The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-12
e. n. HARTMAN TELLS IRRIGA-
TON CONGRESS HOW HE GOT
UNION PACIFIC.
DENVER MAN TALKS
WOULD CHECK ALARMING iMMl.
GRAFTON TO CANADA AND
KEEP PEOPLE HERE.


THE railroad magnate, stopped over
here long enough to deliver a stirring
talk to the National Irrigation Con-
gress, in which he told how he came to
take control of the Union Pacific and
Central Pacific, defending his policy
and stating the attitude of his organic
atoms in the matter OF irrigation and
forestry.
Mr.. Hartman and Governor Cham
berlain of Oregon, president of the con-
gress, engaged in a mild debate, the
railroad man getting up to reply to the
remarks OF Oregon's chief executive.
Mr. Hartman said that when he sug-
gested to his associates east Of the
Mississippi river that they take hold
Of the Union Pacific they regarded him
a being almost out of his senses and
asked what he was going to do with
the great desert to be traversed.
II told them of the possibility of ir-
rigation," said Hartman, but they re-
piled that it would come In another
generation, not in ours. had to go 1t
alone, and perhaps some of them now
regret that l did not use more force
and persuasion to have them go along
with me-"
Hartman then said that his organic
atoms controlled much timber land in
Oregon, but that 1t was not being sold
or the timber cut, but Is being saved
for future generations.
Hartman referred to the work done
in improving the Union Pacific and
said 1t was necessary to secure control
Of the Central Pacific and improve it
likewise, otherwise traffic would be
choked up at Ogden. He closed by say
ing he hoped the people of the West
would not consider his organization
selfish, and added that everything pos
sible was being done to develop the
West.
Governor Chamberlain Speaks.
After Hartman resumed his seat
Governor Chamberlain, referring to
the Oregon forest lands and their pres
ervation, said the people wanted some
thing done for the present generation,
and not for the future, adding:
Il do not want to get into a discus
SION with Mr.. Hartman, but l would
like to know how many acres Of the
original grant have been sold by he
railroad at a price in excess of that
panies should be permitted to hold
| such large grants. would like to see
Mr.. Hartman build into Oregon, and
| invite him to do So"
Mr.. Hartman, replying, said there
was little inducement to build into
country which was SO thinly populated.
He referred to Oregon as very fine
state, but called attention to the fact
that shoveling snow would be required
for several months cut of the year.
He, however. promised that when
times became better and the credit OF
local organizations was re-established,
he would build road into Oregon,
whether 1t paid or not.
The incident then closed.
Change Of Scene In Storm Center.
There was a change of scene of the
storm center In connection with the
National Irrigation Congress. This
time the committee on resolution held
the stage, while peace prevailed at the
! sessions of the main gathering.
An important action was the lay
ing on the table of resolution intro
| duced by Arthur Briggs of California,
providing that the congress ask that
the action of the Department of Agri-
culture in regard to the sulphuring OF
dried fruits should oe modified and rem
dered less unjust to the producers.
w, X. McAllister. general agent OF
! the Southern Pacific railway, spoke on
1.-THE Settlement of Irrigated Lands"
| saying:
Suggestions Of Denver Man.
1.-THE question of settlement of our
| irrigated lands which have been re-
claimed through the efforts OF the
| reclamation bureau and by private en-
| terprise should receive an animated
and thorough discussion, for it is one
Of the crying needs Of this western
0k @n1r 11n{V, ifc
| arid wastes, but that we people them
with those elements of foreign birth
| which go to make up the sturdy, up
right, cosmopolitan character Of the
| average American citizen. There is
| Just as much need of the settler as
| there is of the reclaimed land itself,
| and one of the important questions for
this congress to decide is how these
lands shall he settled with a desirable
class. 1.-THE land is there but the peo-
| pie are elsewhere" Our reclaimed
| wastes and the thousands of the bet
! ter classe of Europeans should be
brought together by some systematized
plan.
over 100000 immigrants arrived
from Europe during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1906, and there seems
to be no indication of a decrease. This
Immigration IL HdTAiui only Wien lne
immigrants are allowed to remain in
the congested cities of the East.
ut is estimated that the United
States is short 100000 common laborers
and this shortage is menace to the
prosperity Of our manufacturing in
dustries, which depend upon the COM
mon labor of the country for their raw
material.
Check Movement Into Canada.
Another feature of this problem is
the loss to the Middle West by immi-
grafton to Canada. 1t is stated that
emigration from the United States to
| Canada In 1RQR was 40 In 12Q7 712 in