The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-07
|EW ORGANIZATION
/ FOR CONSERVATION
Estional Drainage Reclanla-
|tion Congress Probable
\ Name of the Society.
MAMP LAND IN SOUTH
twenty Million Acres, Re
|claill1ed, Declared to Be
A Worth a Fabulous Sum.

.rHiCAGO. Dee. 6.--Another conse:Na-
!, movement was created today when.
re National Irrigation congress. The
.ssea,ns interested In drainage OF swamp
,ds decided TO form Il separate organ
..ston 10 urge the federal government TO
T. !. for the oycrnoNn lands Of the coun-
4 zs il is doing for tho arid LANDS.
}rbs new organization, which probably
m he called the National Drainage
|>e]nma:ion congress Ia to cooperate
.fh the Irrigation congress.
'.yt was decided that If drainage is 20
leeiy. support from the federal gov
rnnent the movement must take dis
nct form separate from irrigation prof.
.fs'' said E. L. Perkins OF Illinois. who
ss been selected temporary chairman.
he new movement will affect the Mis-
.sippi valley, the suf and tCe souih
|hntic stalcs There are about 20
<o00 acres Of swamp lands which can
A 6raned for about $40 an acre
Declering that the adoption by the fed
d government Of n pra ctical rcCiama-
4 H-by-dralnsgo policN would change o.
200 acres of now unused wet lands
.o s. 900 0o0, 200 worth or enormously
LIZ and highly productive farm lands,
<uce the cost OF living 10 every fam
# IN the United States. and almost dpu-
tha agricultural commerce Of the
1ntry Hunter e. Leake OF New Or
ms In ar address urged the IrTigs-
f. congress to ask the federal govern
nd 10 adopt a drainage policy that in
. scope will ignore state lines and r1c
.nier hereto imposed by states
. Profit 1000 Per Cent.
TIC purchase "f the Louisiana terri
"a said Mr. Leakc, was the best
-oke OF diplomacy In the history OF the
ted States. The drainage of the 20
1000 acres Of enormously fertile low
"a in the country will inevitably prove
gTeatest. the best and the most
<dtable stroke ever credited TO the
lied States. Cost OF reclamation should
average more than $40 an scr"
IS will I've worth. at low valuation.
zach. Here also is a profit OF 1000
rent
This 1000 per cent IS only tho initial
smaller profit TO accrue. There Is
means b. which the broad ramiiica-
Is Of such a developed assa; may b,s
red 10 finality. or the benefits TO be
|Iyed from an augmented food supply.
augmented commerce and an aug
|nted national wealth may be calcu-
I'd
There Is no other project on earth
~ offers such q sure and such a SDlcn-
cash profit OF capital invested, or
Hn gurc and permanent means OF
Erklng Inc advancing cost nr food, the
|'Isr of which is relative increase in
land over production.
|Some years ago two-thirds OF the
WtrY's population engaged In agricul-
~ pursuits Today only one third of
rountry's population is SO engaged.
II agriculture tho history Of which is
history of man in his mos: prlmi-
II aud mos. enduring form Is just AS
Uorablc a calling as when CincinnutuS
IL twice called from the plow 10 rnc
xpest offices IN the state
Protest Resolution,
protest against what was termed AN
Nfavagant waste OF money hv the navy
Bn there was no prospect of war WAS
pt In resolutions offered by John Fair
tlher Of Fresno. Cal
tslifornla is getting tired Of this
talk, said Mr. Falrwca ther. Il
~ His congress 10 cppose the secre
IL OF the nary's plea for three $4,000.
Narsnips when Only $1,000 COO Is al
*td By the government for agricui-
nl PURPOSES"
ne resolution is to be acted upon