Show r t f S I S J Unity West's Tests Great NeedS Need I S S h National R Reclamation ass association begins be beI begins be be- I A ASh gins its annual convention n in iii this city there is is o casion occasion to remind l the delegates to this tIns nid d other groups tJ that at the the 11 western states state r represented constitute a region n bound together b by m y common ti ties s Despite the he differing resources resources' so sotIr es cs industries markets ets' climatic condi- condi tons and geographical situations their wet well lingk is nevertheless nevertheless' less less' characterized b by an interdependence in in- e that sugg suggests the need that regional re re- re- re gional onal problems be bc cl clarified and united ef efforts orts Ue lie set in n motion to solve soh them S In the la larger ger interest t of the whole west tl re will often be occasion for sacrifice by br immediate immediate and and adVantages advantages ad ad- p in individual states of special vantages a and opportunities u Out of widespread wide- wide spread read activity and prosper tj in in the vast area each constituent state is bound to share so abundantly that ni more lo 10 localized a problems an and situations ma may may- maywell well take fake second place and be bel l ft pretty much to th the people leople of the states concerned to work out for themselves k V The development and ud iid st stabilization attain attained ell 5 i ii the New Engla England d states in the central Atlantic Atlantic At At- l lantic group and their neighbors in the south and nd in the middle west have in IL times pas past been won on to the largest extent Uy ly regional ton tion The whole grouping of states west of f I Colorados Colorado's eastern easter boundary constitutes the thc I newest and least developed portion of tile the e haS na- na I S ton Not so mu much h because of conflict as by lack of united action this great section has lagged far behind what could ou have be been n a by a s solid lid front pressing Hessing for fot recognitIon recognition tion not only b by congress and the govern govern- overn- overn 5 but also b by the controlling forces in finance business and industry I 5 If S It has been good to Cratch l progress ss in n th thi the i past few years ears toward growing realization of this undoubted fact The efforts which have haye v t l en l i made lade by western officials and Im business ness f figures gures to bring the west together t to strive in common n purposes have already been productive S tive tiye of good Other portions of the country Jill do not understand the vital matter of r reclamation do not sense the real mean meaning meaning mean mean- ing of the west's fight for an even break in jn fr freight ight rates They Thc h have been strangely slow i comprehending that that the tue cause of silver L' L is is' is isa a watter atter of world import rather than a purely regional r i gional io al concern S. S p These arc are only three of time the many important S s 8 which demand unity among the O- O inhabitants affected There is growing r realization that the thc west west the southwest and the tc northwest have what is iR still an an infant in iu- fu try susceptible of h high hii development This Timis v v. v 4 j iS the the- the tourist industry rr It ma may be properly so na ed We Vc have more than scenery to sell ten ten- tien There is much throughout the time re region ion Much should attract them first as vacation and then as Us settlers The great west can n offer them desirable homes liv livelihood and and andie t p the i delight of living lhing It would be a fo fortunate S ting l in if out ut of one of tl these ese gatherings another gj be he form formed d to sell the west to toS S t these ese people of f pot potential v value lue to this this' section In Th b this the the possibilities ies fo for effective regional S enterprise are almost limitless 1 J Without reclamation western progress 8 stops This is the slogan of fth the present gathing gath- gath ing here To it might be added another y v unity unity- it rl of purpose we can achieve the Destiny stiny of the west S j S I t c iam Lam willing to admit that some da day communism may supplant capit capitalism m but this is perhaps or 1000 years iI ears rs hence Roger Roger Babson economist Ie |