The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-01
habitants pledge you their generos-
ity and hospitality,
New1ands Is Happy.

Responding on behalf Of the congress
to the welcoming speeches Of the cover r.
OF control, President Newlands paid a
splendid tribute to Salt Lake as the cradle
Of irrigation and OF the irrigation con-
gress.
1T is. a great pleasure to be In Salt
Lake City again-that resplendent. un-
conquerable city built with the magic Of
water upon desert reclaimed" he said;
"a city without a peer for beauty, cele-
brated for climate and excellence Of its
municipal governments city that by Its
Hospitality and prqgressiyeness Is beeom-
| convention city Of America. Here we
came into existence as the. National Irri-
ga ton congress and here we mark an
epoch In our progress
! Proce eding to his formal address as
president OF the congress, Senator New
lands assumed his favorite role as force
With inspiring oratory he unfolded to the
delegates his mighty plan for Harvesting
the rivers OF America on a scale never
dreamed OF in the past. The work OF the
Irrigation congress. he declared. must not
pc confined to irrigation alone but must
be wldened to include all methods where
by the nations water supply. It's great
est ma tional asset. can be Its full use.
Proof of Power.
| Irrigation projects the country is carry
Ing to completion with the Panama ca nal
In the building OF the latter and the sue
cessful extension of the former to their
| Democratic form OF government as a con-
structive force In the world is no test.
ne said. His address In part follows:
| About ten years ago the two most
noted acts of constructive legislat ton
In the history OF the country passed
congress, one proposing to connect
nal, the other other to to reclaim rec "ionr" our arid gd
| wastes; the one to be conducted by
military. the other by civil engi-
| neers
Millions were involved In both and
| wise men wondered whether the peo-
pic In their collective capacity could
do things OF constructive character
without ineniciency. corruption and
| fraud.
Ten years have passed by and we
behold the approaching completion of
the. canal and of twenty-three irri-
CATION projects In sixteen different
states under perfect organization and
efficient administration. with cleo
tricity. economy and without a sus-
demonstrated it's capacity to build: it
Is now called upon TO prove Its ca
pacity to administer.
Canal and Trade.
It is desirable that this great In
ternational public utility should In the
end be self compensatory, and that
the tolls should cover administration
and create sinking fund for the
bonds. So far as our coastwise trade
sdered a part OF our inland water
ways. upon which II has been Gus
tomary. notwithstanding the large
expenditures Of the government in the
| interest OF navigation. to impose no
restrictions or burdens. but the loss
occasioned by such remission should
be frankly imposed upon the federal
treasury and not upon ships engaged
| In foreign trada,
Forming revolving fund from the
sales Of public lands. we have dedi-
OF other public lands for homeseek-
ers. making them a free gift OF the
land and eSact!ng only in ten annual
installments the actual cost OF the
water rights necessary for reclama-
tion and maintenance charges.
About s7o.ooo,ooo have been thus ex-
claimed. This beneHcent fund. rein
forced annually by the installment
PAYMENTS VIII If honestly managed;
reclaim az the arid liam lands capable OF
work is accomplished the original
capital Will be preserved and main
talned for other collective public
work.
Must Protect Fund.
this fund is as yet intact Undmin-
ished by false. sentimentality or
| EeneTOSltyi II VIII accomplish llS Den-
e1cent work. but IL diminished by
such considerations the entire capital
win finally melt away and the work
Of the future abandoned whilst the
enemies of practical and constructive
co,lectivism will mark with der!slon
the burial place OF another public ef-
fort designed to prevent monopoly
and to promote sturdy indiVidualism.
The conservation policy has In view
the guarding Of the natural resources
Of the country. in such way to pre-
vent wnste, 10 escape monopoly and
secure the greatest good to the great