Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-16 | Page 4 | Tackling Big Problems

T Ta Tackling a kIng kling Big ig Problems should be realized is s that the big probY JY- JY Y T lems being tackled by the Association o of W Western t m State Engine Engineers ts' ts and the National Reclamation Reclamation Reclamation Rec Rec- association th this weeks week's important re regional regional re- re gional events are not essentially of western in Int interest in- in t terest r rest st at alone ne They ar arc vital parts of the composite composite compos compos- it ite national pro problem lem of ot maintaining the welfare welfare wel wel- fare fie and prosperity of every part of the nation When the middle west and the east cast are able to too o obtain t 1 a correct perspective of reclamation and conservation they will discover the interdependence den dence of manufacturing transportation agriculture jure ture turc mining lumbering water-borne water commerce road ng financing and the multiplicity of end endeavors ors that arc peculiar to sections of the country and which must flourish collectively or orbe orbe orbe be individually No o program of regional sufficiency self-sufficiency can long sustain itself If other parts parts' of the nation expect to find markets in the western states they must realize that these west western n states must have purchasing ng capacity This rests rests rests' largely upon their further development as sources of raw materials for processing and fabrication in the congested industrial states They must realize too that many thousands of acres of choice agricultural land ruined by drouth and erosion are no longer useful for farming or habitat tat tation on If f they hope for a return of consumptive capacity to balance even the nations nation's present productive capacity new land must be brought under cultivation to replace that which is now valueless We Ve cannot continue to live under a program of artificial scarcity and at the same time entertain any hope for a return to a level of rational prosperity The very lif life of the western states for now and for the tho future is dependent upon reclamation reclamation reclamation tion and conservation Water is basic in all western western west west- em ern problems The engineers and experts who vho closed their convention here Friday and the rec-j rec who are now in session are arc thor- thor conversant with all the fundamental n needs eds of the intermountain empire and the coastal states Their zeal in striving to bring about unity in these matters and their labors to safeguard th the future of this vast region earn the appreciation of all who dwell west of the plains states Equally im is that the people of the west bestir themselves to understand their own close problems and that th the senators and congressmen congressmen con con- gressmen of t these ese states organize a solid front to battle for recognition of the needs of the west where water is the lifeblood of continued existence existence existence exist exist- ence and the only hope for progress and devel devel- Enlightenment and understanding must overthrow prejudice and ignorance in sections where self-interest self obscures vital parts of the true pic picture ure of foundation fhe-foundation the foundation for national re recovery re- re covery pv ry and prosperity T This is is not a nation of forty-eight forty independent states they states they are inter inter- q dependent pendent