THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



the National Irrigation Congress and some of the reso- 

 lutions passed by that body. In view of the fact that 

 the editor of that publication was only evident at the 

 Congress in the capacity of a distributer of his journals 

 at the entrance of the meeting place of the Congress, 

 and in view also of the fact that the irrigation journal 

 mentioned had considerable difficulty in being admitted 

 as second-class matter in the United States mail, this 

 editor takes, in our estimation, a rather haughty stand. 

 The fact of the matter is that when the above mentioned 

 sheet was started it attempted to appropriate the volume 

 number of a journal which had been purchased and 

 merged with THE IRRIGATION AGE, a flagrant violation 

 of all newspaper courtesy and in direct violation of the 

 laws governing the admittance of newspapers to the 

 mail. In other words, this journal started in its first 

 number under the old Volume number of "Modern Irri- 

 gation," a journal purchased by THE IRRIGATION AGE 

 and taken over by it. The high-handed plan of placard- 

 ing their journal as being seventeen years old was imme- 

 diately "called" by the Post Office Department at Wash- 

 ington, and it was many months before they were ad- 

 mitted in regular form as second-class matter. In view 

 of the fact then that the publishers of this journal de- 

 liberately attempted to deceive their readers by giving 

 them the impression that their paper was seventeen 

 years old instead of one month, we insist, that its editors 

 are very venturesome, to say the least, when they take 

 a high moral ground and criticise the publisher 

 of a journal which has been conducted on clean grounds 

 for over twenty years. The fact of the matter is that 

 the editor of THE IRRIGATION AGE was publishing a 

 clean irrigation journal long before the gentlemen of 

 that institution were ever heard of, and it is safe to make 

 the statement that these men are taking" a position di- 

 rectly against that occupied by THE IRRIGATION AGE 

 for the sole purpose of winning the favor of gentlemen 

 connected with the Reclamation Service and other bu- 

 reaus in Washington who have been criticised by THE 

 IRRIGATION AGE. From a rather broad view, one would 

 think that such a move would be good for a journal; 

 perhaps it is, but it is the impression of THE IRRIGA- 

 TION AGE that neither the publishers alluded to or the 

 members of the Reclamation Service or the repudiated 

 National Irrigation Association will, in any way, be 

 benefited. Right will win in the end, and the head of 

 the Reclamation Service, as well as all others, realize 

 that the time is not far distant when the public will 

 awaken to the fact that THE IRRIGATION AGE is right 

 in the matter and a radical change will, no doubt, take 

 place in the personnel of the Reclamation Service. The 

 fact of the matter is that the resolution referred to by 

 these men was prepared and introduced by Mr. Shum- 

 way, of Nebraska, one of the brightest delegates of the 

 Congress, and Mr. Newell and his band of followers 

 with halos, will hear more of the resolution at some 

 future time. 



We reproduce herewith the notice mentioned : 

 "A disturber from Chicago, named Anderson, who 

 for years has been unwarranted^ abusing the depart- 

 ments referred to in the resolution, apparently for no 

 other reason than that these departments are not con- 

 ducted like Chicago political bureaus which yield more 

 revenue to the grafters in control than to the people for 

 whose benefit they are created, instigated the introduc- 

 tion of a resolution which called for a politically-con- 

 structed commission to handle the vast fund in the pres- 

 ent excellently-constituted reclamation bureau, met with 

 a worse fate at the hands of the Committee on Resolu- 

 tions, for it was given no consideration. It was unfor- 

 tunate that the Chicago politician succeeded in poison- 

 ing the minds of many of the readers of his publication 

 in the belief that the National Irrigation Association 

 was securing money for its support on the plea that such 

 funds were for the benefit of the National Irrigation Con- 

 gress. It only required the appearance of C. B. Boothe, 

 of Los Angeles, Cal., of the association and chairman of 

 the Executive Committee of the Congress, to face these 

 misled members (the accuser not having the courage to 

 be present) and to give the lie to the base accusations; 

 so the original blackguarding resolution was defeated. 

 The Chicagoan's champion in this matter was one Mc- 

 Alpine, from Minnesota, whose connection with a num- 

 ber of government timber transactions would make sen- 

 sational reading. It was a surprise to many (not well 

 acquainted with the facts) that Senator Carter, of Mon- 

 tana, should also be an advocate of a resolution of cen- 

 sure directed at the association." 



It will be noted that the writer of the above ex- 

 presses some surprise at the stand taken by United 

 States Senator Carter. If said writer had any insight 

 into irrigation conditions he would not expose his igno- 

 rance at wondering why any one of ordinary intelligence 

 should take a stand similar to that of Senator Carter, 

 who is one of the few men who has made a study of con- 

 ditions surrounding irrigation development and who can 

 tell the difference between a ripe apple and a bad egg. 

 It will be our pleasure, in some future issue of THE IR- 

 RIGATION AGE, to illustrate to our readers something of 

 the experiences and history of the gentlemen who are 

 conducting the journal that has seen fit to criticize the 

 editor of THE IRRIGATION AGE. We will be glad to give 

 facts concerning their history and state clearly and hon- 

 estly their virtues, if any may be discovered, as well as 

 their failings. Regarding the statement in the forego- 

 ing quotation, that the man who presented the resolu- 

 tion failed to attend the meeting of the committee, Mr. 

 Shumway, its author, as well as the editor of IRRIGA- 

 TION AGE, attended every meeting of the committee and 

 were looking to Mr. Boothe, of the "Incorporated Com- 

 pany," the National Irrigation Association, to make a 

 statement of its financial affairs. Mr. Boothe failed to 

 make good in any particular, and is looked upon as a 

 "dead one" by all members of the Committee on Reso- 

 lutions. 



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