The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-03
Senator BOrah Quite Well Salts
fed With Benefits Obtained
for This Region.
fWENTY-MILLI0N BOND
ISSUE PAVES THE WAY
Sturdy Statesman Touches
Briefly Upon Things of Mo-
ment Accomplished.

Senator W. r. Borah, the man who
fought so valiantly in tho late congress
for the people of the west. was IN Salt
Lake for few hours Saturday. SEN
ator Borah camo from Washington by
way of Denver. He remained IN this
city for a few hours and left on the
night train for his home in Boise Sen
ator Borah, in spite of the strenuous
times he passed through recently, looked
tho picture Of health and says that
he IS feeling fine.
Senator Borah says the congress
passed vast deal of stable and sig
nifcant legislation. He called attcn-
ton, in this connection, TO the reclama-
tion bond issue, the railroad bill, the
postal savings bank bill, the conserve
tion or withdrawal bill, the bull appro-
priating $250,000 for a tariff commls-
sion and many other items of legisla-
ton of vast Importance,
During the closing days of the ses-
sion, it will DO remembered, Senator
Borah made a stern and courageous
fight for the retention of the $50, 900,
600 bond issue for the completion of
irrigation projects. The senate adopted
the thirty million provision, but the
.'We could have kept the $4,000
OOO, - said Senator Borah in brief
talk at the Knutsford. EThe senate
would have restored it. but the presl-
dent advised us to accept the $2O,0OO,-
600. The president told me that once
we had that much it would he an easy
matter TO get the other $lO,000,00o.
lie told me that we could not spend
the twenty millions within two years,
ANYWAY, and by that time IL wonld be
no trick to tack the other SlO,OOO,0O0
onto some other bill and get 1T III that
way
HDo vou think the $2O,000.000 viii
be sufficient for the purposc7''
Money Forthcoming When Wanted.
"'No, do not; but, Us | say, it will
be easy To get more now that we have
made Il start. -
availabe?'
"It will be available tomorrow, but
wo have TO wait for report on the
state of the projects before we can
begin the work Of completing them.
This report will be made by boards of
army engineers, and the president as
sures me-indecd, he told ME the day
before left Washington-that he
would name number Of boards selected
from among army engineers stationed
are. The fact IS, there are three or
four projects which arc of doubtful
value, much doubt existing AS to
whether these uncertain projects Will
ever bc valuable-and tho president
will assure himself that project is
deserving before he permits the oX-
peDditure of money upon it. In a few
cases ii would be like pouring money
into hole to go ahead with the doubt
full projects, Fortunately, none of these
is in our immediate vicinity. One of
them is on the Mexican boundary and
another in Kansas
f1What will be the effect of the
army engineer boards upon the status
of Director Newell?'
''Well, the army boards will have no
effect whatever upon Mr.. Newell s posi-
ton. / was told by the president when
/ asked him about this very point
that whatever might be done affect
ing Mr.. Newell or might not be done
would be done or left undone regard
less of the army boards, -
Senator Borah said that the rail
road bill may not suit everybody
everywhere, still it is a piece Of legis-
ator Borah was unalterably opposed to
the commerce court on the grounds
that he is strongly antagonlstic to any
special court.
Railroad and Withdrawal Bills.
'EThe routing provision in the bill, )"
said Mr., Borah, sis of vital Importance
to western shippers, and also the clause
giving the interstate commerce com
mission power to initiate Investigations
into rates.
The so.caled withdrawal bill came in
for good word from the senator,
"The withdrawal bill is really ben
Gift TO the west, said Senator Borah.
"It was so altered from the original
proposition as to exempt from with
drawal bona fide homestead and desert
entries and it permits mining explora-
the law We now have, with its uncer-
tainty.'
Anofhcr measure of tremendous con-
ccrn to the west is The amendment to
the homestead law which permits the
assignment or sale of homestead, or
any part Of 1t, after five years.
EUnder the present law" said Sena-
tor Borah, Tan entryman might go
bankrupt waiting for ten years. Under
the new provision a man may, at the
end Of five years, sell l60 acres or
eighty acres and use the money to inn
prove the remainder of his land, or he
may assign or sell it ALL
Senator Borah was also successful in
securing the extension of the "dry
farm" act TO Idaho, which he regarded
as exceedingly important to his state.
Postal Savings Bank,
With reference to the postal savings
bank, Senator Borall said he regarded
it as a long step towards the ultimate
end. "Tbe establishment of the gov.
ernment bank, said he, "we regard as
matter Of extreme Importance The
question arose with us as to whether we
should establish this principle att this
time OF wait another ten years. 1t may
be necessary TO change some of the de
tails of the present bill, but so long as
we have the institution established
notifications or amendments can easily
be made, if they are found necessary
On the last day In the senate. we who
wanted to keep the money at home pro
posed and succeeded in having passed
\. provision that The peoples money
should not be used for the purchase OF
bonds bearing less than 2H per cent
This was intended to prevent the sale
of per cents-$700, 100000 worth oi
them-and drawing the money into New
York. The house, however, emasculateG