The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23

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BELONG WEST OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER" he spoke from his heart. II
was not that he loved the east less.
but the west more.
He felt that. in a certain way, the
country at large did not properly appre-
.ciate this crude. big brother, whose
wonderful development aud accomplish
ssnents are destined to bring the greatest
fame and riches to the family-the Ma
fion. He got acquainted with this big
brother and found out that he was worth
winning and saving. He started ont AZ
once upon his patriotic and philanthropy.
mission.
Mr.. Roosevelt firmly believes there is
Oothing too good for the west. He has
put that section next to it's imnreasur-
able future, by the National Irrigation
Act: which, it is universally admitted,
could not have become a law without
his urgent personal influence in the
House, any more than without his sig
nature as President. Then, there is his
~1Open Door policy in China, and the
Panama Canal, assured as a 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
such length or so explicitly on the sub
Aect OF irrigation. 1t is equally true that
80 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
with the reclamation service will hus-
Sand for the great empire beyond the
Mississippi the waters necessary to add
fGhe desert reaches there to habitations
:and productivity. This will insure the
enduring qualities of his fame. His
knowledge Of the west shines through
MI his Mtterances. He holds that irri-
CATION Is the coming necessity, and that
4ov It our natural resources can be I'm
covered to 4 degree undreamed OF and
~0ur population inc industry more than
d0ubled within our continental limits.
His work here will mark the special
achievement of his administration, and
his irrigation proclamation will go down
N history as one Of OF the greatest acts
~ any President.
Potency OF National Act.
= The National Irrigation Act is gagged
u IN honest, intelligent, extensive plan,
well considered, and will be wisely car
xeied out. BY it we will be able as 4
rn1tiOn to add to all former Htriumphs of
sahis Republic new Illustrations of our
Epower to do things. BY a system OF
Ijudicious forestry almost the entire area
xcAn be re-forested, in a hundred years.
The climate could be changed and i'm
proved. We could give an impetus to
Avery kind OF trade, which, with our
INV advantages in the Orient, would
more than double the volume. Of our
peeeent commercial trafic. In this area
~ infense agricultural and horticultural
Development will be created q field for
che exercise OF every kind OF skill and
0vary attainment Of handicraft. Here
many of the vexed social and economic
.Qutstlons are destined to be settled. In
giving 10 the Nation a race Of land
ewners, I race OF men and women will
fbe insured who. BY i~nterest, instinct and
choice. will be patriots.
Inaato Heme-OwntnR Desire.
There Il an innate desire in the heart
- the Anglo-Saxon American to own
home. There il an inherent yearning
~ the common people. apparent on every
mage " history. to own in fee simple
ooWe. portion Of the earth. The desire
u still ~ keen as It ever was. OF all
ef oar wealth producing class, the farm
e needs i home most. He must have
land, he should by ell means own it.
His farm need not be 50, large as some
suppose, but it should belong to the
farmer, not to some n else. This is
not only self-evident because Of the adj
vantages to. the farmer, but because OF
IT. advantages to the Nation at large.
1t 10 the cornerstone OF our National
life. II lies at the root Of all true pa
1x5otism aud Ill social Improvement and
content. !
Give ! man I home upon the soil and
1ou have made him 4 patriot who will
Aefend your institutions at the ballot
6ox q on che battle field. Open the
doors az this great arid west, with the
10y ~ Nekional Irrigation, and you need
lot worry about the future. Let the
noeplle AAye easy access to the land and
npo< ~ III other troubles will settle
G61mseIvess Tbs property owner Is a
- ~ eounfxy. Let the property own
~ MYSTERIOUS - possible.
uere f~s Monsss Toll.
NoGoua1 Irrigation Act, passed
$50 B1pabljcan Congress 1t Mr.. Roose-
gC1kp o1knsoe request and AZ Z result
oaDonaI efforts, has already be-
Work q neasureless good to
Axo15eGa e~xktxensdnip. It is placing
Wf5knfn t1e eeach a the landless man
M II is to speak with
= M 1s5E &1nnct be misunderstood.
~ cu16in1o44e - two powerful factors
~ 5r1tc96M 11d reclamation, in it's up
bsildfne vo9k d the Nation, its mis-
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