The river press., 1904-10-05

!. eRlEA AIEsI STEP FORWARD"
- \ ~ Presidents Opiaiea u
lr71salioa nlessaee Shows Vast Fund
u lalormatlos o. Rsclsnatios
Of Arid Lsads.

President Roosevelt sent the following
Wexsage tn the National Irrigation Con-
gress in session ut Ogden, Utah. Sept.
10. 1903. 1t Is characteristic of the
man. /. shows broad. deep. patriotic
\ Interest in both irrigation and forestry.
1t also shows his imaxterly intellectual
grasp of any and NIL topics concerning
the public ..clfare:
Oyster Iay. X. r.. Sept. ~. 1907.
The passage. ~ til" Nnti"Isa! Irritation
IN the forward progress nf the states. hut
t. thnf ut NIL MmmkiMsl.
1t was the l,cginmlny II al achievement
@ outcome. % lit a' Il " WAS .''s" anly thr mcsinrng
Now that the law II an accomplished fnrt.
that must hc given effect. TO that crI III"
Natinral irsisation Law ~ Jnrc -. 1"n:.
has hre.. prshiny it's Surveys aud rHs'n!'.a-
ticil 81 I0ssii H. ir1iga;tn'' prcir'ts cn'r.
fs'iral,y in "arl Of 10" Thirteen y IT,, s,f's % H'
at .he projects which. promised welt 1T first
arc found careful study ~ he mHrar-
tieabr, either hrcnnsr II sr'''ty water SUP
ply II greet cost. dIthers mist await
higher vu.rs In land. white s.li 9TH rs
Sta,i'l tn test and are rra,!y fnr alncllnt@
cOi.s.llS ton
Nccr- .ity cf National Aid.
Thc feasible projects are always large
already seized nlnn tho Smaller iut less
expensive rl,es. leaving I" III" government
TIN rrss.t works which are Z" he y" cs>,l'-
tial II part l.. bringing the atn I" It's
full Development. Great .;rr ;in.l tEr high
est engineering SKIN are required !" plMn
aMl bnld such works. which are am",ty the
must be buit for l,ellnniieiMc ana safety.
for they mr." to Inst and spread prosperity
for centuries To design nii,l build srcll
wo.iS n body of cigimrcrs of the highest
'ch:Yatt"r have been brought together In
the reclamation service. for on. men Inn
partially selected for capacity alone are
capable or creating thrar great ~ t'uctnr's.
Merit must govern. no, only m the sc!rc-
ttu-s of ien. hut still ,nOre In the selection
Uf the projects.
Every reclamation project selected for
construction must possess the qualities
which commend 1t MS n national nnds.rsnk-
Ing. certain to reclaim large tracts nf arid
and vigorous population. VnSt though the
benefits 1t the reclamation law. there Will
be many disappclnt n,cnts. which necessarily
await both tn. adv. ndv"',t: , "f special projects
results outrunS the slow Milt steady tlcvtJ
Opincl,t. of thesc. great undertakings. II
should hc horne IN mint thnt II broad sur
vey of NJ! possible projects gives !i'. con-
Ception Of their relative value. and that II
work II priSac Importance to one group "f
,nem may seem less desirable IN the light "t
wider knowledge.
Caution Urged.
Nor In It wise IN large affairs to begii
construction first. aud elnlOrntH details lf
terwartls. Each important point must +,
carefully studied IN advance. and the whole
plan tested AMI approved before work CMI
begin. Yet II We proceed both cautiously
and persistenty under this brnctlcemt law
we May confidently expect the largest pos
their settlement hy industrious. prosperous
oelf-restecttng men Mmd women. who VII
exchange the products of irrigated agrlcMl
throughout the United states CoM.nual
ties hoNrlMhing In what IL now the deser
will inally. take their places aln"ng thu
strongest pillars ut our Commonwealth.
The irrigation development uf the Mri,
West cannot stand alone. Forestry is tn
companion nnel support vt irrigation. With
cut forestry, irrigation must fall. rermMn
ent irrigation development aud forest .le
structioM cannOk exist together. Never fO,
get. that the forest reserve policy Ut tn
the resource. III the forest reseryex. Thor
b little profit IN destruction compared wit
use.
Mons. Makiag Chief object.
The settlement IT the Rrrat arid West b
thu makers Of homes ID the central object
both II thu Irrigation anl the forest polic
Of the United states. In forestry. us !
irTigaticn: tae l,nmesliatc private intcrcs!
to their permanent advantage. which IL I'll I'll
public good. The hcMetitx 1t forestry NJ
not only for the future, hut for the prs.scn
sss t rss % FOR ',ts.s ,ne ,e"pic & !" M Tie ns ilss %
aelghborhOOd. for whom supplies VI WOO
and water are among the iirxt mcs.VssArics
Me. With the Wiser aud more xklllfl
management Of the reserve ly trMiMctl me,
the greater obviously with tAeir Msefhlme,
be to the public.
ulttMaato Huccess Sure.
We must never allow our chagriM ut ten
pNrary defeat nud difficulties IN tho nlM
aecment Of the forest reserves tU llimtl
70 the absolute MeccYslty Of these reserve
70 the people at the West.
Support of thc f0rcat reserve p0llcy b,
grown with wonderful rApidlty IN the Wts
during thc last few years. II will cNMtlMt
tO grow tn the last vcstlge IT 0pltssltlu
now almOst xOme. has wholly dlNM pQear n
before the understanding IT the object Mt
the effect Of the reservation. rhc grcntt
the support oe the forest rserve by the IN.
plr II the West. the greater the assMrnus
that the matlOalml irrigation poltcy. will u.
Vital to the ,,ssss.ss II this policy.
THEOOONE llOOSEvEl.v.
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