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But the Irrigation Congress should do more than convene, re- 

 solve and adjourn. It should be a permanent organization, with ac- 

 tive officers and committees earnestly, patiently and persistently at 

 work to carry out the broad purposes set forth and declared for at the 

 annual session of the Congress. This has not been done in the past 

 and as a consequence the influence of the Congress has not been what 

 it might have been and ought to have been. Will not the coming Con- 

 gress consider whether much might not be accomplished in this way? 

 The time has come for results, and unless something is soon achieved, 

 interest in the Congress will surely wane, and gradually die out. Let 

 it bring about some one result, so it can point to it and say; "There! 

 The Irrigation Congress did that!" Then public interest in irrigation 

 development would center on the Irrigation Congress, and its influence 

 for good would widen with each year. 



