Show The Mine and The Farm The Giant and Th The Dwarf I o o o I Lets Let's Have a Big M t Irrigation H Meeting f ff l f Urgent Need for General Meeting of Former Reservation Reservation Reservation Reser- Reser Farmers Interested in Irrig Irrigation tion Rights t i Vital Questions Q Before e Us U.s. Many phases of our irrigation present and future on this former reservation demand immediate at- at attention attention by the citizens If there was ever an urgency it is now United we stand we fall fallis j is especially applicable to the situ situ- Attorney General for Utah Geo P. P Parker recently at Atlantic City before a meeting of the attorneys attorneys attorneys at at- general of the country gave a review of the water question question question ques ques- tion effecting state rights After mentioning several famous cases of recent date directing policies of state and state inter-state control he said These cases are interesting because because because be be- cause on the one hand they seem to recognize the right of the state to control waters within borders while as all students on the subject subject subject sub sub- know there seems to be inthe in inthe Inthe the minds of government ministers a mental reservation on the soundness soundness soundness sound sound- ness of this doctrine Mr Parker Park Park- er then gave a summary of the two views which is about like this That the government owned theland the theland theland land and the water and unless it has passed title it is is either the theland theland theland land or the water still government property That while the federal government has recognized the the- states' states rights in appropriating the water yet there has never been a genuine transfer of the national rights And the other view which has been and is the law in our arid states is that the states own the water and therefore title to it must be secured from the state The soundness and justice of the laws of these states is proved by by nearly a century of practical use nae Here In this former reservation we have another phase of the thee federal federal fed fed- eral governments government's desire to step in July 28 28 1931 Wm S. S Post director of of irrigation for the government government gov gov- addressed a letter to the committee representing the water users in that well-known well suit Jn in in our Utah federal court in 1923 This committee is H. H L. L Allred Lott Powell A. A G. G Burton W W. K Dye and J. J C. C Hacking In this letter Mr Post is unwilling unwilling unwilling un un- willing to concede that the state has any right in handling water for tor the Indian lands Because of this objection the water commissioner commissioner commis commis- B. B O. O Colton was appointed appoint appoint- ed by the parties in the case and without any recognition n of the states state's right or the state slate engineers engineer's engineers engineer's engin engin- eer's cers right to direct him When the of contact contact contact con con- Mr Post reaches point tact further the method for future future future fu fu- ture years he says Here our position po po- is and I think must be that we have no authority to submit the determination as to federal rights or the administration o of ot federal federal federal fed fed- eral decrees to state authority After mentioning the federal constitution giving the government power to control federal property placing that on congress he says and Congress has given the secretary of the interior no authority authority authority au au- to turn over that control to state agencies This last quotation seems Beems to be bethe bethe bethe the basis of the whole subject But completely completely com com- completely Mr Post evidently Ignores the act of congress relative relative relative rela rela- tive to this former reservation passed in November 1906 In that recognises law congress specifically es ea the state of Utah's right to control control control con con- the water Every filing for Indian lands has been made according t to state law that is la all aU Indian water rights here are backed by filings in the state engineers engineer's office and proof of ben ben- ef cial us use has be been n made apparently apparently j just t as the filings according according according accord accord- ing to state law Regardless of the Montana c case se or the Wyoming-Colorado Wyoming case in inTHIS InTHIS THIS HIS case congress has passed authority authority au au- au- au to our state to supervise and to determine the water writer rights B and use thereof To say that the law of 1906 is without value is not fair The only possible chance federalism has In the matter is to claim that the state had the right to demand filings and proofs as government men have been careful to have made but after this was complied with then Utah's ight fight ended Aside from these phases of the subject that effect all of us us there is the necessity for us to get to together together to- to to-I to gether and demand of our delegation delegation delegation dele dele- gation in congress that we shall have a fair share of that reclamation reclamation reclamation money for use here yes here herein herein herein in the Uintah Basin This money is ours by right Let us determine a policy policy policy poli poli- cy of dealing with the federalism question and state rights but theother the theother other side of it is this reclamation money This basin should have at least three million dollars of that money just as soon as any is spent for any project elsewhere Relative Importance of Agriculture And Mining Tl Three lee Ti Times es As Important I Of a n population of people people peo peo- I pIe in Utah are dependent on metal mining and dependent dependent dependent de de- de- de pendent upon agriculture This This' relative importance of these two important industries in Utah is given this ratio or relation in a pamphlet put out May 15 15 1931 by Rolland Holland A. A Vandergrift et al al and ana addressed to Metal Mine Operators ors Salt Lake City In the work given as scientific we note that the authors are Specialists in economic and governmental re research research research re- re search per their heading In this work performed by specialists specialists specialists spec spec- for the metal mining business the following relative importance of activities are given viz No People Per Percent Cent Cen Metal Mining Agriculture 1722 Transportation 1345 Manufacturing 1066 Coal Mining Distribution 2429 Total i On this basis and following ving th the introduction are pictures of men mei printed