Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-15
ROOSEvELT'S INSPIRING AMERICANISh
While Creating a New Agricultural and Horti-
cultural World at Home, He Would
Establish Commercial Pres
tige in the Orient

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suteszi - the Eove-una@1t o: tie United
staf-s Tbs h. b-yozd al comparison.
one q liz greatest tlllrs ever stteUp;-
Cd b tie Amman p-e8pls-
Pr-gasuf With great possibilities j.
tA-s pruz-ssed irrEEfioa u IL a.0fslo
srr-s q The peoples domain. an AREA
that H0@ supports sst q meaEsr F-spu-
r-gn- UBder irrigat5on farms are sEasn
b~es1ss The yield q the land is very
1acb greater 10 praIz5---pn % 90. ana
operatlng sEpeus-s taan i j. whore the
eisods are the arst a-si sole reliance tas
a water ~spDy. IL follows that there
vii - a@a-s p0puiatioa On cur i'm
rAfet AREA AID greatly Increased zasr-
Lex for TIE 1snufae-1resi products e the
r-st % the country. TIE railroads srd
al osaer industries VII prosf by the
reclamation Of 8 res5ea- 90 vast Ia s1-
tent. and t. seitieuelt By a prosperous
Eopalai5ea.
wealth Bepond Compare
ArcsrstlE. b. the Natl1nal csasus Of
800 The total improved farm area o. the
Inifed States Was si4.-lsgsu acre= IL
a. cousertsuveiy estimated that the re
c4aiuabss lAnd is mex less thau Is 900
ns aerez- Its reclamation. therefore.
vii add much more than ous-soarfh %
the sezaai croP-prpdaeaE area ef The
country and viii sIcead by a literal aar-
80. tss fiIisbis land of al the state-
ou the Atlantie Caast FROM MaiAe %
EiOrIta-erceG a modest portion Of New
fork- AiioNinz twenty acres a. the
srs-aEs slxe % irrixzss4 farms. this ara
vii Ea.ks G2Jo.-o farms Or aSo-s THAI
the Number Ia the United States la 1900
The total value Of al fartas IN 1860 in
clo1Iax all improvements ercspf baia4-
inxE. was <t3.1i5og1s.a A. 81 20 per
eere. tA> average ra}se ef irrigated land.
the 1z5es1.rD acres . b reclaimed
~ili add 70 the value =, the farm land
s5.3I2-5sporo. II bulidiass are .uelai-
ed. the vsias wall bs decreased tY g.
S5o.oo.oso. while the Augmented wpsith
through railroads. cites. mili. and far-
torres Is beyond estigzzsisn- The a.
r1si vaiz> 81 all the farm prgdaess in
iSo WAS S4.5731pofs.a The aTe-zz.
per acre % proiacTs es lrrixafed lazid
was Sissl At this rate the area 70
BE- reclaimed viii add groaac-s worth
xi-s5f. .2z,0ep. al addition os nearly
half o. tEs lie s1stAln-ax power Q. fhe
coratry-
Will Not compe with East.
National irrigauSa will amount % /,
series OF loans by the government and
the supervision Of the coastrzrzlsa work
and water dlstrib9rs1- A 10 the aae=-
tiou whether the predzcrs o, the lr-l-
gated wes- ril compete With eastern
farm pro11szs Il is oaiy u<cessarr to
travel through the Wet and see What
IL raises uader irrigation 70 anaerx.z nd
that there wiB never be aay saeh com
petition Irrigated farms are small and
coo valas ble TO grow the staple products.
They are devoted 10 fruit culture OF 20
alfalfa raising. Ia California. for in
stance. where Irrigation j. oldest and
where its highes; types are found. ibs
farm anti. instead o. being 100 or a,o
acres as in the East. is 40. 20 an. 3
acres FIae fruits. wines aad esfry pro-
ducts are raised and cattle are fssfeDei.
IL 10 difscusf 20 name a California farm
product which cofnes East and actually
compeies with Eastern products.
We get from California oranges. lem
ems. psuaes. raisins. fx<. olives. wine<
dried fruits. erc---sax arse<. % the other
hand. the Eastern farmers derive q dis
Grct benefit from irrigation in Cslisor-
MIA. for IL makes Cslifornis. and she fur
nishes . greedy market for every sort Of
Eastern manufactured prod iuct. .eading
her money back to New England and
throughout the Eas. and thereby ssina-
lafing nanufactsrinx- Busy factories
and well paid. steadily empioyed factory
hands mean good Eastern markets for
Eastern farm prod1cts-
Precedent Cited.
Our frieuds the farmers Of the Ese
wers somewhat alarmed a. to what the
result mi9fh be when the tide VI vest
vard and settling up the eastern por-
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