El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-16

8 nave a bureau Of rural organization
ana mar kets Formerly these men
Went only IN pOpulous sections It
. should ne the function of the depart
ment TO prevent error as well as to
. correct error There's no higher GOV
. ernmental function than building up
new communities The government Is
engaged in the investigation Of agri-
. culture We're proud Of the passage
or the Leaver bill. which brings science
10 the farm Heretofore il was i'm
! practical for the farmer TO carry out
I the teachings of the government bulle-
/ tin- This bill provides the man. in
! stead OF the bulletin goes direct L.
J teach the farmer
( we must do more for the farmer.
I We must make success more certain.
! This congress should take Up these
: questions and see what may be done
Importance - Drainage.
! 81 have grown weary waiting for
I the construction or individual projects.
/ The homesreaders want that they shall
Z De built now
/ Drainage is as important as getting
water ON the laud-not after the land
becomes waterloEEed. but before 10 has
q chauce 10 become spoiled This ali
I takes money Tie reclamation fund is
nearing depletion II you work out
reasonable business proposition and 20
10 congress with Do. congress viii look
upon Do with favor
Real. practical interest i'm irrigation
has somewhat subsidized since the pass
e. Ge Of the reclamation bill This is
critical period in the history of irriga-
lion. This congress must confront the
many problems confronting US. Through
such congresses Is such work accom-
pliShed II IS your work 10 accom-
plish 20 the end the things YOU set out
to do many years ago hen YOU
do IN s. YOU VIII be more Of benefit TO
the country than ever thank you
President Burgess called attention to
the splendid afternoon and evening
program Mr. Burgess then delivered the
presidents annual address He said
Much Done In - Years
"in the - years which have elapsed
since the band of irrigation pioneers
met in salt Lake City and organized
this congress. much that is valuable
and enduring has been accomplished.
said Mr. Burgess Tasks of land set
clement and project management less
spectacular but not less important, lie
Immediately across our path.
BY cooperative effort we have re-
conciled our difficulties. We have con-
qIered our difficulties we have con-
WINGED legislatures we have instructed
Eress must be an open forum where
every man may freely speak the thing
be- VIII No other agency was COM
pa "a Bile 10 this congress in building up
the sentiment and disseminating the
Information which eliminated in the !
psssa Re Of the Newlands reclamation I
act Through its Influences the water ;
laws Of our western states are being :
perfected and their operation harmon {
lied.
The Appropriate Place.
The annual sessions of the irriga- i
tion congress afford the most appr0- /
pirate forum before which the repre- I
SenratiVes Of our state and federal /
governments should cXpound their theO- 4
ries and outline their policies. but the !
resolutions Of the congress. when pre-
scented TO federal and state authorities.
should he the untrammeled expression
of western thought and western con-
victions-
~In the counsels Of the Irrigation
congress the hosts Of irrigation should
compare their views reconcile. as far
as may be. their differences. coordinate
their plans. and in the platform Of the
Irrigation congress our federal and
state authorities SHOULD read the sober
and maturity considered demands of :
the arid west
The Reclamation Plan
Fourteen years have passed since
the beueficeut reclamation statute was
written into our law more than $780,
100000 has been expended by the de-
nartmeur Of the interior upon irriga- !
tiou project great results have been !
accomplished. Vaster benefits viii yey
accrue from that work
-It may be that some Of these works
in which great sums have been eXpeuG-
ed. may prove useless In that event. !
the experience Of the government viii !
not have been different from that II l