Show IN 1 EGYPT What can be Je accomplished for a n country countr by means of oC Intelligent storing of oC its natural resources has hns been b en ll II In the ancient country of ot the tho Egypt was once tho the gran cran granary granary ary nry of oC the civilized world nut But the tho country was wan permitted to fall fail Into ruins like the tho rest resl of ot Turkish domain until Great Grent Britain undertook to t look otter after Its lis Interests Under this regime It Is welt well advanced toward Its Us ancient prosperity year ear the tho dam at was completed The river Nile when per Iler permitted 1 to empty Its waters Into the sea without human h man Interference made a 11 t rather small strip of ot territory live Uc The Tho entire strip Including the delta was wall not more than thun square mlle hut But the dam at A has added 20 per cent to this cultivable urea The works for Irrigation saved tho the country from Tom bankruptcy by develop developIng Ins Ing ln a cotton on crop worth a year ear This dam has according to jO the accounts published created a 11 lake lako about three thre times the area CIrca of ot Lake Geneva GeMa In Switzerland nt at on actual cost cos of ot about Lord Cromer Cramer reports report that It will Increase the earn earning ing ini power OWer of ot Egypt fully tully an annually which means that It will viii pay for Itself every twelve months This great preat reat reservoir will permit the tho addi additional Irrigation of oC acres and will bring additional revenue to tho tim Government In shape of or land IlInd taxes of oC per year This Thill great grea t lIam dam Is a mile mite and a II quarter long lone Its thickness at Pt Its Ita deepest part Is eighty two feet teet tapering to twentythree feet at nt tie top tOil The height Is feel feet Tho The I maximum head of oC the Impounded water Is feet and when the dam dam Is full Cull the volume of ot water Is la cal calculated calculated calculated at lit gallons Tills This Is A l great greal object lesson to the United States And It should hould be a lee les lesson leeson son to other countries too It Is clear clearly clearly ly I not necessary to fight tight for tor the tile epan expansion e aba sion of ot territory ns no long as 1111 empires can be created of oC the tho material already extant In nil all parts of at the world The Fhe United States ha lia hall entered upon Ulon irrigation tion on a large scale ecal From Egypt nn Idea may be Je formed l of ot the Vast vast lIst additions to the national wealth that wilt will come caine from tram these schemes when carried curried out according to the In intent tent Ion |