Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-03
If Reclaimed, Will Afford Out
let for Industrious Surplus
Population Of Cities
IRRIGATION is ONLY SALVATION
BY Rendering 100000 Acres of Land
IIabitabIe, Small Farms and Homes
Would Become a.Rule Turnout That
country-Pubic Lands Should Net
be Sold for Cash.

Washington, Jan. Sat Fridays
meeting Of the Association for the Adj
vancement of Science, Guy E. Mitchell,
in paper on the sociologist aspects
of the irrigating problem, expressed
the opinion that the reclamation OF the
arid lands OF America thru govern
would furnish for years to come an
effective outlet for the Industrious sur
plus population Of our great cities.
The irrigation of the 100000 acres of
plains and valleys, he said, will tend to
make the small farms and homes a
general rule thruout the entire coun-
try.
Professor B. e. Fernow, of the agri-
cultural department, discussing the
timber supply outlook in the United
States, said that calculation of the
present stand of virgin timber in the
United States ready to supply the de-
mand for lumber, shows the improb-
ability, if not impossibility, of the
United States meeting the increased
demand for lumber another thirty
years. under present methods of utili-
cation. Even If the entire forest area
OF 500,000,00O acres were supposed still
fully stocked with the average stand
per acre as reported by the census in
the holdings of lumbermen-an absurd
proposition--tlle stock on hand would
be exhausted within that period. Even
under good forestry practice, the pres
ent increasing demand, he said, could
be supplied only for a limited time.
In a paper on the economic value of
the remaining public land, Mr.. j. n.
Whelpley said that not another acre
OF public lands should be sold for
cash or its equivalent. Residence and
cultivation should be required
DR.. II. Welly, chief Of the chemistry
bureau of the department of agricul-
ture, said the work of his bureau had
resulted in the enactment of state laws
which saved farmers millions OF dot
lars by preventing frauds in connection
with the sale of fertilizers. DR.. Weil'
said that our wheat and cereal supply
always will be adequate to our growth.
Scientific stock feeding had made it
possible for n stock raiser to prepare
an animal for the market for one third
less than formerly.
Today was practically the last day
OF the work OF the association, tho
there are various odds and ends to be
finished tomorrow. The total regis
meeting was 97s, with one exception
the largest in the history of the asso-
citation.
AT today's meeting OF the Geological
Society of the United States, one OF
the affiliated societies to the associa-
ton, a number of addresses were mad
on the subject Of volcanoes in the West
Indies by those who were on the scene
at Mont Pelee.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of bust.
ness December 81. 1902, the debt, less
cash in the trea sury, amounted to $947,-
164,679, which is a decrease for the
month of s1o,932, 5o2 which is largely
accounted for by an increase of nearly
$10.0G0,000 in the amount OF cash on
hand.
The monthly comparative statement
of the government receipts and ex..
penditures shows that for the month
OF December, 1902, the total receipts
were $47,151,00O and the expenditures
$36,533.744, leaving surplus for the
month of S10,61S,0O0 Receipts for the
month are about 100000 in excess of
those for December, 1901, and the ex-
penditures $7S5,0o0 less than for that
month.
For the first half of the present fiscal
year surplus is shown OF s24,734,O0o,
as against surplus of s42.621,s9 for
the corresponding period last year.
Altho the receipts from internal rev.
enue are less than for December, 1901,
the amount of the decrease ($2,215, 00O)
is surprisingly small, and it is note
worthy fact that in some Of the larger
revenue districts the total collections
are greater than they We're before
the war tax was removed on July /,
1902.