Show r. r AT TIlE THE nOISE BOISE CONGRESS Of or course there will wJ be bo a good gooc man many I. I western vestern people at the Boise Dolse congress f. f organized for of land 7 1 the tho promotion i reclamation In the arl arid regions But It Is to be hoped hopel a great Seat many people of tho the East will wt bo be Ts there It J would be better beter for the tho Interests Interests In- In of or the plans proposed to 10 have at least let a half of the entire member member- s If ship como come from the region east eat of or the Mississippi river rl and half of that I 1 number nuber again should be e from the tho ea o The he country countr needs dl neels al and ana men of oC those older states stales are the ones whose Judgment 1 must be appealed to In the prosecution lion tion of the work woric orl 1 More than most gatherings of or men women this meeting at Boise li mal maks 8 for the advancement of or the en- en 1 tIre country If I those who have proJected projected pro- pro J j tho the congress those who have ha devel developed ed a plan of action acton those thoe who know what the they want the general generl government gov gov- eminent It to do and ard what the they will wl ask Jt it l to db do ma may have their way even cven en c th it o the fullest the they can cn personally personally per per- perI I Ronal gain HUa In In things I It i will wt not make Mr Kiesel of or Og Ogden en gr G Governor Pardee Pallee of or California or 01 any of tho the reEt them then a dollar dolar better bettor bettor bet bet- tor ter ol off except as their country Is ma made e better beter off of Tho The most active men of oC q the Boise Doise con congress Kres are arc those who will wJ gain nothing I Individually ni 1 v 1 ual In a u mone money way from Irom th the very I success success suc sue cess of or their pl plans n ns But by the complete success of oC their plans plain the whole holo country will wt be bet bet- terel It I is 18 worth much for tor the people people peo peo- plo of Massachusetts to be hacked backed b by bya I a n M Montana thai lia is twice as populous twice as pro productive twice as rich and twice as as powerful UH us Montana Is IR to to- to day lay It t Is a distinct asset nEset In the tho hand hando o of ov overy ry Eastern Easter commonwealth that th there raIs i Is t I a many many square miles mile's 1 i I IL H under cultivation In 1906 as In cull An And er e every fertile fertle acre that can b be bea a added ed Is Just so 80 much more moro gooc good fortune for fOI the tho people of the older sections of oC the country countr This Union did not grudge rudge th the money that was paid palt to Mexico a athe at atthe attl the tl close of or tho tim war with wih that nation As s a republic we wo gained a great terrE tern tOI tory We 0 could coul have held It I as as w wo we had h 1 taken It I but hut there here was a a. sense sens of o fairness which compelled the payment pay pay- mont ment of ot a handsome price as ns thing things seemed at nt the time for what we were strong enough enough but but not wicked enough to take take take-by by force fOce of arms This nation did not object ct to th the amount paid to Spain at nt the close clos of o the war with that kingdom fo for forthe forthe the possessions the republic acquired It I Is likely that tha Porto Rico alone I Is worth the tho mone money In the old 01 rulof rule rul of warfare where he ho ma may take wh who cnn can the United States was un under er n no obligation to pay a dollar lollar dolar But nut again agal there was a rule of common fairness by which t tie e people of or the great re republic republic re- re public did not care to enrich themselves themselves them them- selves without the tho juste t come sa lion ton that could coul be he devised And An a aprIce aprice price that nn amazed zel the Spaniard with will wih Its Is generosity was handed over to th the the conquered nation naton But nut this plan Illan of the men an and women women women wo wo- woi i men at the Boise con congress rl s Is fo for fOI forthe the enrichment of tho lie United States State to a far greater degree than limn either of those thoe mentioned transactions Th The success of or tho ho plan for the tho ion of the tho ari arid lan lands s means moans the advancement advancement ad ad- ton of a region mightier than all al of tho the states east of o the Ale Allegheny hem mountains Carried to Its Is logical end this reclamation of the arid land means tho the dense settlement the per per- feet feel development the last Jast expression lon of enrichment And this region which now asks no more from the general genera government than that thol tho the land am and amI the tho water of be f the far tar west vest be brou brought brough h together will wi one day a be the granary and the tho tw guardian of ot the he states stales that have today tolay In their hands the grantIng granting grant grant- Ing or 0 the thc withholding of the bene bone fits And It I Is land of our OUI own to be settled b by people of our own the benefits to be all al our own that asks s for appropriation now This conquest con- con quest of na nature ture Is a better beter and less les expensive process than the conquest of or either cither Mexico exico or Spain swift and splendid as a were those victories It I Is mone money that that remains In the lie nation naton Ever Every dollar dolar of or It wi wll vili be traced Into the dams and the he ditches diches an and the Iho resurrected acres of land reclaimed Ever Every pennY of or It I will wiil wi be he followed to the multiplied herds and the bursting granaries an and the heaping fruits of ofa ofa ofa a desert esert transformed That Is a treasure which Is the common possession posses posses- poses poses- sion Ion of or every part of the nation naton It I Is Isa Isa a t benefit to the mill mi owner of Rhode Island It I I la isan an nn a asset et for the Americans Amen Ameri cans can Cnn 11 patriot rl t who o wn wants t to see seo h his s whole hole country advance a These hese people o of the Eastern states stales will wi have much nuch to lo do O with wih granting or declining the appropriations aske asked The They rhey will vilI wi have much to do with wih approving approving ap ap- proving the plan M s means the of oC a n new and fertile and populous region where now Is nothIng noth- noth lag Ing ng but latent energies In the soil sol And we hope they will wi ne he Je at Boise Ve Yc hope the they will wl be able to see from actual stul study on the ground how wise wises Is s the plan of the Western men how ne necessary s r It Is to lo the nation naton how profitable ble It I Is to all the people no matter where the they may live l e between the he oceans And AnU If they hey do come an and If t they do lo take an Instructed view of oC the situation tho they will back with all aJ the strength of enl enlightened citizenship citizenship citizen citizen- ship every ery e demand that may be made |