The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-12
SOME REDHOT
! SPEECHES ON
.. BOTH SIDES
Irrigation Congress the Scene
of the BaIlingeT-P inChOt
Battle.
ATTACK MADE
UPON THE SECRETARY
EQUALLY STRONG LANGUAGE is
USED IN DEFENsE-RooSE.
WELT PATTERN FOR ALL.

Spokane. Wash. Aug. I.-With the
stage carefully set, the actors prepared
il their lines and an overwhelming audi
shcs in its place. the Ballinger-P inchot
nuIz royal burst upon the national irri-
cation congress this afternoon and every
-h.1E that has been expected has hap
Title man, who, in the language Of an
enthusiastic Californian, ripped things
viIs Opeu," was DR.. George g. Pardee,
nuuer governor of California.
.Dr. Pardee attacked Richard A. Bal
HreeI secretary of the interior. with a
ra-Cauess only seconded by that OF for
Her senator George Turner of Washing
ton. who took up the cudgels in defense
If the secretary.
MI. Bauinger entered the auditorium this
afternoon surrounded by a reception COM
uittge. and when he arose to speak he
vas cheered for several minutes.
THE secretary after a few Introductory
remarks. read from a paper his ideas on
reclamation and the public domain. One
point he made plain. and that was that
his idea of what has been done by the
4ecretarv Of the interior was under the
law. His speech in part follows:
Secretary Ballinger's Address.
while the government has invested
over $4,000 900 in irrigation works, many
times that amount has been invested,
By private enterprise, and it is safe TO
say that a large portion of these pri-
vate investments have resulted from gov
arumental example ana encOura cement:
and let me say here that II has not been
and is not the policy Of the national gov
eminent in the administration of this act
% hinder or interfere with the invest
neDJ OF private capital in the cOnstruc-
don Of irrigation works, but rather to
lend it encouragement.
This is particularly true in reference
% irrigation under the Carey act IN the
various states. I am not a believer In
the government entering into competition
with legitimate private enterprise. It's
functions, under the reclamation act, are
not of this character, and I am sure
that when private enterprise has done
what il can there viii still be hundreds
Of thousands OF acres of government land
rscIaimable only by government aid. The
western states should therefore be very
jealOus of the perpetuity Of the reclama-
ton fund and Of its constant increase.
Purpose of Irrigation Act.
The purpose Of the reclamation act is
% undertake the irrigation Of arid and
ssmi-arid lands where a considerable por-
ton thereof belongs 10 the public do
main, and by the installation Of the stor
age and diversion of available waters
% tTrigate The largest possible area with
ID a given territory at the least cost to
the entrymen and land owners Tor tax
atom, maintenance and operation, always
Keeping in view The matter OF. the set
Element Of these lands and rendering
them capable of supporting the greatest
number Of families. The law is a bene-
tCeut one; IL is another evidence of the
broad and liberal policy which has ever
actuated our national government in the
disposition of its public lands 1t Diff
fers. however, from the simple home
stead law in that IL holds out induce
meuls only to men of sufficient industry
and capacity to carry the added burdens
OF construction, maintenance and opera
ton which is the cost of the lands. While
% is possible that persons of limited
means may successfully enter and acquire
irrigated lands it will generally be found
that it is not a poor mans proposition,
unless coupled with intelligent industry
iu agriculture.
upon the appropriation of the proceeds