The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-13

| eastern manufacturer got such a marke
as is not to be found anywhere else out
side Of the Mississippi Valley, and tn
prosperity of the eastern manufacture
has in turn brought prosperity to tn
| eastern farmer. Uncle Sam has a grea
deal of land and a great deal of waite
in the West. That land is arid, an,
the water, which would make it pro
osition is to irrigate these great noun
tain valleys and plains and build NOR
homes and make more markets.
The eastern manufacturer will sci
in the West, but the western farmer will
not sell in the East, except fruits ant
things like that which will not compel,
with the eastern farmer. This grea
work will take time. 1t will requir,
many years to wet all that dry land
but we will begin now and go alon.
carefully each year until the task i.
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
or tins 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 il
to the fullest extent.
Will Equalize 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 7O,O0O,O0O, while the western
half contains somewhere in the neigh
borhood of 100000, or less than 10
per cent. of the whole. The new irrga
ton law is working satisfactorily The
country was fortunate in finding a 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 be the greatest in the world.
Ihey 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
in the world.
Vast Oriental Commerce.
On the other hand no person at all con-
versant 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
qnate transportation facilities upon the
land, the people are more dependent than
western nations upon maritime COM
merce. 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 nm
heard Of in the dim, dark ages of mys-
ucism, before the dawn Of history. lived
and fiourished the wonderful Orient. the
far East, the islands beyond the sea.
China defes the world in age, popula-
ton 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
turies been washing the shores of our
western boundaries, has said to MS.
Here lies the East; this is the way to
India But it has spoken into dumb
ears. We heard but we needed not.
Others have taken warning that the
great commercial development of the
future lies upon the broad Pacific. and
have inaugurated new lines of transpor.
tatlon and enlarged the capacity of those
arreauy formed. Last year Japan,
cniha' Korea, Hong Kong and the Rus
eiah possessions fronting the Pacific
ocean did a business with the outside
world amounting to 100000. 900: fully
'wo-thlrds OF this was imports. During
me year this country bought from them
$'@,Vo'VUo worth of goods, and ONLY
soid 10 them little over $4,000. 600
Peaceful Conquest of China.
The Empire of China will soon b.
opeheu IN all parts to the commerce of
'ne World ana 1t becomes a question of
'he snare this country may secure in
'he lace of existing competition. Tho
purpose of establishing Oriental trade is
primarily TO secure market for tho
Manufactured commodities of the aas+-
'.n states and the agricultural products
OF the Mississippi Valley. but these alone
VIII not make cargoes for the Pacific
steamers LII
IL Is essential, in order TO sunnort
:, Hiea ihship hneS, that a practically nm
iiililteu supply of bulky freight be avail
aoie Tor transportation. Cotton. wheat
anu hour IN tins instance must he reliad
upon he cotton will be furnished nv
ene southern States, and will bear tba
irelght charges TO ports of sbinmant
out the less valuable breadstuffs mus ho
grown On the slopes of the contient,I
ui'lde and the Pacific in order to Con-
pete IN price with other crain-grou,;n,,
countries. The fertile mountain valleve
VIII produce grain in any desired 80.
uty II the ground is irrigated. A sitna.
uon Is thus presented which makes IN.
success OF an Oriental trade. of anv con.
siderable volume, dependent almost so1.
~ upon the reclamation of tha .n;,
lands. ara
VIII Benefit Farmers Mont
The American farmer will h. o..
cmef, the prominent gamer by tho o,an
ing up OF this vast section TO ,rsds "a
commerce. For there are limitations to
Oriental agricultural resources .s ~ ~
Asiatics become learned in sc;eptise
agriculture, adopt modern methods and
increase the working efficiency of the in.
dividual, the discrepancy in the nrino
OF labor will diminish. At present. nnde,
the method employed. one American