The state herald., 1904-10-14

eastern manufacturer got such a market
nS is not to be found anywhere else out.
side of the Mississippi Valley. and the
prosperity of the eastern manufacturer
has in turn brought prosperity to the
eastern farmer. Uncle Sam has a great
deal of land and great deal of water
in the West. That land is arid, and
ductive. is running to waste. The prop
oSition is to irrigate these great noun
tain valleys and plains and build more
homes and make more markets.
The eastern manufacturer. will sell
in the West hut the western farmer will
not sell in the East, except fruits and
things like that which will not compete
with the eastern farmer. This great
work will take time. 1t will require
many years to wet all that dry land.
but we will begin now and go along
carefully each year until the task is
done. Not many dams or new neighbor.
hoods will be started before the business
men of the East will have their travel
ing men in the West to sell goods. Think
| of this great home market; the whole
world wants to get into the United
States to sell things, but our home mar
ket Is for ourselves first, to develop it
to the fullest extent
Will Equniize Population.
The reclamation OF arid America will
to a great extent balance our one-sided
| development. The eastern half OF the
| United States to-day has a population
! OF over TOoOO,OOO. while the western
half contains somewhere in the neigh
borhood OF 6,OOD,OOD. or less than 10
per cent. of the whole. The new irriga-
ton law is working satisfactorily. The
country was fortunate in finding bur.
eau Of the government already equipped
To take up the question OF surveys and
construction Immediately. This is one of
the greatest pieces of work which has
ever come before this government. The
dams. bitches and weirs to be construct.
ed will he the greatest In the world.
They will stand not for generations, but
for centuries and contribute to the we'll
being OF hundreds Of millions of people.
Arid America will contain by far the
greatest irrigated area Of any country
ia the world.
Vast Oriental Commerce.
On the other hand no person at all con.
vcrsnnt with current affairs can doubt
the great future Of the Orient. The
lands that border upon the Pacific Ocean
contain nearly one-half the total popu.
lation OF the globe. Because OF made.
qunte transportation facilities upon the
land, the people are more dependent than
western nations upon maritime com.
nerce. The Orient! What magic IN the
name. The fabulous storehouse OF mys.
terry. wealth. art, religion. When Amer
lea was undiscovered. England the home
Of rude savages, Greece and Rome un-
heard OF In the dim. dark ages OF mys-
ticism, before the dawn of history. lived
and tiOurished the wonderful Orient, the
far East. the islands beyond the sea.
China deiies the world in age. popula.
tion and industry. II all the inhabitants
Of the world were stood up in one line.
every fourth man would be a Chinaman.
The Pacific Ocean. which has for cen.
turtles been washing the shores OF our
western boundaries. has said to us:
Here lies the East; this is the way to
India But IL has spoken into dumb
ears. We heard but we Needed not.
Others have taken warning that the
great commercial development OF III,
Z ARA"af AA'H hlNH AHf NFNAl t1fANf, ann
have lnaueurntrd new lines OF transpor.
iat.on aud enlarged the capacity of those
already formed. Last year Jnpan.
China. Korea, Hong Kong and the Rus.
Aan possessions fronting the Pacific
Ocean did business with the outside
world amounting to 5000 OOOOOO: fully
iNo'thirds Of this was Imports. During
the year this country bought from them
N2oohOD worth of goods. aud only
sold to them little over s5O.0DO.OO
Peaceful Conquest OF China.
| The Empire Of China will soon be
opened In all parts 10 the commerce OF
the world, and Il becomes a question Of
the share this country may secure Ia
the face Of existing competition. The
purpose ot establishing Oriental trade Il
primarily 10 secure market for the
manufactured commodities Of the east.
rrn States and the agricultural product. /.
Of the Mississippi Valley. but these alone
VIII not make carsocs foe the Pacific
steamers,
] II is essential, In order TO support
steamship lines, that practically un.
limited supply of bulky freight hc avail.
able for transportation, Cotton, wheat.
aud ilour In this Instance must he relied
upon. The cotton will be- furnished by
the southern States. aud will bear the
freight charges 20 ports of shipment.
hut the less valuable brradstuis must he
grown Gu the slopes ot the continental
divide aud the Pacific In order 10 com.
pete Ia price with other graln.srowlns
countries. The fertile mountain valleys
VIII produce grain In any desired quan.
uty II the ground !. irrigated. A sitna
lion Is thus presented which makes the
sncrrs- ~ m Oriental trade, of any con,
siderable volume. dependent almost nolr
y upon the reclamation OF the arid
lands,
WIN nrprni Farmers No,.
Tho American farmer will b. ia,
chief, tho prominent gamer by the open
ihE M ~ this vast section 10 trade AM
commerce. For there are limitations 1,
Oriental agricultural resources. As IA,
Asihticz become learned In scientific
agriculture, adopt modern methods nnt
: Increase th" working efficiency NJ the In
. dltilnii. the discrepancy In the prle,
nf labor VIII diminish, At present. undr
q the method employed, Que Amcrical
which runs along the coast ~ Scot
land and the north Of England
tourhuH Jutianl and then travel