The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-16
Cannot Make Haste.


AS the government cannot proceed
until the titles are properly. vested in
it. il is evident that rapid progress
in every locality cannot be expected.
The work is being prosecuted in thir-
teen states and three territories, and
all possible projects are being exam
ined. Some of them which UPON the
surface seem easy and feasible are
found upon careful examination to be
entirely impracticable and their aban-
donment gives rise to disappointment
and adverse criticism which is entire
\ y unjustifable.
The reclamation fund will be reim-
bursed for every dollar expended, in
the course Of time, by the settler, for
the price of the land to which he ac-
quires title and the cost of the improve
ments which shall be assessed to him.
No returns can be expected for some
years 10 come and under the ten-year
installment plan the reimbursements
viii be very slow. After ten years the
receipts will be very large and they
may be reinvested i'm new improve
ments- In the meantime the aid of the
government should be invoked
Of National Importance.
Sufficient has already been accom-
plished TO arouse a national interest in
the Importance of this work Whatever
benefits one section of this republic
cannot fail to benefit the whole coun-
try and this scheme is not sectional
one, as the welfare of more than one
half Of its entire area is involved. and
the indirect contribution TO the nation
al prosperity of the other half is in
calculable. The east must depend upon
the west for its food supplies and like
wise for a market for its manufac-
tured products. This is the kind Of
reciprocity that enriches the country
genuine. American reciprocity"
Letters Read.
Letters were read from President
Roosevelt and President Diaz and Vice
President Corral of Mexico. also letters
from all the members OF President
ROosevelts cabinet. There We're two
letters from President Roosevelt. One
said in part:
The best use OF the public land is
that made by the man who has come
10 stay. You should make yourselves
the guardians of the future and pre-
vent the waste Of the great national
resources Of the country"
He said irrigation and all other in
terests Of the country were interlaced.
rs irrigation would make the west
prosper and if the west prospered. IL
would cause other sections to prosper
as a result.
Some Addresses.
Clifford Pinchott, chief of the for
estTy Of the United States department
OF agriculture, delivered an address.
lie vas followed by +. Benjamin An
orews, chancellor Of the University OF
Nebraska and II. K. Williams. assistant
chief OF the United States weather bu-
reau, William r. Smythe Of San Diego.
Cal, and F. W Newell. chief Of the
United States reclamation bureau.
RESOLUTIONS. credentials and perma-
rent organization committees were
! then appointed and the meeting ad-
Adjourned till 8 p. IN. tonight.
Portland in 1905.
When the California delegation ar
rived they intended 10 fight Portland
and Issnver for the 1905 meeting. but
they decided today to work for Los
Angeles for 1906 and help Portland this
year Denver also Withdrew from the
fight for next years meeting. Okla
4 h0ma secured approval today of the
A Geological survey for its great noun
Atain park project 10 reclaim two and
quarter million acres.
The Mexican delegates resolved today
TO ask the congress TO give them official
recognition and an effort will likely be
made TO make the congress interna-
, tionaI.