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^arable land produce all our grain, hay, 

 cotton, sugar and vegetables, the impor- 

 tance of the reclaiming of this vast terri- 

 tory appears in its true light. St. Paul 

 Globe, 



The systematic irrigation, through gov- 

 ernment appropriations of the arid West 

 would mean a greater advantage to New 

 'England, beyond a doubt, than any other 

 measure of national legislation which is 

 likely to be adopted. Boston Dispatch to 

 New York Mail and Express. 



The reclamation of one hundred million 

 acres of arid land capable of supporting 

 50,000,000 inhabitants has become a na- 

 tional issue, and it is believed will be 

 settled by the present administration, 

 which is pledged to this end by its party 

 platform. Columbus (0.) Dispatch. 



The East is much interested in a gen- 

 eral reclamation of arid western lands. 

 There is just as much argument to be ad- 

 vanced in favor of national irrigation in 

 the West as there was in favor of national 

 control and improvement of rivers and 

 harbors. New York News. 



There are many manufactures in Massa- 

 chusetts, for instance, whose prosperity 

 and that of those dependent upon them 

 depend very largely upon the western 

 markets. They see clearly enough the re- 

 lation of the reclamation of the West to 

 the business interests of the East. 

 Brooklyn Citizen. 



Fortunately for us we still have a domain 

 of almost illimitable extent which is capa- 

 ble of supporting a population as large in 

 itself as that we have at present, once 

 water is brought to it. Water is all that 

 is needed to make the now arid West the 

 garden of the world. The time has now 

 come when this matter demands the 

 country's earnest attention. Chicago 

 Journal. 



One of the greatest physical and 

 -economic problems that today is attract- 



ing the attention of the people of the 

 United States, is the reclamation of arid 

 lands. Nor is there another problem, the 

 solution of which will bring about such 

 far-reaching and beneficial results. Now 

 that the presidential question has been 

 disposed of, the problem of reclamation of 

 arid lands by the government and for the 

 people will be in order. Buffalo (N. Y.) 

 Enquirer. 



Much misinformation exists in the East 

 regarding the national irrigation move- 

 ment, and some eastern agricultural papers 

 even go so far as to oppose the whole 

 thing, fearing that it will mean an in- 

 crease of western competition. On the 

 contrary, the peopling of the now arid 

 region would furnish a home market for 

 vast quantities of eastern manufacturers, 

 and would produce comparatively little 

 surplus farm crops for shipment to the 

 East.- Orange Judd Farmer 



The reclamation of the arid iands will 

 furnish comfortable homes for teeming 

 myriads of people. Their settlement will 

 furnish traffic for the railroads and a mar- 

 ket for endless quantities of manufactured 

 articles while the surplus products of tb,e 

 field will be sent to the remotest markets 

 of the world. The problem is certainly 

 important enough to command general at- 

 tention. Chicago Post. 



Irrigation is a subject about which 

 Americans should be concerned. There 

 is no movement which could do so much 

 for the United States as the irrigation of 

 the arid plains. The Journal hopes that 

 an effort will be turned in that direction. 

 There is no work which could so certainly 

 add to the wealth of the nation. In the 

 center of the continent lies the grandest 

 possibilities of the. nation. Lafayette 

 (Ind.) Journal. 



When the government has done its duty 

 toward that (western) poition of the con- 

 tinent, the cities of the Pacific coast will 

 soon be larger and more magnificent than 



