The Delta independent., 1904-10-14
How Irrigation Will Develop the One and Ger
. tainy Secure the Other.
.ROOSEvELTS INSPIRING AMERlCANISM
While Creating New Agricultural and Horti.
cultural World at Home He Would
Establish Commercial Pres
tge in the Orient

as is not to be found anywhere else out.
side Of the Mississippi Valley. and the
prosperity OF the eastern manufacturer
has In turn brought prosperity to the
eastern farmer. Uncle Sam has n great
deal of land and great deal of water
In the West. That land is arid. and
the water. which would make it pro-
ductire, is running to waste. The prop
osition is TO irrigate these great noun
tain valleys and plains and build more
bones and make more markets.
The eastern manufacturer will sell
in the West. but the western farmer will
not sell In the East. except fruits and
things like that which will not compete
with the eastern farmer. This great
work will take time. II will require
many years to wet all that dry land.
but We will begin now and go along
carefully each year until the task is
done. Not many dams or new neighb0r-
hoods will be started before the business
men Of the East will have their travel
ing mcu in the West to sell goods. Think
OF this great home market: the whole
world wants TO get into the United
States to sell things. but our home mar
l"t is for ourselves first. to develop 1t
to the fullest extent.
Will Eqnaitxe Population.
The reciainntion Of arid America will
to = great extent balance our one-sid-d
development. The eastern half Of tn.
United States to-day has n popula ton
OF over 10.dD0.OO. while the western
half contains somewhere in the neigh
harhopi Of G.uSo,U1. or less than 10
per cent. Of the whole. The new irriEa-
ton law is working satisfactorily. The
country was fortunate in finding a bur
eau Of ih" government already equipped
10 take up the question OF surveys and
construction immediately. Thi. IL one of
the greatest p!rcrs Of work which has
ever come before this government. The
dnni-. ditrh-- aud weirs to be Construct
O.! will lie the greatest in the world.
They viii stand NOT for generations. but
far centuries aud contribute TO the we'll
being OF hundreds Of millions OF people.
Arid America will contain by far the
cr-ste.t irrigated area OF any country
la the world.
Vast Oriental Com meres.
On the other hand no person at all con-
r-r-anI with current Affairs can doubt
land. that border uI.,n the Pacific Ocean
rr.ntain nearly "ne-haif the total pcpu.
lsti"n of tn. globe. i!eran~- of made
guaie iransI.nrtaii facilities upon the
iaud. the Psopl. are more dependent than
western natian~ upon ma ritime com.
nrrrr. The Orient. What mage In the
name. The fsi.a!oas storehouse OF myr-
terry. wealth. art. religion. When Amer
ira vas undiscovered. England the home
OF rude ~arsg~-. Grrccc aud Rome un.
heari Of In th. dim. dark ages Of mys-
ticisn. trfore the dawn Of history. iisri
and noufistied the ~and~rful Orient. the
far East. the islands beyond the sea.
China d-fS~. the world In age. I-ot,aia-
tipn aud industry. If all the iahahitants
OF the world were stood up In one line.
every fourth man would be = Chinsmau
The Pacific Ocean. which ha. for cen
turi~s been washing ,h. shores Of our
western boundaries. has said to Us:
Herr lies the East: this l. the way 10
India" tu II has spoken into dumb
ears. We heard but We h-~,i-d not,
Others have taken warning that the
great c,'mm~rriai development OF the
future lies upon the broad Pacihc, and
have inauEursted new line. Of tran.I.or-
tati"n and enlarged the capacity of those
already formed. Last year Japan.
China. Korea. Hong Kong aud the Rus
sian possessions fronting the Pacific
O,'can did q hu.ine-. wfh tho outside
world amounting To S,HnOS6O: fully
i""-thirds "f this was imports. During
the year this country tnurht from them
&.2.OHhHu worth OF ro.i-. aud only
sold to them little over S:O.SOOoo.
Peaceful Conquest Of China.
The Empire ot China will sopr l,c
opened Ia all parts to the commerce of
tho world. and II becomes a question of
the share this country may secure In
tho face of existing competition. The
rurlso.r of establishing Oriental trade Is
primarily 10 secure q market for tho
ma manufariurrl commodities Of the east.
cru states aud the agricultural products
"I the Mississippi Valley, but these ninn.
Will not make rarrpcs for tho Pacific
steamers.
II il essential. In order TO suppor,
stea nIship lines, that n practically nm
limited supply "f bulky freight be avail.
able Tor transportation. Cotton, wheat,
AMI Hour In this instance must br relied
uis'n. The cnttun will he furnished hy
the southern States. and will bear the
freight charges TO ports Of shipment,
but the less valuable rcadstuiTs must be
grown Sn til" slopes OF tn" continental
divide aud the Pacific In order to com.
pete In prize with other grain growing
The fertile mountain valleys
will produce grain In any desired uuan.
tity IL the ground Il irrigated. A situa
'ion II thus presented which makes the
success Of an Oriental trade. Of any con.
volume. dependent almost sole.
Is upon the reclamation OF the arid
lands.
VIII Beueat Farmers Mosl
Tho American farmer will be tho
rhicf. tho prominent gamer by the open
Ing up Of this vast section to trade and
commerce. For there are Limitations to
Oriental agricultural resources. As tho
Asiatics hcronc lcarn~l In scientific
a agriculture. adopt modern methods and
increase tho working efficiency Of the In
the discrepancy IN the price
Of labor Mill diminish. At present, under
The method employed. one American
Ia.