The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-17
MERGER PROFESSIONALISM
UNANIMOUSLY BY DELE
GATES AT OGDEN.
Especial to tho HeraIdl


Ogden, Sept. 16.-The National Irrf-
cation congress and the. Trans-NIissis-
] sippi congress may merge some time
but IL VIII be a long time from today.
judging by the reception given the plan
by the Irrigation congress. At the con-
gress in Colorado Springs last year the
proposition was referred to a special
committee headed by ex-senator Carey
| Of Wyoming with instructions to report
| to the present congress. The commit
l tee unanimously opposed the plan and
! submitted their reasons for the adverse
report il the following resolution. which
/ was reported to the congress at the
morning session today and unanimously
| adopted without discussion. proving
/ that the members Of the Irrigation CON
gress are Of one mind in regard to the
matter.
To the National Irrigation Congress.
/ Eleventh Session.
Your committee elected by the Ma
D uonal Irrigation congress. which con-
! Vened i'm Colorado Springs in Septem-
/ Der, 1902 10 whom was referred the
/ memorandum Of a plan for uniting the
/ National Irrigation congress and the
! Trans-M Mississippi congress. with in
/ structions TO report on the first day
| Of this session, begs leave to report as
} follows:
The National Irrigation congress was
I inaugurated to promote a sound public
/ sentiment and secure adequate Iegis-
/ latiOn to bring about the irrigation. re-
( ciamauon and settlement of arid lands
I in the western half OF the United
/ States.
| Ten sessions OF the congress previous
I to the present one have been held. The
| sessions I'm each year have been held
[ in different city Many questions
/ have been discussed, but only those az.
fecting irrisation-in other words II
has been strictly an irrigation conven-
tio2.
AT the time the congress was in
augurated the subject Of irrigation was
little known and understood outside of
I the arid states and territories. which
alone then appeared TO be directly in
terested.
These congresses have gathered to-
gether in convention practical farmers
and trrigators, scientific ~grlculturalists.
! civil engineers, the representatives, %
/ the departments of the states and gen
eral government. state and national leg
islatures-and from time to time the ex-
eCutiVes Of several Of the states Of the Z
| Union, indeed men Of the very best
type, representing the agricultural.
business, Political, and scientific world.
That the Irrigation congress has from
year to year fulfilled every purpose con-
| templated by its founders cannot at
I this day be successfully denied. It has
national reputation and it's influence
is felt all over the United States. The
question affecting irrigation which are
local, have become of national import.
The public man and the economist, who
were Indifferent. are giving All the.
questions which concern the reCIama-.
ton Of the arid lands in the western
states and territories deep thought and
consideration.
Since the Inauguration Of the Nation
al Irrigation congress very significant
legislation has been enacted in the right
direction The two most important
laws being the donation land act,
known as the Carey law and the ma
tiOnal irrigation act All questions af-
cecting irrigation have become. and
are today great national questions The
committee does not claim that the Ma
tional Irrigation congress has accom-
phshed all the important things which
have been done to promote the cause
or irrigation, but it does believe and
know that the National Irrigation con-
gress has been an important factor in
the great work.
The work however. has just been com
menced. The questions bearing upon y
the forests and forest reservations and
the flood waters which are needed I'm
the arid regions and which, permitted
to go to waste. bring destruction and
ruin in the fertile fields of the Nissis-
-
rectly concern the irrigation problems.
have scarcely been considered.
But the most important of all the
future is the faithful carrying out I'm
letter and spirit the laws already enact
ed and those yet to be passed. affecting
the reclamation of lands in the arid
states and territories. In all these QUes-
tiOns the irrigation congress must I'm
the future be deeply concerned
For the reasons stated the committee
is of the unanimous opinion that the
memorandum referred to should be not
adopted and that the identity and eff
feCtiveness Of the National Irrigation
congress should be maintained and that
its sessions annually be held.
All Of which is respectfully submit :
ted.
JOSEPH NJ. CAREY.
N. C.. JOHNSTON.
L. w SHURTLIFF.