Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-02


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or country and make him q more stable.
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ci'0fo the home builders ana the home
oMhefs Qf The republic and YOU aug
mems lts real abiding strength.
WHAT RECLAMATION MEANS.
The DEVELOPMENT OF the reclamation
service IN this western country means
nc increase OF migration hithpr OF
many desirable citizens. IL means that
m good time many Immigrants Who
otherwise would settle upon the Allan
Tic scahoard will come here and avail
themselves OF the opportunities which
are TO be found IN this vast region
where natures bounties afford an ann
pie and inviting hcld. 10 is iu our econ
omic and our national interest that
more OF them should come into tho
Pacific states and aid YOU IN the great
work OF building up your agriculture
ana your trade and ia ccrating here
splendid, progressive civilization.
BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.
zone Of she most promising things In
the extension Of irrigation is the drvel
opment OF the beet sugar Industry.
This is a subject Of no mere local i'm
portance. We are sending abroad more
than ono hundred millions Of dollars
year for sugar. This enormous sum
goes 20 the enrichment OF sugar pro-
ducers I'm foreign countries. This Is an
unwise policy and should not he con-
tinued forever. This tremendous an
nual drain should be stopped. BY pur-
suing rational course. we can produce
from our own soil and refine la our own
factories an % the sugar needed for
our USE. II is readily to he seen that
the cultivation Of sugar beets OBJ tns
arid and semi-arid regions win be a
source OF unfaillng and expanding
wealth In the future. 10 fail 70 utilize
to the utmost our opportunities 20 de-
velop this great industry and retain
within our own borders an or nearly
an Of the enormous sum OF one hum
dred million dollars annually. not sent
abroad. would seem 10 be the part OF
inexDrcysihly folly.
FORESTRY PRESERVATION.
Closely related 10 the subject Of
irrigation Is the work Of forestry
preservation. rha two subjects 50
hand IN hand. We have pursued a
stmewhat reckless policy with regard
90 the forests Of tho United States. In
some sections OF the country. In fact.
In almost every section. we have de-
nuded our lands Of timber In what
now seems to have been almost a
wanton fashion. We have thought
only Of today having no proper regard
for the future. The demand OF the
country for timber needed to build our
railways, construct eur cities and
homes has been tremendous We have
cut away our forests and paid no at
tention TO the necessity Of taking
steps for their ultimate restoration.
We now see what some Of the older
countries IN their experience have
seen, that Il is necessary 10 adhere
70 a rational. scientific forestry system,
not only In the interest Of our future
forests but i'm the interest Of the im-
portant subjects of irrigation and navi-
cation, Ii Is but truim that II the
forests are swept away. the rainfall
quickly flows into the streams and Is
wasted into the sea. whereas II the
trees are properly preserved upon the
watersheds. the rainfall and melting
SHOWS are stored In natures reservoirs
and are gradually fed into the streams
for the benefit Of both agriculture and
navigation.
VALUE OF STREAMS
I'VE have not fairly begun % ap-
preciate the fun value OF cur streams
and rivers We have not fairly begun
to appropriate them 10 the benefit OF
our hblAiAlAAAtr llAAANAAl anu NhHA~
merce. The waters which come dewn
from the sides Of these mountains may
be converted into electrical power ana
carried hundreds OF miles with but
little loss 10 the initial energy and APP
propriated TO lighting and healing
cities. operating mines and drfSlng
the wheels OF industry. We have
thousands Of miles Of rivers which
may be made navigable with little
n ha ~ n red
with the benefits flowing from their
Use Ia carrying commerce. There are
thousands OF miles OF rivers which are
ravigable In a degree but which should
be deepeued and improved so as 10
meet our growing needs. II is impos-
sible to give too much emphasis 20
the Importance Of this subject our
rivers are the natural highways OF
commerce and the growing density
of our population and the increase OF !
our production make 1t essential that |
there should be additional facilities |
70 insure cheap and ready transporta- !
ton. The capacity Of the railways |
OF the country is already taxed TO the |
utmost and the rapid development Of |
uaffic makes Il necessary that we |
should largely augment the means OF |
carrying Il In the future Moreover |
there IS no better equalizer Of rates /
than water competition. Water trans /
portation is a perpetual and certain |
guaranty against monopoly on the 1
part Of common carriers.
PANAMA CANAL.
we are earnestly carrying forward /
the construction OF tho Panama canal. |
confess eddy a work Of great import /
anoe not only 10 our commerce but 10 /
the commerce Of the world. Import- /
ant as this matter Is. Il a. not more 1
important than the Improvement OF 1
upon many Of our rivers 4
The improvement OF navigation upon /
them may wen go hand IN hand with /
work upon the great canal. The one /
Is IN O very considerable degree tho /
complement Of the other This Is a
large subject ana must be considered
IN a large way.
a sURFEIT OF POLITICS.
Upon such an occasion as this. 1
would not venture 10 obtrude politics.
nothing could be more inappropriate.
The fact is that We have a surfeit OF
politics What we need most Is more
business and loss politics. Unless the
business affairs OF the people are ar