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Show The West Girds THERE have been two chief reasons why many issues vital to the whole western section of America have failed to obtain the favorable action ac-tion of congress and the executive departments through many past years. One hss been tht notion no-tion prevailing In some quarters that the west is pretty much made up of prairie, desert and Indians; that regional interest demands attention only to eastern problems; that what the east doesn't know about the west won't hurt It The second reason has been, until very recently, that senators and congressmen from the west have lacked organization with which to put up a solid front and insist upon consideration for the broad Hewer country atretching almost from the Mississippi Mis-sissippi to the Pacific. Since the formation of a western organization; organiza-tion; the claims of tha intermountsin end coast states hsve been valiantly championed in congress con-gress and members from other parts of the country hsve gradually found enlightenment ' It Is the more signiflcsnt thst thus esrly in the Seu ion of the seventy-sixth congress this western west-ern organization has been reorganized and ex- panded, and on a non-partisan bails. The congressional con-gressional group now includes besides the old intermountsin ststes, Oregon, Washington snd North and South Dakotaa and Nebraska. This i a formidable bloc to insist upon attention to western needs and desires. The western group which has functioned under un-der the chsirmsnship of Representstlve Abe Murdoch Mur-doch Of Utah now responds to the gsvel of Rep- , reaentstive J. W. Robinson. His selection as the Dew ehalrmsn confers honor snd distinction Upon him as well as upon this state. Though senstors hsve worked closely with this group of congressmen, it could only be strengthening If they were part and parcel of it In tha main the organization will be more closely close-ly concerned with appropriations and, therefore, there-fore, the first hurdles will hsve to be clesred In the house. Senstors, nevertheless, must rslly In force when there is threat of "striking" In the tipper chamber. '- There are, though, matter of broader scope than the seeking of appropristions which hold tremendous Importance to Inland and western states. An exsmple is the railroads unrelenting unrelent-ing effort to obtain repeal of the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce act . It will be pressed at this session harder thsn ever by the lobby for the carriers and principal eastern east-ern manufacturing centers. For them to succeed In their nefarious program would be like finding find-ing gold mine; for the west It would mean industrial in-dustrial and commercial stagnation, stoppsge In growth snd development, a heavy blow to agriculture, agri-culture, mining and labor. All the power and force the west can muster In congress needs to be brought to bear to stifle this legislation. Maintenance of unimpaired silver legislation, enactment of further broadened and constructive construc-tive legislation on the subject safeguarding the west In all matters pertaining to Its sgriculture and livestock Industry, defending it sgainst unfair un-fair and discriminating provisions of reciprocal .' tariff agreements, protecting it from penalties In the rulings of the lnterstste commerce commission commis-sion on, freight rste chsngeg and promoting the welfare of the whole area of the "public land" tates confront the western members In both houses. Upon silver and reclsmation there Is especis! need for fsrslghted service by our senators and representatives. Abysmal ignorance, abetted by selfish propaganda circulating from large eastern east-ern financial circles, international bankers in . particular, is a constant peril the entire nation must always face. This western group of congressmen con-gressmen faces heavy eastern opposition and must count on fighting every step of the way. |