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UNDEVELOPED AMERICA 



" Mighty as has been our past, our resources have just been touched 

 upon, and there is wealth beyond the Mississippi which, in the not 

 distant future, will astonish even the dwellers on the shores of Lake 

 Michigan. 



1 ' From the time my eyes first rested on the great uncultivated 

 plains which lie between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean, my 

 wakening dreams have been filled with visions of the incalculable 

 wealth which the touch of living water will bring to life from those 

 voiceless deserts. There wealth only can produce wealth, and man, 

 singly and alone, might as well try to subdue the Himalayas as to 

 cope with these wastes ; but the hand of united and associated man 

 is already reaching forth to grasp the great results. 



" The same power which wastes millions on the Mississippi can 

 be utilized to make the desert blossom with the homes of men, for 

 whom and for all of us the now blighted soil will bring forth the 

 fruits of the Garden of Eden." HON. THOMAS B. REED, in a 

 speech at Pittsburg, 1894. 



