THE CONQUEST OF ARID AMERICA 



cable. The field, the opportunity, and the people are 

 ready. The hour is ripe for the advance. The silent 

 command that speaks to men's minds through resistless 

 economic forces has gone forth. 



The American people will press on, not through blood- 

 shed or violent change, but wisely, patiently, and surely 

 by gradual industrial and social evolution to the real- 

 ization of their great destiny, 



That destiny is to illustrate the highest possibilities of 

 democratic institutions. 



