Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-18

eastern manufacturer got such . maEke,
as 10 not 20 he touhd anywhere else out
side Of the Mississippi Valley, and the
prosperity OF the eastern manufacturer
has In tuFa brought prosperity 20 the
eastern farmer. Uncle Sam has a great
deal OF land and great deal OF water
10 the West. That land is arid. and
tho water. which would make IL pro.
deceive. i running To waste. The prop.
os!'l1h Il 10 lFrisate these sTcat noun.
tain valleys aud plains aud build more
BONES ani EHakc morr markets.
The eastern manufacturer will sell
In the West. hut the western farmer will
no, sell ia the East. excep, fruits aud
things Ike that which will no, compete
with the eastern farmer. This great
WORK VIII TAX" tlme. IL will require
inaay years 10 wr; all that dry land.
bot VIC Will begin now and 60 along
easefnily each year until the task Ia
doae. Not many dams or new neishbos-
hoods will be started before the business
men OF the East will have thsIr travel.
ins men In thc West to sell goods. ThInk
OF ,his great home market: tho whole
w"Fli wants I" get Into the United
States 10 sell ihinss. bot our home mar.
l-t u Tor ourselves hrsi. TO develop II
To the faiies; extent
Will Iaaatise Population.
The rcciaimation Of arid America will
TO great extent balance our one-.iiei
development. The eastern half Of IN,
tni'e'i States to-day has n population
OF over sO.UrpOIo while the western
half contains somewhere IN the neigh.
hoFhooi OF cocoon. or less than 10
per c-n;. of the whole Th. new Isrisa.
tioa law IL working satisfactorily. The
country was fortunate IN finding n bur.
eau OF the government already equipped
10 take M the question OF surveys and
construction Immediately. This j. one OF
the srciics; picccs of work which has
ever come before this government The
dams. bitches and wcIrs to be construct.
cl viii bc the greatest In the world.
They will stand no, FOR generations. but
for centuries aud contribute TO the well.
being OF hundreds OF millions Of people.
Arid America will contain by far the
srcaicst irrigated area Of any country
Ia the world.
Vast Oriental Com nerec,
On the other hand no person at all con.
vcFsani with current affairs can doub,
the great future of the Orient. The
lands that border upon the Pacific Ocean
contain nearly onc.haif the total popu.
iaiion OF the globe. Bcchus- OF inndc.
guhic transportation facilitic. upon the
land. the people arc more dependent than
western nations upon mnritim. com.
mcrcc. The Orient! What magic IN the |
name. The fabulous storchousc OF mys.
terry. wealth. art, religion. When Amer |
lea was undiscovered. England the home |
OF rude savageS, Greece and Rome un.
heard OF In the dim. dark ages OF mys.
ucism, before the dawn OF history, lived |
and nourishcd the wonderful Orient. tn
FAR East. the Islands beyond the EcnN
China defics the world In age. popuI ~
,iiiopaand JpSr.tyir s',-r NJ n ,''Ic IN.
very fourth man would be ChlDamau
The Pacific Ocean. which has pr ccIY
.urics been washing the shores of or
western boundaries. has said 20 us:
Here lies the East: this is the way to
India But Il has spoken into dumb
ears. We heard but We needed not.
Others have taken warning that the
great commercial development of the
future lies upon the broad Pacific, and
have inaugurntcd new lines OF transpor-
tatiou and enlarged the capacity Of those
already formed. Last year Japan.
China. Korea. Hong Kong and tho Rus
sian possessions fronting the Pacihc |
Ocean did business with the outside |
world amounting 10 SGOOOOO,OOO: fully |
two-tihrds OF this was imports. During |
the year this country bought from them |
ST2O00,OoO worth OF goods, and only |
sold to them n little over SJO.OO0,0OO.
Peaceful Conquest of China.
The Empire OF China will soon be
opened In all parts to the commerce of
the world, and it becomes n question OF
the share this country may secure in
the face of existing competition. The
purpose of establishing Oriental trade is
primarily to secure market for the
manufactured commodities of the east
ern States and the agricultural products
of the Mississippi Valley. but these alone
will not make cargoes for the Pacific
steamers.
1t is essential in order TO support
steamship lines, that n practically un-
limited supply of bulky freight be avail
able for transportation. Cotton, wheat.
and flour in this instance must be relied
upon. The cotton will be furnished by
the southern States. and will bear the
freight charges TO ports OF shipment
but the less valuable breadstuifs must be.
grown en- the slopes of the contiental
divide and the Pacific in order to com
pete in price with other crain-growins
countries. The fertile mountain valleys
will produce grain in any desired guam
tity IL the ground is irrigated A situn
ton Is thus presented which makes the
success of an Oriental trade, OF any con-
siderable volume, dependent almost sole
! ly upon the reclamation of the arid
/ lands.
Will Benefit Farmers Most.
| The American farmer will be the
/ chief, the prominent gamer by the open
ing up of this vast section to trade and
commerce. For there are limitations to
| Oriental agricultural resources. AS the
Asiatics become learned in scientific
agriculture. adopt modern methods and
increase the working efficiency of the in
dividual. the discrepancy in the price
of labor will diminish. At present, under
the method employed. one American