Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01

IL il not without serio1s meaning that
50 many OF our people are masslng IN
+ cities. thst in cities rents are going high
er. and hence people are living in fewer
I ROOMS or smaller ones. and that the at
feudant and consequent evils. moral. ply
steal, Industrial. iateilectual and national.
are seen Oh every hand We are to-day
passing through period OF prosperity in
I the United States without parallel in
/ the worlds history. Judging from the
I history of all nations. this may not con-
[ time indefinitely. Our leaders must know
/ that they haze to do. not with supins
men who haze been trained to submis-
f sive obedience people who stand -esty
Z 10 shut their eyes. open their mouths aud
/ take whatever is given and be contented
f Herewith Adversely will bring eommo-
ton In our cities as "eold engenders
/ hail"
Remedy In Irrigated Parma
| In contemplating the dangers Of the
| future that may come to this republic.
the wise citizen should reach out and
seize whatever remedy may be within
his reach and apply il 81 that all the
I years % come may be free from fear aud
/ disturbing forces such as are always at
I work in every nation. That remedy ap-
/ pears to be. to put the balance OF our
population back on the land and keep it
I there. Their. sreus 10 be no other rem
edy. The man who has his home upoa
mother earih. the man who draws his
/ living straight from natures grauary, the
man who is free from all the uncertain
I ties OF a wage earner's employment. the
man who gathers his wife and children
around his 0wn hearthsi0ns and gets his
/ living by his own labor from his own
land. i the anchorage Of this country. II
heheovcs our statesmen to rise 20 the
occasion and imbus the American people
with a patriotic determination 20 turn
the balance Of our population back To-
the land and plant IT there with homes
4 that NJ social uphcavai can ever disturb,
This will safeguard this nation for ell
years TO come.
All Can Have Homer.
| The nation has Land for every msn
/ who viii make his home upon IL in good
I faith-who wili break the sol. plant
, crops. build a house and settle down to
| support his family from the soil. but the
| nation has no lnnd-nt least. Il ought 70
| have none-for the man who merely
seeks tp forestall the actual settler ana
sell out to him at profit. or become
landlord. collecting ineome from his ten
ant.
Land monopoly robs men OF large
/ portion OF the products % their labor. II
uullifes the spirit Of constitutional guar
antees which seeks to give assurance Of
t political freedom No msn Is free in
the true sense Of the term who il be
/ holden to another for the means OF his
existence, aud Land monopoly makes
tel'els instead Of patriots. In the case OF
ireland it drove more than half the popu.
iation away from its native soil. II alcd
their hearts with bitterness aud even
sent some OF her children into the ranks
u Eng!and's enemies in the hour of her
1 great trouble.
Will Help the East.
The suhjuzation and settlement of the
great empire OF public lands means that
| every factory wheel In the United State
must whirl faster. that every banking
house must handle more money. and that
every railroad must transport more pas
sengers and freight. This. In turn. means
large and buster population in every
| eastern and southern town, aud that Of
course viii quicken and enlarge the de-
mand for all the products OF the soil In
the older sections OF the country. In the
meantime that which is grown from the
soil, to be conquered by irrigation In the
West. will go almost exclusively TO the
feeding Of new home markets to be erect
ed within the arid region itself and to
the satisfying OF unlimited demands in
the Orient aud in the frozen north.
Limitie-> Oriental Trade.
Visible increase in American tonnage
in trade between the Asiatic East and
the Pacific coast is beyond the coneep-
tion of the ordinary citizen. This trans
portation issue concerns the merchant.
the manufacturer and the mechanic of
the Atlantic States. the Middle States
and the far West as well as the Pacific
coast. These merchants, manufacturers
and mechanics have the same interest in
the Asiatic trade that they have in the
irrigation development of our arid and
semi-arid land. The larger that trade
the greater the demand for the Industrial
products of the vast region east of the
Rocky mountains. the greater the etfi-
cheney of traus-Pacihc transportatious.
the greater our trade with Asia.
In way the merchants, manufartur.
ers aud mechanics east of the Rocky
mountains have more at stake than have
the Pacific coast States. Increased trade
with Asia. especially an increased de.
msnd for American food ssuffs. means in.
creased agricultural. commercial and in
dustriai activity on the Pacific coast. a
larger population on the Pacific, and
finally. the most important of all. a
larger home market for what the people
OF the Pacific coast call the American
| East.
Improved Transportation.
The transportation issue u settling
itself. The trans-continental railway
companies face . globe circlinx competi-
tion that forces them to raise the en-
cheney OF their systems. west Of Chi
caxo. The stcam linea Of the Pacific
ocean are meeting the transportation de-
mands, thns the American commerce
with ths Asiasic EAst = Insured By .sAat