in size and description t to to represent these six lines of work Necessarily the miner is a big manthe man the farmer is a mere child transportation transportation transportation trans trans- is in size as an infant manufacturing and coal are still stil smaller and distribution is mighty might I small The authors admit the work i Is of an original nature and state stag that they c could Uld not find one comparable comparable com corn parable study for industry in th the theU U United i States t Hence it surely surer is original It ft is said s id that the tb usual opinion is that agriculture ranks as high or higher than metal metal metal met met- al mining in INDUSTRY II IN Utah and that hat this false view is i given from the fact that farm farn population and those employed in h mines are about equal and likewise likewise like like- wise vise the gross production in value of these two leading But Mr Vand grift says that tha this apparent equality is wr wrong ng and that the real question is the basis or primary importance And Anc he places all our activities in two classes that is primary and s sere rv- rv ice Hence he concludes that a as primary industry metal mining minim takes in and agriculture 1722 of the states state's population Naturally such an work published by a specialist and fairly well wen distributed by himor him or the metal mining b business siness of of our state deserves attention It II ItIs ItIs Is difficult for a country weekly paper to make a survey of such suck an effort at least in one issue and our readers dont don't want severs several stories about it For us the question question question ques ques- tion is is is this relation correct Oris Or Oris Oris is it right to say that that nearly nearly half of Utah's population is basically dependent upon the mines and only about 17 are so dependent ent upon the farm This paper does not believe that this ratio is right or correct Great credit must be given the author for the assembly of data for the thear ar argument ent advanced and the conclusions conclusions con con- reached It is claimed that about people are actively actively actively ac ac- ac- ac employed in economic endeavor endeavor endeavor en en- deavor and the balance of the population population population pop pop- depends upon this employed employ employ- ed class Here we note one incorrect incorrect incorrect assumption Are not the wives who work at home partners with their husbands Are Arc they not basically equal co-equal with the themen themen men or women who work for wages or or work otherwise forcash for forcash forcash cash Our population is divided into two classes by these specialists viz iz those who work in industries the products of which arc are consumed ed outside the state and those whose products are consumed within the state The efforts that produce products that may be exported exported exported ex ex- ported from the state are re primary and the other class of labor is service labor That is the ment And on this basis the service service service ice workers are dependent upon I the others hence the ratio noted between farming and mining Upon this ratio only people people peo peo- pie in Utah are economically in independent independent in- in dependent in the agricultural business business business busi busi- ness ness and nearly as many in transportation transportation transportation trans trans- while manufacturing and coal oal mining are arc compared with agriculture also high Coal mining in Utah for instance is ismore ismore ismore more than half as Important economically economically ec ec- ec- ec as farming fanning and live live- stock This is is we wo are told because because be be- cause of the surplus for Utah non-Utah use and consumption which these activities produce The test we are advised is is In Inthe Inthe inthe the last analysis whether the product product product pro pro- duct is consumed or used within the state or without And this bas basic c principle Is given The greater the number and magnitude magnitude magnitude magni magni- tude of a community's industries the greater the population and importance importance importance im im- im- im of the thc community In stimulating dev development it is essential es essential essential es- es to promote primary indus indus- tries Succeeding in this the service service service ice industries will thrive and develop develop develop de de- without assistance In protecting protecting pro pro- a community's prosperity it is most essential to protect its primary industries And there dear reader you have it Upon such argument as this Utah has favored the metal minIng minIng mining min min- ing industry for more than fifty years In this report made by specialists w we are not once asked such questions as these Do all such primary industries make permanent ent homes When a large part of the net profit is taken taken taken tak tak- en away from the state does the state not suffer When as inmany inmany in inmany many a former flourishing mining camp the ore is all gone where is the wealth Is it not gone Does it return Look at Nevada and answer this If all aU the metal mines in Utah closed down would 1717 of the he people have to leave Utah If all the agriculture of our state should stop would that compel compell only people to leave Utah These are the vital questions M Metal tal mining is is a great industry in Utah h. h and nd we we r all Na i to remain re main strong vigorous and to pros pros- per But agriculture is also a large industry in Utah Space does not permit further consideration of details details details de de- de- de tails although we could fill this paper with interesting data gathered gathered gathered gath gath- ered by these specialists After reading the work one is compelled to admit that it is clearly made and distributed for the express purpose of placing metal mining as B Utah's primal factor in industry industry indus indus- try population and in wealth And far more than this because mining in this case is made to appear nearly three times as important important important im im- im- im as agriculture Let rest for fora few days us a any any- way But Utah's primary stability and wealth is is we believe In the number of good homes supported by farms gardens fruit and all that makes life most worth-while worth enduring and stable We might build a wa wall l around Utah and it could endure support its present population and more more- without in intercourse intercourse intercourse in- in with other states and nations The surplus on this assumption does not not hold |