Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-12-11

trtcts Of the South. accomplished an ex-
traorfinary amount by cooperating with
and teaching the farmers Though their
associations. on their own soil how to
increase their income by managing their
farms better than they were litherto
managed. The farmer must not lose his
independence. his Initiative, his rugged
reliance. yet he must learn to work
In the heartiest cooperation with his fed
lows. exactly as the business man has
learned to work: and he must prepare to
use to constantly better advantage the
now1edge that can be obtained from
agricultural colleges. while hc must Insist
upon practical curriculum In the
schools In which his children are taught.
The Department NJ Agriculture and the
Department Of Commerce AMI Labor
both deal with the fundamental needs OF
our people In the production Of raw ma
terial and It's manufacture and distribu-
tion. and. therefore, with the welfare of
those who produce II In the raw state.
and of those who manufacture and dis
tribute IT, The Department Of Com
merce and Labor has but recently been
founded but has already justified It's ex-
istence: while the Department OF Agri-
culture yields To no other IN the Govern
mcnt In the practical benefits which II
produces in proportion to the public
money expended 1t must continue In
the future to deal with growing crops
az II has dealt In the past. but II must
still further extend It's field Of usefulness
hereafter by dealing with live men.
through n far-reachIng study and treat
mcnt Of the problems Of farm lIfs alike
from the industrial and economic and
social standpoint. Farmers must coop
crate with one another and with the
Government and the government can
best give its aid through associations OF
farmers. 10 as to deliver to the farmer
the large body Of agri cultural knowledge
which has been accumulated by the Ma
tional and State governments and by the
agricultural colleges and schools.
The grain producing industry Of the
country, one OF the most important IN
sidcration at the hands Of the Congress.
Our grain h sold almost exclusively by
grades. To secure satisfactory results
In our home markets and To facilitate our
broximatc the highest degree Of uniform
ity and certainty. The prepent diverse
methods Of inspection and grading
throughout the country under different
laws and boards. result In confusion and
lack of uniformity. destroying that con-
fidence which y necessary for hcslthfui
trade. Complaints against the present
methods have continued for years and
sity. not only IN this country but abroad.
! therefore suggest 10 the Congress the
advisability Of National system Of IN
sIsction and grading OF grain entering
into Interstate ard foreign commerce az
remedy for the present evils
INLAND WAIENW ArS.
The conservation OF our natural re-
sources and their proper use constitute
The fundamental problem which under
lies almost every other probiem OF our
National life. We must maintain for our
civilization the adequate material basis
without which that civilization can not
exist We must show foresight. we must
look ahe"d ,,d As nation we not m only
prosperity but n this prosperity Is used
Alright II II an earnest of future success
such ~ M other nation Will have The
reward Of foresight for this Nation In
great and easily foretold. But there
must he the look ahead. there mus, he "a
realization ~ the fact that to waste, to
and exhaus, the land instead Of using It
M to increase Its usefulness. win re-
suit In undermining In the days OF our
children the very prosperity which we
| amplined and developed. For the few
years. through several agencies, the
Government has been endeavoring to get
| our people to look ahead and to substi-
tute a planned and orderly development
| OF our RESOURCES In place OF n haphazard
| striving for immediate profit. Our great
river systems should be developed as
| National water highways; the Missis-
| sippi. with fts tributaries, standing first
In Importance. and the Columbia second.
| although there are many others OF Inn
the Gulf slopes The National Govern.
ment should undertake this work. and
| hope a beginning viii bc made In ths
| present Congress: and the greatest Of al
| our rivers. the Mississippi. should re,
ceive especial attention. From the Great
Lakes to the mouth Of the Mississipp
there should he n deep waterway, with
deep waterways leading from II To tn,
| East ard the West. Such "a waterway
| would practically mean the extension oi
our coast lime into the very heart Of oui
country. IL would be OF incalculable ben
eft to our people II begun at once j
can he carried through In time appreci
ably To relieve the congestion OF oui
great frc.ght-carrying lines OF railroads
The work should be systematically an,
ance with some well-concelvsd plan. TIT
main streams should be improved TO th'
highest point OF efficiency before the i'm
and the work should be kept free from
every faint Of recklessness or jobbery
The inland waterways which lie JUS
! back OF the Who'll: eastern and sont l,,
Moreover. the development of our water
ways Involves many other importan
water problems. ala of which should b
scheme The Government dams shout
he used to produce hundreds Of thous
. ands OF horsepower ~ an incident to I'm
! proving navigation: for the annual valu
: Of the unused water-powrr Of the Unite
. States perhaps exceesis the annual vaiu
. OF the products 81 all our mines, A. a
r incident to>creaiing the deep waterway
4 | uoWH iht MIrSlS~ipW. INC
, should build along tts whole lower lengt
: levces which taken together with IN
, control OF the headwaters. VIII AT ono
|, and forever put a complete stop TO n
= threat Of floods In the immensely fertil
. Delta region. The territory lying adjt
. cent to the Mississippi along its lows
. course will thereby become one of N
!, most prosperous and popuious. as Il a
! ready Is one Of the most fertile. farmin
regions In all the world. have appoin
!, cd AN Inland Waterways Commission
study and outline comprehe Dsi,
: scheme 81 development along AL n
o lines indicated. Later I shall lay lite n
g port before the Congress.
: RECLAMATION WORK.
/, Irrigation should he far more sxtei
4 sively developed than at present, NJ
v only In the States OF the Great Plaii
and the Rocky Mountains, hut In mar
4 Others. ~. for instance, IN large portion
n OF the South Atlantic and Gull state
4 where II should go hand In hand wi
: the reclamation OF swAmp land ri
J. Federal Government should seriously Il
n vote itself 10 this task, realizing IN.
70 utilization Of waterways and watcr-pos
n or. forestry. irrigation, AMI the reclaim
n ton II lands threatened with overfo'
l. are All interdependent parts 81 the san
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