The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-11-02
Address Of President Taft On The Public
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Land Question

NOW THAT Is MY PROPOSITION APPEAL AGAINST YOUR
DEGREE tGREATAPPLAUsE).
lido not want to secure for the government under
that lease that shall pile up the treasury but 60 and
you 60 this county gong ask tor more and more
money improve the country and you entitled to have it.
and you make enough money your leases you going
to have that money and Congress will give you great
deal get from congress money that you raise among
yourselves be distributed among yourselves than 60 down
Uncle Sans pocket the east and transfer to the west
That human and you only part OF the country
PRESIDENT OF WHOLE COUNTRY,
know when 60 into kanas think is ahe United States.
and when 90 Iowa feel the way. and when go
into Colombo feel the way. and would be
great country all the United States like Colorado but
Is not.
And 50 am President Of the whole country and what
trying dois get YOU together and get you together
do something that is the question. it not muckrak
ng and anything but getting that counts the real
development Of the country that ong and continued a
plause(.
Now in congress there great many orders issued the
la. aton the validity Of which been questioned here
and not prepared myself into discussion
whether valid only know the orders
valid and they made valid by subsequent Of
gre would have been very bad way Sol went
sress and asked them pass law which should enable
make they had been beoeto make valid those
orders. and did Now that possible get because hadn
accomplish anything affirmative Congress merely their fingers
around the thing and held and that comparatively easy
But what you have to do gentlemen get from
gress something Affirmative around which will lend to the dcve
Of the country. What be done be reasonable
and abuse Of everybody does help Bit There are some Of
usthat stand great Laughte have gotten point
where somewhat Of normal condition But when you go
congress you will 6nd gentlemen there who have very definite
ideas lest somebody shall get advantage Of you but Of
Of the generations, to come after you
LEGIsLATE FOR WHOLE COUNTRY
We have ar-seeng the eastand deep-seaed
conviction that they egsang for this but they leg
latng for the whole country and for that part the country
that the condition in which they when they
parted with good many things they would like have
Nowha their atudeappauseand what beseach you do
matter what you your resolutions when you send your
committee to congress- give them little quiet silent authority
Nowhere the question Of phosphate That question 1t
question which will figure in the future development of the
country, because agriculture sreachng limit way,
and its future development must have and must for the
benefit OF this country.
INCREASED FARMING VALUES.
We have today 8S3 OOO 600 Of acres in our total acreage
Of farms We have 474 O0O 600 improved farms and
cannot probably the for farming and for dage
beyond $780, OOO 600 Of 900, OOO 600 The
rest waste mountain unsuitable for tling
Now, that 883 OOO 600 only Of four per cent
what farms years ago. The 49, O00 600 Of
improved land increase Of fifteen per what
farms ten years but the value OF the farms has
increased from twenty billions Of dollars forty billions Of dollars
value and the product Of the farms has increased from four
billion eight billion all Of which tends indicate that farm
products getting extensive: aad we have 2O0 0O0
600 fifty years. likely to have twenty
eper cent every decade. then have problem
hands how feed those 2OO OOO 600 and bound
to look to the farmers to hepus and far as can see
suppose have 100000 of capable being drained
suppose have 25,ooo,ooo capable Of irrigation So
o0o 900 that will make rs. ooo 900 you add that and
makes perhaps billion You have increase greatly the
product per you going feed the millions that
coming and one Of the important things that will be needed
fertilizers and ferzng and these phosphate beds all the
country, under lying upwards Of 2, 100000 will be-
come more and valuable and real national and natural
that stoud and keep under control
(sreat applause) Tha. seems easy.
So r the coal land concerned Of cannot
make the present the problem