of the Irrigation con-
gress here in Ogden a thorough srccess.
And 1 say that. not merely In the interest
Of Ogden, not merely in the interest OF
the states which are TO be benefited by
irrigation. but in the interest of the I'm
ion, l want 10 see that congress a sue
cess; l want to see the work OF irrigation
made the greatest possible success.-From
Ogden Daily Standard.