Show FAVORABLE E EASTERN AST ERN SENTI MENT to irrig atlan legislation has developed in the east from tin a e to time broad brom minded expressions among men raen liberal enough to seethaa eee abat what builds op one part of the country must ably help all other part parts it la is pleasing to note that each such a far eastern paper its the boston transcript recognizes the fact that irrigation appropriations for the west would be national investments in the interests of and for the benefit of all 11 the people of the united states quite a part of the annual outlay of the nation the transcript says is an investment rather than an expenditure public building buildings are direct investments obvious to everybody because they save rental to the government in the case of certain othir other appropriations the investment aspect while jaet as genuine Is ao so ind indirect iret as to tata attention an a appropriation fox the improvement of hooton boston harbor would be an indirect investment the cost of transportation in is one of the great public charge charges the rates of which ber bear directly direct iT upon the fortunes of everybody 4 A deep chan chau nel net to 0 o boston makes possible poe sible large shills abi and nd ther therefore etore low freight rite rates r ite the government la fit spending money monty for such makes takes ealer the future burden of its citi citizens rens an I 1 as the interest intern ts of the citizen citi iiD and the state are ideL IdeLli lical CAI this becomes bec onies an nt pure pare and simple it Is la the imo same story continues con the with all worthy ami and harbor improvements ImproTe ments they are national irrigation exile erenies ez enies noes inso far as hey they provide 11 for p ill work irks come under the same head national of the investment ort sort shoot I 1 be encouraged especially obrn the Is so pro pert benm us that it can bear its burden well as ag 8 as t the time of greater stringency ogency it tk alfs but flight slight flatly study to a see that an irrigation appropriation applied to any one section would almost immediate ly help oilier other a if it the brot were full derel devel aki the ewt would necee burily earl ly benefit thereby fi r stern money boull eastward ca abnee things which the E tat alone mp sup plies bod nod so through the prosperity of the irrigated irrigate il ant west the danaf eft would indirectly b bant by the evnin opt nin of great additional mar market koft jda |