Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-15

as - aa< u o. found a1yur5@fs else Qu1-
-sds q -zs M4ss5asspE9 valley. z18 the
prosperity O.! rbe eastern usnafarearer
a=s n t1-1 hro1<4z Pros 2sriry 70 ths
ezsrsrz fsr1sr- Uasz. san has = <rezE
1ral q and sud s .rear cea4 q NzteT
ia tas Wsst- TAzt lad j. aid. and
tl- ws5aT- W1ica wsniG EaaEe 4 pro
11-iiFe- fs rua-5u- 70 wzwze. TIE prop
gslf45s j. 70 irriSsts tAs-e =rsz- zasz1-
tz-E ral5~Ts aa8 pssizs SD t1-4 szo-.
5sE1ss sd make ussFe alaTEers-
TIE eastern nzzsfs=-zrsT VII sci
IL TIE Wrv-. bz- the weseera farmer wiI
agt s@a n tie Eass- except frz41s sna
tui-ss Ike fhat H4zea VII upt esup-te
SKI t5s sasf-rz farmer. Tl4lz great
Ugrk wL taks tln5s II vi re411-e
1lszy yrz-s - wss al that Gry Iazd.
tr- - Sll t-E4a aeH asa g a59az
csretz4y each EeaF sufil the task .s
aor@, $9t ra=ny daazs ar Dew He.sasso--
boots - . srart=5 before fss bzsaasss
E1-a q tie Es-F alE have tAsi- travel
~ u=a u TIE Wss1 % sci goods Think
o. tzaz great bone usrksI- tbs Wspi-
word Hsuts 20 90 iuto the Lazfsd
States % sell tlinEs. bar osf home Esar-
Aet - for ourselves first. q deteA1p Z;
% the faiiest szteur-
VIII EquaIiz- Population
TIE reeiaimzil1a q arid Araerzra vii
% = great extent balance or eae=zliesl
Development. Tue eastern bali q the
Uaitss States today has q p5gslAtl5a
Of over 7pD.0Sbt while the western
half csatzins som@zsAsre IN the nes-l-
t-orAOsA Of s.oppf.p. o. less tAau %
per eezf- sf the EAeiz- The asE lr-sza-
t5o1 law ls working satisfactorily The
sogntry vas fortunate - aaAiux 8 bar
eau os The government already equipped
10 take ~ tie question OF surveys and
eoizs;rarslqa imnle4lafsly. Th5s j. eas %
the greatest pieces % work ghiea hzs
ever come before fals xsFeraueut- The
dams. bitches and ws4rs to bsi construct
81 will be the greatest In the world
They Will stand uot for generations. bu;
for eeatHrie- snt con.ribuis 70 the well
heinS OF hundreds OF millions o, people
Ard Ameriea will a1utain by far fhs
greatest irr.sz;ed area q sny coszfry
IL the world
Vast Oriental Com mmerce.
On TIE other band no person a. al con
verssuf with current Affairs can doubt
the great futare Of the Orient TIE
Lands that border ursen the Pscidc Ocean
contain nearly ous-half the total rg2s-
latssn u the globe. Becamss o, made
T.
"a Bd. the people are more dependent than
western nations upon maritime CON
ulercs. The Or.sut. WAT mage IN tbs
na ne The fabaloa= sfarebease Q. nlys-
isry. wealth. ART. religion. Whea Amer
lea vas undiscovered. England the haue
% rude saFares. Gr~ere ard Rome an
beard ot IN the din. eark ages Of uys-
ticlsm. before the dawn Of history. BFed
and Hsgrsshei the Nuadsrfgl OFisaf the
far East the tsiaat. hsyuud the sea
I China asfes tie world iu age. pspaia-
( rion and Industry. II all the iuhzh4tants
% the woriI were stood % IN one nns.
every fourth maa Eouid b = C1iinsulan
The Paeiic Ocean. ~hich has fer cen
turies beea Eashinz the shores Q. our
western boundaries has sald 70 a.
Here iies the Easf: this is the way %
I lndia-" But II has spoken infa aazab
ears We heard bat We beeied Dot
/ Others have taken warning thar The
I great eenn-rriAi development 0, fh-
! fstsre lies upon the h-oad Pae5se. ana
4 have ia1uxurated nex lines of trAHHYsor-
ration and salar<ei the capacity y thase
already formed last year Japaa.
China Korea. Hoa< ksag aaa the Eas-
san Possessions fronting the Paei.se
Ocean did a BUSINESS with The oz-Sise
zvr8 aDoanfiaE 70 s6spo,oos1. fuily
Z iEo-fkIf3s % this vas Imports Daring
. the year this country bsaxh, from them
S12ostfso worth OF goods. and only
sod 70 then Little over s5o.oto.eso.
Peaceful Conaeest Of China
TIE Empire of China win sooa b-
opened ia all parts . the commerce Of
the world, and il becomes q question o.
the share this cOzat-y NAY ses-are In
the face 0: existing competition The
{ parJssss 0. establishing Oriental trade =
( primarily 70 secure q market 70. the
manufactured commodities of the east
err state< and the agricultural products
Of the MissiSsiPsi Valley. bat these alone
VIII not make czrroe. for the P.c;sr
steamers.
i; j. essential. IN order TO support
-tez mship lines that = practically nm
limited supply Of basky freight be avail
able for transp0rtztloa- Cotton. wheat.
and toEr IN this instance 1asr be relied
upon The eotiSa w5ll be furnished by
( the sostser5 States. ssi viii bear the
fre.<at charges 70 ports Of shipment
bot the less rslasbie trsadssuas mus: be
grown "a she Slopes Of the confidential
csride and the Pacific in order TO com
pete ID price with ether xrasa-s-oxinx
countries The fertile mountain valleys
viii proaoee grain IN z1y desired a1zn-
tity II the ground IS irrigated A ssfaa
tca il thus p-ese3tei which makes the
success OF an Oriental trade. OF any con
siderable volume. dependent sinos. sole
" upon the reclauatsoa Of the arid
lands
VIII BeneAf YaYDers Nest
The American farmer viii b the
chief. the prominent gamer BY the open
ing up Of this vast section TO trade and
commerce. For there are Mmita rioas TO
Oriental agricultural resources As the
Axiatscs become learned In ecientife
srricuIfnre- ado5r modern methods and
increase the working efficiency Of the in
dividnai. the discrepancy in the price
Of Abor viii dininixh- At present. nader