The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-04

the United States department Of ag-
riculture, and equally commend the
work of the agricultural experiment
stations and engineering depart
mcnts in the several states; we ia
for further investigation of natural
sub.lrrigation and of irrigation by
pumping; and we urge more liberal
appropriations by the federal con-
gress and by tho states for the work,
and cooperation Of these agencies,
and for the more general distribution
Of the reports and bulletins record
ing their operations and results.
Believe in Carey.
We. believe that the administers
ton OF the Carey act can be more
effective by the establishment of ef-
fectlve state supervision for all prof
ects undertaken in any such states.
We doprecate the sale OF aban-
doned military posts for wholly in.
adequate prices, and recommend
their transfer to the states in which
they may be situated for use as
agricultural schools, experiment sta.
tions or other uses.
We recommend that the congress
Of the United States rescind its ac-
tlon relative to the payment of ex-
penses OF government Officers and
employees in attending sessions Of
the Irrigation congress, in 80 far as
the same rolates to exports, whose
work bears a relation to the pur-
poses of this congress.
Panama Canal Proposal
Realizing that the opening of the
Panama canal in 1914 will greatly
increase the influx or immigrants,
by permitting their landing on the
Pacific, as well as the Atlantic
coast. and that the greatest bene-
fits of foreign immigration can be
obtained only when the immigrants
settle permanently on farms where
they can quickly develop the spirit
of citizenship, and help TO render
this a nation of homes, we recon-
mend cooperation among the vari-
Gus state officers in the establish
ment of common agencies including
expositions and other means Of diff
fnsing accurate Information, TO the
end that immigrants may be 10.
Gated on the land under conditions
suitable to their habits. and con
ducive to the best development of
the country.
immigration Bureaus.
We also recommend to the legis-
lative bodies and to the various
commercial organizations. particu-
larly Of the states west Of the
Rocky mountains, the establls lshmcnt
and maintenance OF bureaus at those
Pacific coast ports, where the immi-
grants will land, and where accu-
rate information concerning agri.
cultural lands and conditions can be
supplied to them.
We further recommend that the
congress of the United States create
a commission to investigate and re-
port upon the colonization systems
now in vogue in other countries con-
ceruing rural settlement as we'll as
the methods Of cooperative farm
loan systems.
Back Panama Fair.
Resolved, that the International
rrlgatiop congress cooperate to the
fullest extent with the Panama Cal
lfornia exposition In producing at
San Diego, in 1915, the most elabo.
rate and comprehensive information
al irrigation exhibit that has ever
been assembled: that we invoke the
aid of the legislators of the several
states from the western part Of the
union and Of the government Of all
foreign countries interested in irri-
cation to the end that this plan may
be successfully consummated.
We invite the attention of the