The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-09-23

BELONG WEST OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER. lle, spoke from his heart. Ii
was not that de loved the east less,
but the west more.
He..felt that, in Il certain way. the
countrY, at.large did not properly appre-
eiate this crude. big brother. whose
wonderful development and accomplish
mcnts are destined to bring the greatest
fame and riches to the family-thc Ma
ton. He got acquainted with this big
brother and found out Tint he Was worth
winning and saving. He started out ut
once upon his patriotic and p~hilanthropie
mission.
I; Mr.. Roosevelt firmly believes there is
nothing too good for the west. He has
put that section next to its immeasur-
able future, by the National Irrigation
Act; which, it is universally admitted,
( could not have become Il law without
iis urgent personal influence in the
House. any more than without his sig
nature as President. Then, there is his
Open Door policy in China, and the
Panama Canal, assured as n permanent
highway to the worlds commerce. These
measures are vitality associated with the
west.
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No other President has ever spoken at
sueh length or so explicitly on the sub
ject of irrigation. 1t is equally true that
$40 other President ever had so wide an
acquaintance with the subject as Mr..
Roosevelt possesses. He is, as it We're,
an adopted child OF the west and, knows
It's wants and sympathizes with them.
The proposed reservoirs in connection
Susf1p 6l,n t.onIoyla4tnn Snrtr;nn will Inns
band for the great empire beyond the
Mississippi the waters necessary to add
the desert reaches there to habitntions
and productivity. This will insure the
enduring qualities of his fame. His
knowledge of the west shines through
all his utterances. He holds that irri-
cation is the coming necessity, and that
* 1T our natural resources can be un-
,yered to a degree undreamed of and
nr population and industry more than
oabIed within our continental limits.
lis work here viii. mark the special
his irrigation proclamation will go down
of any President.
Potency of National Act.
The National Irrigation Act is gagged
on an honest, intelligent, extensive plan.
well considered, and will be wisely car
ried out. BY it we will be able as a
nation to Md to all former triumphs of
atiiss Republic. new illustrations of our
COVER to do things. By a system of
Judicious forestry almost the entire area
can be re-forested, in a hundred years.
The climate could be changed and I'M
proved. We could give a N impetus to
every kind Of trade. which, with our
new advantages in the Orient, would
inore than double the volume of our
present commercial traffic. In this area
of intense agricultural ard horticultural
development will be created a field for
the exercise of every kind of skill and
every attainment of handicraft. Here
many of the vexcd social and economic
questions IRE destined to be settled. IN
giving to the. Nation a race of land
owners, a race of men and women will
he insured who, by interest, instinct and
choice. will be patriots.
Innate Homo Owning Desire.
There is an innate desire in the heart
of the Anglo-Saxon American to own
n home. There is an inherent yearning
OF the common people, apparent on every
page of history, to own in fee simple
some portion of the earth. The desire
is still as keen MS it ever was. OF all
of our wealth producing class, the farm
er needs. a home most. He must have
land, he should by all means own it.
Ills farm need not be SO large as some
suppose, but it should belong to the
farmer, not to some IL else. This is
not only s~clf-eyident because of the adj
v,tntagcs to the farmer, but because OF
ats advantages to the Nation at large.
1t is the cornerstone of our National
life; 1t Lies at the root of all true pa
triotism and all social improvement and
content. ia
Give d man a home upon the soil and
you have made him a patriot who will
defend your institutions at the ballot
box or. on the battle field. Open the
.ioors of this great arid west. with the
Key of Ndtionai Irrigation, and you need
worry about the future. Let the
people nave easy access to the land and
most of our other troubles will settle
themselves. The property owner is a
conservative, man who loves his family
aud his country. Let the property own
ers be as numerous as possible.
Hope for Honest Toll.
The National Irrigation Act, passed
by a Republican, Congress at Mr.. Roose-
velt's earnest request and as a result,
OF his personal efforts. has already be-
gun it's. work OF, measureless good to
American citizenship. 1t is placing
the reach of the landless man
our manless land. 1t is to speak with
voicr,.t,at cannot be misunderstood.
BY combining the two powerful factors
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