Show irrigation AND THE government the philadelphia sneers queers at the proposition ot of nod and major to hare love the government tor build a canal from the ha upper missouri to the gulf of mexico whereby navigation to carry tho the pro products ducq of the soil sad acres of land practically now bo be brought up uc der irrigation and its maluo enhanced to moro more than ten tell times the coat of tho the canal the berlad lous that it IS in but a plan to reduce the la in ilia treasury and concludes that the of alio demand la is surpassed only by the ali simplicity of the alfrits in its behalf cat but it we e remember correctly tto ilia men of phila a delplina delp lila worried the lito lite out of congress until that body rascal a very large sum bum to malo mako the exposition there a few years ago r i wo we believe that tho the acord favored this use uba of 0 tho the roun coun arys money and explained that there wan nothing local or selfish la in tho the demand inasmuch as it would mould result remit la in placing our country and 1 lla is products in letter better light before the nations said jor our or trade there una as no DO lack of coo occo loesa loess la ia the lie demand sual the hie arga advanced were somewhat chest autty but bat they carried jonew bo sew york city thought tho the pedestal to the bartholdt statue ought to bo be paid for or by tho the money of the nation loas less muc inucci h ill as while it win was to illuminate now new york harbor ely its bequest to this country ans a gifts gift in labach all tho the batten shared urel tl lie 80 doubtless the same city will attack again acala for or a subsidy to put tho the great CO columlus CoL ranus LUMous exposition on oa its pet oa ca the ground that COLCi iBia call ol of america anil and all the people of the CO country should eliano tho thit expense of lit celebrating the abe event it there here was im an island la in tha B sea OR jutt just 0 oc if delaware dotor delor bay that contala contal 4 acres of land alanl worth it if it belonged to a power that desired to sell gall it for one onoto tenth nth its it value wo 8 suspect the theAt Ae cord coard would not out only approves the ba bat insist faihst that it would be an act evi dolicia of insanity to reject it but tl ia create such an leland island la ia the midat of 0 1 what bat td now a tile tho creation of 0 which would only bo be la ia paying americans for far american labor the record a ka lie be little short ot of robbery now aerel of 0 laud land meada ideals ZYM SOO WO forms or tomes homes tor for poo pit pie ahat a figuring nation like frane france eo co bern euch a offered her 71 iho 0 re sword e 0 d to taking a somewhat narrow view it hm has riot not yet jet quite mattered the alg uld cance of 0 irrigation it does doea not that with nit all oal oar boosted brilliancy ancy we as is D stion nation are vastly tartly behind the ibo men oho be lived in ia egypt still and assyria tono thousands ot of years yeara before tile arst page of 0 history wag waa written in making mailing the he beat UBO ol of the two chlotell chlO gifta ot of no ture laud and water it hail bus never eton ped to inquire what a great rich 1611 le 1 l ot or lani land running down the eastern bus bao of the kochy fron ilia iho lills lathe gulf would mean meal it would have its il effect nen even on the traio trade ot of philadelphia it bufill n blell for or many a poor pennsylvanian by bidy b y be now does not know which to turn it II would bo be an n ed neator too it would supply re an object lesion to the men ot of the east through which they might compete something ol of the wealth ot at tho the water and are field in the snow when a new newspaper pAper that has rotor liner gh glien ell any thought to a subject attacks indiscriminately the Iho ilona of 0 ruen ito bead devoted yera years ot amly it la Is liable to ranks inako a alq tk take no lie ilo not assert that hint iho ho record leml ii ig mistaken iu ia thin but wo 10 believe eliut it it had tho idea ot of tile tho theme on oa 1 ellch bach it essays to dilute it would nut not bo be so 80 flippant in its ita state ments meats ores orao rash to la its there will bae to be bab a corn com the fillies now it the tb government will give the ditch mill be built then we ou au hect tile iho will d ae the giving firing away of lands hands worth tW to have a waw alt ditch dug by some socio monopolists |