Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-09-29
Addresses Of Senator's Hansbrough and
Clapp Before the State Irrigation Con-
gress At Mandan.

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re President presume 1t I'M
necessary to intrpd ncs 10 you the
gentleman whom ron all know, B the
{ Honorable f. q. Hansbrough, United
States senator have the pleasure
q announcing that Senator I. Hans
8brough will now address the congress.
Hon. \. q. Hams rough Ladies and
gent emen shall 'be very brief IA
3 my remarks as there are several
speakers who are to follow me and
whom you will like to hear tonight
have been requested to cay some.
thing n regard 70 the national i1rfga-
ton law. Having had something to do
with the passage of that measure, i
trust that I can speak for o short time
In 9 way chat will interest you with
respect ID II. The natl onal irrig cation
act was experime ntal and q new de-
partuTe u the legisla tive history of
this country Those who ehampio ned
It and sought to secure Its passage
were obliged to make concessions.
For that reason, ID my judg ment, the
act Is not a. strong 10 It should be.
In other words. It IL incompl For
Instance we were obliged to yield to
the insistence Of or friends IN the
two houses from the eastern states
who believed or claimed 10 believe
that Il We entered upon 4 great scheme
Of national irrigation the volume Of
farm products would be largely III.
creased, and. onseqnently their price
would be very much reduced. This
We all know toll be q fallacy. Then
we were obliged "a deal with another
element strongly repre- ented In CON
gress. our friends from the south,
who always have gave constitution
doubts about me propriety 81 national
legislation Of This character. They be-
lieye that the states should take care
Of matters Of this kind. But after
having met these objections we se.
cured the passage of the law, and it
As now upon the statute books. It may
be necessary to amend II Al some Inn
portant partic ulars
a ~
I have heard consid erable discussion
in regard to the e1pendi ture Of money
1 raised In the several states from the
sale of the public lands and the failure
OF those In charge Of the execution Of
i the law to have the money expended
within the state wherefrom that money
Is derived Those who dealt with the
subject In congress foresaw that there
would be some lifaculty ii y this re-
spect. For instance, take the Okla
/ homa TERRITORY think the receipts
( from the sales Of public lands n That
territory have amounted ~ one-half
million dollars since the enactment
5of the national trigation law. Now
there ID no probability 81 any irriga-
ton being done ii Oklahoma, for the
reason that Il is not within the arid,
or semi-arid belt On the other hand,
there b the state &c lNevada, which
y has turned into the treasury but q
1 very small amount 81 money Tor the
purpose of reclannat Hon. and vet the
opportunity Tor irrigation % Nevada
B is greater than Ii either 81 the staten
4 mentioned ~ the IA.
AS TO North Dakota which has pro
duoed something IKE three millions
Sof dollars for the Exclamation fund.
the general impression seems to- be
That there - no opp ortunaty Tor irri-
{ Sgation ID the sta4e Indeed, mp to four
a. ave years ago II would have been
Is very hazardous business Tor envy man
4 il public He 10 have made The assar.
don that any part Is North Dakota
needed irrie Ion, and confess that
i entered upon the work of assistins
/ 70 secure the passage o1 the law with
Il great deal 81 neryoaisne ss because
knew that there were many people ~
the sbate Who did not Are to haye TIE
state advertised - an aTid, or selni'
arid region But ttihese dificulties az.
s. appeared ma the thing our ri opls Al
now interested ia Ii the Axpenditu
81 the moneys which have been turned
3 tnto the TREASURY cf tl,e United States
from tthe sales q the blic lands 4
Within the state % Nork Daiic 3 AZ
irrigation projects within tlle tate.
believe cation can y
\ suncessfsiily inalgs lrate and cs11de cn
& iii North Dakota ana upon q exten;
i've scale. have i reat Issz,y
b inquiries from those 81 llye II ~ ~
81 estern part u tho stt1Es 9ith refe