The Springfield herald., 1907-06-21

but that it is not desirable to encour-
age immigration where such a large
proportion, unless well prepared, are
bound to fail. 1t is evident that such
failures as may come from a dry year
would be disaster to the plains in
general as well as to the people con
'cerned.
The question is still up for consider
alton. The question of means, l think,
renders the proposition in the mind of
the board, one they cannot enter be-
cause the funds are not large enough
to cover the demands that must be
met Sincerely yours.
(Signed) l.. G. CARPENTER,
Director.
This letter from Carpenter invoked
from Donahue Il reply in which he said
that Carpenter was an expert in irri-
cation engineering, but that there are
business men in Colorado, including
himself, that have spent money liber-
ally to back the opposite view to that
taken by Carpenter and he intimated
that these business men were not in
the habit Of investing foolishly. He
said it is not n question of academic
import, but a question of fact that is at
issue He declared that abe issue us to
was to be encouraged will be clearly
drawn between the college at Fort Col
lins and the business men of this city
and state who have thousands of dol
lars invested.
He says that he has always taken n
foremost part in the development OF
| the state by means Of irrigation and
, otherwise and that he is now inter
ested in one of the largest irrigation
projects of the state, the facts of which
will soon be published. Donahue
writes: Had there been experimental
stations in eastern Colorado during the
so-calley dry years and had these sta
tions been conducted either by the col
! lege or by tine department as Washing
| ton, history would not have recorded
the disasters that it did. And such
men as you, permit me TO say respect
| fully, are really the men that are invit'
ing disaster when they refuse to do
what their institutions may do toward
making disaster impossible.
"Howevcr, we reason this way: The
| tide of immigration is headed toward
| Colorado and no power, human or di'
vine, can. ii present conditions con
tinue, check this tide Hence, we say
let us do everything in our power to
educate these people. If the Agricul'
tural College refuses to do its part il
the development of eastern Colorado
we want to know it ana we want to
know it now"
Mr.. Donahue thinks that the ques,
tion of funds for the Akron experiment
station is but an excuse. for at the
last meeting of the board the salaries
of all the members of the faculty were
advanced If the board was hard up.
then why did it raise salaries? he
asks. Donahue also has written tc
President Aylesworth, serving notice
upon him In this letter Donahu.
says:
Dr. Aylesworth, Agricultural College
/ Fort Collins, Colo.
! Dear DR.. ylesworth-Sevcral timei
during the last two years | have ad'
dressed communications to you that
have remained unanswered. | ad
dressed one to you recently on very
| important subject concerning an eX
perimental station at Akron that still
remains unanswered. ] addressed on.
at the same time to Professor Carpen
ter and received his reply, and out OF
Difference TO you. you being president
of that college, and a personal friend
of mine, | am sending you copy OF
my answer to same.
1t is needless for me to say DR.
Aylesworth, that | am decidedly
aroused by the attitude of the Asricul
tural college in this affair. 1t is al
very well for you TO come back at me
with the assertion that | do not under
stand the facts involved. ! am will
ing to go Oh record here and say that
will recite to you my knowledge OF
the facts and that they will agree liz
orally with yours.
| Myself. and other men vastly better
known in Colorado than | am, but nc
more determined than myself, are go
| ing to make fight on this issue. We
are going to know a better reason thar
we know now why the Agricultural col
lege of this state has systematically
refused to advance the cause of dry
farming and has gone on record as
beieng opposed to encouraging imm,
grafton into eastern Colorado. Very
respectfully yours.
! ]. l.. DONAHUE.