Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-04 | Page 1 | President's Irrigation Policy Greatest Feature of Message

PRESIDENTS IRRIGATION POLICY 1 GREATEST FEATURE OF MESSAGE Chicago Dec 8 LGeorge George H Maxwell executive chairman of the National Ir Irrigation Irrigation association IK hi I speaking to tonight tonight night of oC the presidents pre ns ge said Mid The presidents message e recommends recommends mends to congress s a national naton l policy for the storage of the tile waters that now go KO to waste In m the arid arki region and the reclamation and settlement 8 t of f the arid public domain which if It carried tarried out will wiD result re in m practically doubling the wealth resources re and population n of the Ule United States within a generation The president has baa 11 outlined ed thin whole policy in such a logical way that th it shows that he thoroughly understands ad 8 the te problem and what 1 Is to 18 be done to solve it He knows kRows that tM t water is the life lite of the arid region and ud that the forests must be preserved er pre as the primary primary primary mary source of water wafer supply up ty He shows hows however that hat forests fore a alone are not enough They must be supplemented by great storage reger reir r votes to is be built tit and aRC maintained by bythe bythe bythe the national government as Internal improvements The president shows further fUrth lr that where the arid public lands are to be reclaimed the national government must also kI great main mainline mainline mainline line canals to bring water ate tet within reach of settlers and reserve the lands for home hoise builders His familiarity with western conditions enable him to t speak with authority when He lie says that the problem must be solved by bythe b bt bythe the t national government and not by bythe bythe bythe the states tates This message will he west because it opens up such uch gigantic pos poe possibilities for increasing population ned arid I prosperity In that region ft will wilt hove have havethe the support of every thinking man nn and 3 I the business men of the country who have hae loyally supported the national Ir lr Irrigation 1 movement will ill m be more mote than 1 gratified that it has baa b received this en eft endorsement endorsement The president has I every objection to the policy and dem dew demonstrated j jI on that its inauguration would I benefit every section of the ue country try and every class of the American people H He I shows that it is one of Ute the greatest I questions before the tM country today teay