| Show roll TUB Alt im WIJST J Hill of ot the UI Great Northern railway raU Is I the latest to the of the reclamation of ot arid lands by th the lIe He believes belIeve bell that If that nt o In Is Carried out outon coast wl will willIn wIllin on oil a mr I lOll ilI the in a 11 short time have hare hn VI a population of 20 X people that hat t Chicago then will b be the metropolis of the tho entire worM world If the development of at the West since the first hare demonstrated the of ot tho the revlon region Is consid considered red ered the statement does not appear ox ex extravagant The Pacific coast CIt states are easily eally capable albl of ot sustaining Inhabitants nod they ther will corn Coral too tooan an III the facilities for establishing homes aro are enlarged Mr Hill BIll argues that the I people of t Asia care cara little for the man products of ot civilization while they thoy want cheap ch food If Ie there tore for the government would promote the chime for far the Ihl reclamation of ot arid lands in the tho West Vest this thle country would be In a ot position to furnish those mil millions lions lIens with wheat corn oarn nd fruit nt at It a aprice price within their roach men nod as ne a II con consequence consequence sequence our own national lIa II 0 wealth would grow Immensely People he hI says regard with lIh amazement the pro sent rapid growth of ot wealth In Ip the tho United hut but this will VIII bo be com corn comparative poverty when with twenty tont million n people on the slope en gated In raising grain and manufacturing manufacturing turing Hour flour for tho the Orient wo we can dIe large largo freighters dolly dally from Crom each of at the o ports rte loaded with Ith the manufactured goods of the eastern foe fac factories tories the of ot the tho South and the food products of ot the tile mountain valleys alleys Then Than a n riv river r of at will be turned Into the States Slate which will wll put putto putto to shoWy the visions of at the wildest dreamers If It Congress at Its It I next sea slon approprIate In 2 per Ilir coot cOl t bonds to b be used In canal and andrO rO construction the tile money wIllbe will willbe be returned directly many times in the th Increase and valto ot of the tho land lane In trout trad results the will b permanent nail and Incalculable In Friends of nt the i roi for tor the de tIe development of ot the ahi nut wt cannot but hut be gratified at the rapid multI l growth of ot tho thc circle or tit It Some Sam day It lIi Mm 1 ulle natural to every states statesman man every citizen of ot the country the Ih benefits the country will de tle derive rive ift from froin t ln such luch n I conquest ore are clearly understood will vote ole a n mil million million lion or niece more for irrigation with more mora than Congress over ovet displayed when money man for tor fora torR fo foa a R destructive war For I or conquests by Irrigation art are in perfect accord with civilization n The Th great military nations of ot the tho world art ar I constantly reaching out OUI for tor land every foot Coot of ot which they the have to stain with tears ta and blood Tills Thu should sot set an nn example of ot civilized conquest by b demonstrating what win ip n bt be b done dOM by II applying the in pure purt streams of ot the moun moon mountains talus tt t Ce the fertile soil IOU that II Is but watt trait lit litIn In ln Industry of ot man to yIeld an nn abundant of ot wealth and m n |
