| Show IMMEDIATE GAIN it is impossible to estimate the b benefits en that are certain to accrue fr from om t the he meeting of BO so many representative men from the different states and to territories r ri of otibe the west in the capacity of 0 a congress to discuss the all im theme of irrigation probably a third of the entire domain of the united states comes within the meaning of the term arid lands this is an empire as laree large as half of europe its full development will have an influence upon the industrial du and commercial history of the tile world that no man now can dea describe c ribe and few can imagine it will mean the shifting 0 of f the center of population many degrees westward the construction of numerous railroads the improvement of new now har harbors borson on the southern and western coasts couts the establishment of vast to manufacturing tiring industries the collecting of literary and artistic and musical talent in new western centers the entire changing cli aning in fact of the face of nature and the present equilibrium of the world A bloodless revolution revo lotion bat but more sweeping than any the world has ever seen will be accomplished so soon as irrigation shall be fully understood and practiced in the arid lands of the western hemisphere bat but there is another and an immediate effect which the convention may have and which we in utah can regard with the utmost complacency this territory has been greatly underestimated der in the past its resources and advantages have not been generally ene rally appreciated its condition and ad development have been misun dera er stood we do not caro care at this B time to go into the reasons lor for this or to dwell upon the motives of those whose misrepresentations have constituted buch such a bar to our advancement we prefer to think the day has come coma when farther further efforts at mla ala representation will prove futile we believe the gentlemen gant lemen constituting the irrigation convention have been seen enough to convince con vinca them that utah Is all right that in a so soc iala clola political a commercial and an agricultural cense sense the territory Is in a fair way to win glorious prominence that there la Is nothing to deter either intelligent labor or honest capital from achieving here its highest aim we believe that the unanimous decision of these delegates dele eates will be that whoever seeks to promote and foster discord and animosity and strife and bigotry is an arch enemy of the territory of the west and of the country at large the beat best sentiment in utah today to day is a composition of charity fairness honor aa as between man and man and progressiveness the past with all its troubles is behind ns us the present with its realities and struggles jostles us as the future fragrant with hope and redolent with pro promise mlee opens smilingly before us the great majority in utah have decided to leave the past to itself to cope manfully with the present and strive bravely to attain the bounties of the future we believe ou our r v visitors i isi it will accord us encouragement in this thle resolve and endeavor and will pronounce it the part of wisdom in a word we think utah has set herself right in the minda minds of all these influential fluent ial representatives of many neighboring commonwealths if it so one of the greatest and moat most desirable achievements of the convention BO so tar far as utah is concerned baa has already been gained |
