Smith states that no other activity of the government can show more benefits to the people than the policy, adopted by congress in the enactment of the reclamation law in 1902. An outline of the work accomplished during the years since 1902 is given, showing the wonderful benefits derived by the masses. Mr. Smith then points out the opportunities existing and says that the most valuable of our undeveloped resources is the best acreage of undeveloped land. Its development and settlement, he says, would establish the economic independence of hundreds of thousands of our citizens, whose stability and character would be assured by their foothold on the soil. It is gratifying to know that much of this undeveloped wealth lies within the boundaries of the state of Idaho, that this vast acreage will someday blossom like the rose and will furnish sustenance and the ordinary comforts of life for millions of people. 