The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-02

VIII some day make you rlch, a
e speaking @Tn UNDER haptS the to topic "The Farm
ers Golden Age" j. B. Case OF kansa
declared that the country needs less Det
tleships and more money spent 10
homes. portion OF his address ioi
lows:
The national congress should spend
part of tho money 1t is putting Into
battleships and make 1t possible for
our farmers TO live on irrigated farms
as well as they can in King Georges
dominion.
The cold fact is that no amount of
patriotism or sentiment can regulate
the movement OF population. Men
go where they think they can I'M
prove their condition, regardless of
statesmen may say. The renting
class moves where land is cheap The
shrewd businesslike farmer hguresi
that he can obtain more acres ana
make more money.
The farmer and stockman possess
the best business occupation in the
nation today. With the largest crop
production in history. with high
period and the disappearance Of free
land. the chance for the farmers
sons becomes greater each year.
But 1t is evident that a smaller num-
Der of boys are staying In the coun-
try. though wise men tell them that
the profits OF the farm are greater
than ever before. The relative de-
cline In agricultural population Is not
necessarily a matter to be deplored.
Hold Need Apparent.
The government has done much for
irrigation, but only a trifle compared
with It's assistance In other directions.
The farmers and stockmen OF the
west should unite to impress on the
congressman and senators the neces-
sity Of greater activity In developing
the semlarid lands and making homes
for the teening millions at our doors.
Every drop OF water that falls should
be utilized: every foot OF tillable land
eventually brought under the plow;
and the government should ger be-
hind the proposition in dead earnest,
not only for the good of the people
here In the west. but for the benefit
of the whole nation.
When the west prospers the nation
prospers. 1t should do this at any
cost--and do it now. Not less than
two members OF the presidents cabi-
net should be western men, familiar
with every condition Of western land
government Of all the nation. not a
government Of the east with the west
forever begging for Its share or the
benefits. This I believe Will come,
for the west is asserting It's strength,
The farmer is to have his innings.
Opportunity at Hand.
With a production exceeding all
previous records. with a growing In
telligence that teaches how to obtain
the most from his land. with a f1nan-
cial position before unknown, with
science taking the place of guess
work. with home consumption ap-
preaching the measure Of production,
with q steadily increasing price level
for everything he raises. with new
Ideas. new processes, new opportuni
ties, the next ten years promises a
reward TO the farmer greater than
the world has ever seen. The coming
decade will be the farmers golden
age.
Irrigation Securities and the Practice
Workings of an Irrigation Project" wa
the subject discussed by George A. Snow
chairman Of the Utah board of contro
He treated the subject in striking style
drawing upon his own fund OF expert
ence as an able and successful promo
ter of Irrigation to prove his assertions.
Mr.. Snow addressed himself particu
larly to irrigation securities and de
nounced forcibly what he termed "sle
blue" securities, or fake promotions. II