Arizona republican., 1909-08-10

Spokane. Wash, Aug. 9.-"The government of the United States is sitting idly while millions of dollars worth of natural resources is going to waste"
 American lands are going to waste while last year 65,OOO Americans sought homes in Canada"
 The Appalachian forestry bill which passed the senate and house twice was killed by Uncle Joe"
 Malaria is just as evil as sand neas."
 Notwithstanding the dispensary system in South Carolina, there is too much water there"
 F. J. Watson, commissioner of the South Carolina department of agri- culture, commerce and industry. shied a few castors into the ring before the National Irrigation Congress this afternoon when he uttered the fore going with such thrilling effect that the convention was kept in pretty much of an uproar. Watson was not entirely of the opinion that the gov ernment should give way to private interests. He thought, on the con trary. that the government should let loose a few millions on irrigation and drainage projects.
 Finally the South Carolina speaker became so enthusiastic over his sub ject that he urged as a final measure that the government should take con trol of such coast rivers, east and west. as might be made navigable for the purpose of making them water ways for the smaller battleships in time of need for national defense. This declaration brought out a chorus of laudatory cheers The speaker closed with the suggestion that the German system of conservation should be employed in the United States
 F. H. Newell, director of the United States reclamation service, was the first speaker of the afternoon. Mr. Newell reads his addres and after wards was compelled by questioning to state that he was of the opinion that the government was not doing as much as should be done in the way of irrigation because of lack Of funds. He said however, that there plenty of land for the homesteader who wished a home, in fact and not in theory MT Newelrs address in part follows:
 The present situation in national irrigation is that homes are being pro Vided for thousands of self-supporting citizens at no cost to the taxpayer. Seven years have elapsed since the passage of the reclamation act Un der its operation irrigation works have been built in the thirteen western states and two territories by which waters are conserved and distributed and nearly 7O0,OOO acres already brought under irrigation, with returns to the fund amounting already to over a million dollars. The success tained may be said to justify the hopes of the most enthusiastic of the early advocates of the reclamation act.
 The nation is concerned in this work, not only because of the resulting internal development, but also because of the improvement in citizenship and in stability of merican institutions"
 Mr Newell said that while the gov work, private capital has also made great advances and possibly at present five or ten times as large an invest ment in the aggregate is being made by corporations in building irrigation works as is being invested by the gov ernment. Much of this investment, however, has been made possible, or, at least, has been stimulated by the government work said he. "The fact that the national government has deemed it wise to take up the matter