The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-23

" hen = reSlicDt Roosevelt sad, Il
BELONG WEST OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER" he spoke from his heart. 1t
was not that he loved the east less,
but the west more
He felt that. III 4 certain way. the
country at large did not properly apprc-
wiatc this crude, big brother, whose
wonderful development and accomplish
ments are destined to bring the greatest
fame and riches to the faniy-thc Ma
ton. He got acquainted with this big
brother and found out that he was worth
winning and saving. He started out at
once upon his patriotic and philanthropic
mission.
Mr.. Roosevelt firmly believes there is
: nothing too good for the west. He has
put that section next to its immcnsur-
able future by the National Irrigation
Act; which, it is universally admitted
could not have become Il law without
his 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 a permanent
highway to the worlds commerce. These
measures are vitality associated with the
west.
Knows md Loves the West,
No other President has ever spoken Mt
such length or so explicitly on the sub
ject Of irrigation. 1t is equally true that
10 other President ever had so wide an
acquaintance with the subject as Mr..
Roosevelt possesses. He is. as it were,
an adopted child of the west and knows
its wants and sympathizes with them
The proposed reservoirs in connection
with the reclamation service will hus-
band for the great empire beyond the
Mississippi the waters necessary to add
the desert reaches there to habitations
and productivity This will insure the
enduring qualities of his fame. Ills
knowledge of the west shines through
all his utterances. He holds that irri-
cation is the coming necessity, and that
it our natural resources can be I'M
oyered to Il degree undreamed of and
II population and industry more than
puhled within our continental limits
is work here will mark the special
hievement of his administration, and
his irrigation proclamation will go down
i'll history as one of of the greatest acts
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
ricd out. BY it we will be able as a
nation to add to all former triumphs Of
this Republic new illustrations of our
power to do things. By system Of
judicous forestry almost the entire area
can be re-forested, in hundred years
The climate could be changed and i'm
proved. We could give an impetus to
every kind of trade, which, with our
new advantages in the Orient, would
more than double the volume Of our
present commercial traffic. In this area
OF intense agricultural and horticultural
development will be created field for
the exercise of every kind of skill and
every attainment of handicraft. Here
many of the vexed social and economic
questions are destined to be settled. In
giving to the Nation a race of land
owners, race of men and women will
be insured who. by interest, instinct and
choice. will be patriots
Innate Home Owning Desire.
There is an innate desire in the heart
OF the .Anglo-SaXon American to own
IL 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 as 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.
His farm need not be 50 large as some
suppose, but it should belong to the
farmer, not to some one else. This is
not only self-evident because of the adj
vnntages to the farmer, but because of
its advantages to the Nation at large.
1t is the cornerstone Of our National
life; it lies at the root of all true pa
triotism and all social improvement and
content
Give 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
doors of this great arid west, with the
KEY OF National Irrigation, and you need
not worry about. the future. Let the
people have 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
and 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-
yelt's earnest request and as result
OF his personal efforts, has already be-
y gun its work of measureless good to
American citizenship. 1t is placing
@ within the reach of the landless man
our manless land. 1t is to speak with
q voice that cannot be misunderstood.
BY combining the two powerful factors
Of irrigation and reclamation, in its up
building work of the Nation, its mis-
sion will be well night irresistible. 1t
will lift from the pathway of the bread
winner the dead weight OF poverty and
: sspngestion which has INSTRUCTED our ma
e1oaal progress, created inteInecine strug-
Il glcs between capital and labor and
L threatened to shipwresk our future pros
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Kxpansive Arena of Action.
"a le arid region. extending in the main
From the Missouri River to the Pacific
81 Sssssl;i aud from N eSico to Canada, em-
li'.srs an area. generally speaking, of
aboilt f,5o0 miles either way. Here is
what i known q arid America. The