Show watell 1011 En legislation V one of the most imports important sit bills before congress la is tit til it affecting water power bower development it in at all I 1 the great reat western states having no public lands the eastern states stales hold tile the academic vi views aws that western water powers should lie be owned by tile the government this theoretical view would lock 11 up p the unlimited supply of white while coal until by political action and government it t was released war taxes war loans and other great national needs as railroads merchant marine and naval requirements would delay federal power development in the west indefinitely the sane view Is s to permit development by private initiative and enterprise ter prise with proper public safeguards against burdensome monopoly the west has as great a supply of water power as is ia needed to operate sill all cha th i railroads and as many factories as are owned by all new england the nation and the world will suffer from froin a 0 o shortage ot of coal and oil and states und and congress should agn enact legislation that will permit un development of our wasting hydroelectric hydro electric energies |