La Junta tribune., 1904-10-29
TRANSMISSION OF POWER TO FACTORIES
RooseveIts National Irrigation Act to Create a
"New Heaven and New Earth for
American FreehoIders- Half
Has Not Been Told.

dream or q something indefinitely pfp-
}eSed. IL would be idle To speculate on
foreshadowed results. But the work i
slready IN its initial STAGES. IL conten-
piatss an expenditure OF at least SiJp.-
100000 ultimately-sn enormous -um
~t nsnry-but by wise provision of raw
Il will come. not from taxing the people.
byt frvm sales Of lands still! part OF
the public domain. IL will lie understood
that the total expense OF each Irrigation
system constructed by the government
will be refunde~i to Uncle Sam by those
who actually occupy the irrigated laais.
Meanwhile. as the years 90 by. the gen
e~ai, fund foe r-ciaiming arid lands VIII
increase rapidly from the sale OF public
isnfs throughout the thirteen States and
ehree Territories affected by the Ma
tsoani act. SO il will be that the fund
win prow larger as IL by seometrical
progression. after che tenth year. when
the 6r,s moneys expended by the govern
ment sha,i have been returned TO IL, by
he farmers. who own and ocrupy the
land under bitches built by the govern
osnt.
Speaker Reed. visios.
Hon. Thomas y. Reed. in n speech At
Pits burg in 1894. said: Mighty "a has
beun cur past. our resources have just
been touched upon. aud there is wealth
beyoud the Mississippi which IN the not
fsr distant future will astonish even the
dweiiers on the shores OF Lake Michi-
gan. From the time my eyes first rest-i
on the great uncultiratei plains which lie
between the Mississippi and the Pacific
Qceau. my awakening dreams have been
6tted with visions of the incalculuble
wealth which the touch OF living water
viii bring TO life from those vOiceless
deserts.
There wealth only can produce
wealth. and man. singly and alone. might
a. well try to subdue the Himalayas ns
TO cope with these wastes, but the hand
s< tnitcd and associated man is already
reaching forth to grasp the great results.
The same power which WASTES millions
81 the Mississippi can be utilized to make
the deserts blossom with the homes OF
neu for whom. and for all of US. the now
bi'ghted soil will bring forth the fruits
OF the Gardeu OF Eden"
Lord Macsuiny'- Prediction.
Lord Macaulny. writing 90 an Amer
tosn friend. once said: Your fate l BE-
heve to be certain. though 1t is deferred
~ physical cause. As long as you have
Q bound1oss extent OF fertile and unoc-
cspiei land. your iaboring population
will he far more at ease than the labor
Ing population OF the Old World. But
the time will come when New England
win be s. thicily populated as the Old
World. Wages viii he NJ low. and will
nrctuate as much with you a. with Us
Voc will have your HirminghHms and
hs1chesters. aud Ia these EirminghnmS
and Manchesters hundreds OF thousands
Of Artisans will assurrdiy be- some tim.
out OF work. then your institutions will
fairly he brought 10 the test
Wien Lord Macaulay wrvte the above
dirrful proph.-y he did not know ~
the bouadles Nest. an. the great p0s~i-
hhties that are tp come 20 its popuii-
Csn through irrigation. He lid not know
that Roosevelt would appear on the
scrne nt the proper time and cause the
life-eiytnE water to be applied to the
rarchej plains and thus produce one Of
the greatest transformation OF any age
- any time.
In thcs. columns, on former occasions
u has been shown that the Irrigated West
win not only be the garden spot OF the
world. but that Il will anorl the surplus
fruit and vegetable produce. coupled with
cereals aud other staple articles OF com
mc~ee. which. exported to foreign mar.
kets. are destined 10 establish Americas
world commercial prestige
Unmessured Electrical Energy.
The contemplation Of such marvellous
ce~uits would be incomplete without Civ
ing due consideration tn the generation
sf electrical energy and its long-iistant
transmission and local adoption tn me
chsnicsi and industrial ends. This ss a
diresH result Of reelaimins Arid Amer
scs-"
The electrical transmission Of power
q considerable distances has accomplish
- not ou,y results not contemplated in
rs original inception. but also others Of
widespread importance aud value. In
deed. the secondary results are quite a
tnpsrtaat as those arisin. from the pri-
mary successful operation Of such trans
asissica lines.
Whcrrvcr water power exists or
where the situation enables power to T..
cheapiy produced. there has LAIN dormant
q sUsircc Of actual wealth which has
awaited the application OF electricity.
The effective results obtained when
csuers have been developed and applied
-, eSss means have been almost invari-
stiy alike New industries have started.
oeW towns and Villages have grown up.
asA aew centers OF prvinction have
arisen and given employment to labor
and afforded a market for raw materials.
1re0 TIE combination Of the two there
ons arisen IN each case q nee source OF
aansfacturei products. representing an
eAditioa 20 the permanent wealth OF the
Osntsy.
Gseb 10 Waesr. Ps0ee sa Eleesvsessy.
esea. however. beyond these Industrial
s9srss which have been noted in the
enss ss Sower transmission establish
Ossss n certain portions of the United
0naea Ofbef results quite up>Yp><fei
as1 equally as beneficial have arisen In
q ord reGi,ns cf the West where only
tUsgatisu d seeded tn cause the soil to
1sSos highly productive. the Installation
q 0ieses fas the diss<ibsfioa of water
. - Asy soil has often esassd . -