The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16
sIegram 10 National irrigation
y Congress at Ogden, Utah,
Last Year.
GREATEST SyEP FORWARD"
kA Il the Presidents Opi,lon OF
rtyation --Messagc Shows Vast Fund
Of Information on Reclamation
Of Arid Lands.

FresiIci4 Roosevelt sent the following
essage II the National Irrigation Con.
ess In session at Ogden. Utah. Sept.
1Ngl< II Is characteristic Of the
IL shows-e broad. deep. patriotic
erest In both irrigation and forestry.
also shows his mastery intellectual
Tsp of any and all topics concerning
public welfare:
Oyster hay, N. v. Sept. ~. 1904
The passage of the National Irrigation
~. was one ~ the greatest steps. M, only
The forward progress Of the states. but
lat OF all mankind.
was the beginning ~ M achievement
,rent TINT we hesitate TO predict the
= ONE, hut II was ovly the beginning.
that the law n nn accomplished fnci,
~ must he given erect. To that end the
iamntion service orgunizcd under til"
anal IRRIGATION Law W Junc II. IN2.
been pushing its surveys and cxGminn.
fen OF possible irrigation projects cnrr.
Htlcally In each Of the thirteen Stntrs AMI
9ifee Territories named IN the act. Some
IN the projects which promised we'll NJ fiiSt
Nv found on careful study 60 bc imprlc.
.fabic. either because of scnnty water sup.
NIX or OF great cost. Others must await
t14d the test aud are ready toe immediate
<ivtasSuction
.lD ccessity Of National Ala.
EfYf 4. easiblc projects nrc always large
IHN". ~, because private enterprise las
tselzcd upon the Smaller and less
tE9vh ones. leaving To the government
tN works which are to be so essen
4lAfSs art In bringing the nation to its
itt7 IN opmcnt. Great care and the high.
tAt or 0leerlg skill are required to plan
s-sltld such works. which are among the
81 90 0ffMrsdt undertakings" mankind. They
~ uSe be bur Tor prrmnncncc ana snfety.
" ' they arc q last and spread prosperity
Nr centuries. To design nnd build such
orks body 81 engineers of the Highest
fhAfatter have been brought together In
reclamation service. for only men I'm.
n ~artially selected for capacity alone ARE
tirAb BILE Of creating these great struchlics.
Gfit must govern. not only In the sclcc-
e4s II men. but stlll more In the selection
M lhc projects.
ruction must POSSESS the qualities
INCA IL AZ n national undcrtnk.
20 certain to reclaim large tracts ~ nrld
N" md to support In VOL being II dens"
vigorous population. Vast though the
l4R 4 thu reclamation law, there will
w 'sappoiptmcnts, which necessarily
W FOp\1eS edvocntc Of special projects
T1S6 vss desire of accomplished
wv the slow and stcndy dcvcl.
EX fee great undertakings. II
W In mind that u brond sur
MI @siblc projects gives the con.
Nf iu 4eflieir relative value, and that u
XII rrlne Importance to one group Of
M seem less desirable In the Hight ~
IN knowledge.
,sution Urged.
II wise In large affairs to begin
SA sN ton first, and elaborate details M
EE-f Each Important paint must be
AitttNA studied In advance, aud the whole
8 ed and approved before work eau
n Net II We proceed both cautiously
tgAT. vstently under this benenccnt law,
n .koniidcntly expect the largest pos
,piiclopment Of our arid lands and
m .(krs6at by Industrious. prosperous
pTSlfcting men and women. who VII
rAenge the products of irrigated ngricnl
s4for the products OF mills and factories
~ 1GyhoUt tho United States. Cominunl
.ICenrishing In what IL now the dcscri
~ vally take their places among thu
plllars VI our Commonwealth.
IA Brig alton development az the nrit
HFhIpt stand alone. Forestry " TN
OSzpytA md support Of irrigation, with
M. irrigation must fall. Pcrman
ACqulroon development ana forest de
uraca. h,not exist iogrihor, Never fpr
grace oS forest reserve policy Of thu
.,h.t,o tlnlent means the use 81 nj
~nateVer " the forest reserves, Their,
.A destruction compared VIII
but they prakinx Chief object.
of the grcnt arid West l.!
Their own tipmcs Ia the central object
,sntion aud the forest pole!
States. In forestry. as II
POlitiCir Immediate private Interest
idual must occasionally yirl
plzzled c,nsnt advantage: which Is tn
The bcucits Ut forestry NJ
itself ~Tlhc future. but for the present
81 rserycs are for all the people
pendent the people In the immrd'at
4. for whom supplies of Woo
1t clatprc among the first nccrssnrirS a
M the Wiser aud more shillfu
and,ncht Of the reserve 10y trained mel
lter obviously will their uscfulncs
ker, D. public.
a., Ultimate success Surc.
90 INST never ullow our chagrin at ten
rIutdefcat and difficulties In the maj
P'"ot VI the forest reserves Ia blind u
hnlleabsolutc necessity ot these reserve
"1eOpic of the West.
Tbisrt Of the forest -rrScrNc policy ma
4ith wonderful rapidity In the WEI
Mr. the last few year,. II viii confirm
TIL the last vcstigc ~ opposition
peal.most gore, has wholly disapIsarc
he understanding Of The object M
have { OF the reservation. The create
port of the forest reserve by titr pc'
did the West, the greater the assurai'
.c national irrigation policy Will M
e the preservation OF the forests
80 tho lhccess VI this policy.
- TuEODORE ROOSEVELT.