Show I New Arid Land Lard Bill Promised Promis d The ill rated McNary Smith mot molion bill bUl which failed at the last congress largely because It undertook undertook undertook under under- took too freely to open up the public treasury for reclamation loans aggregating aggregating aggregating ag ag- ag- ag has been abandoned by Addlin Addi- Addi sin in T. T Smith of or Idaho chairman charman of ot the house Irrigation committee and andIn andin andin in its stead he will wll sponsor a new new measure at the next session of congress congress congress con con- gress which will authorize much more modest loans from the federal treasury and which will provide for lor forthe forthe the reclamation of swamp and other waste waste lands lands as well as arid lands Representative Smith made recently recent recent- recent recent-I ly a statement concerning proposed I reclamation legislation and stressed tho the point that if reclamation legislation legislation legis- legis lation lallon is to be secured from congress il t t must be bo through the of oC different tactics than those followed in the campaign that resulted in the defeat of the tho Smith McNary bill Mr Smith finds need for cooperation not only among senators and representatives representatives representatives from the west but from other sections of the country as well and this can only be had for tor a bill that applies universally and Is not local I in n its application to the west alone Discussing the outlook and his plans for the future Representative Smith 8 said ld The last congress mado made some substantial advancement toward land reclamation although it did dd not achieve all that we had hoped said Mr Smith The uThe ground However Is well prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared for tor more constructive legislation legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion at the next congress and I hope to lo get n n touch not only with the people peo peo- people pIe of ot my district and learn more definitely their desires and opinions put Jut also with people in other parts I of the Iho country who aro are interested la In making home-making with the hope of ot e- e larger support for tho the measures measures meas mea ures which should be taken up by bythe bythe the next congress Wide Support Needed I ma may state stale that it we of oC southern south south- ern Idaho and of ot the northwest ID is general are aro to lo advance along alons the ibs theUne theline line Une of reclamation and settlement of oC our lands we must have a wider wIde support from every part of the country coun coun- try try not not fro front from a u relatively restricted restrict restrict- ed area or from a n few people Our Oar very success has been in one leD aena a source of f danger to us because IB la telling of the good things achieved at home we have aroused to La a certain certain tain tan extent the emulation if Jl not eavy envy envy en en- vy of people in other parts of the United States who believe that equally good or better results can and should be attained by them We must frankly face this situation sod and adjust our plans plane to It J There Thoro was a time when whon t I ova va possible to push through a bill for Tor or reclamation of ot arid and lands In this th's or that area largely because the mem mem- members 01 bore bers of congress from other othe sections had the vague idea that they were we're not Interested and that tho the preposition proposition pl- pl tion had no application at ho hon o V but times limes have changed We have haTE f rejoiced re re- j iced ced so 60 loudly over our success EUCH that the people in other parts of oC the tho country have gradually come como to 86 ask asA themselves Why should we not nol do We too have waste lands which can and should be reclaimed and we have as great a need for an increase of ot rural homes Roosevelt Support Many of ot you who recall the tho long and arduous campaign twenty years ago for the enactment of On Last Pa Page e. e we f J f I 1 I PROMISED ED D NI NEW V ARID IJA LAND RILL BILL From Front Page One Ono Lion legislation know tho the act was passed with the enthusiastic support of President Roosevelt The necessary ry iy support support came from the rank and rile file file of the Republicans and Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- Cats alike Men MOil of the tho south tad had i I II U the e understanding then that w when en I their people became fully a awake wake to the the benefits benefit of reclamation and set and set settlement of waste land they would demand demand de de- mand the enactment of or a similar lar national law which would permit or encourage cooperation between tho states and reclamation districts enabling tho the bringing ringing in n of des desirable destra- destra rable ra- ra ble blo settlers The time Ume has now arrived when the tho east and especially the south is awake to the need of this policy Conditions have changed rapidly In Inthe Inthe inthe the south the old order Is p passing away and the great body of thinking thInking thinking think thInk- ing people are beginning to take a amore amore amore more lively interest than in the p past st st. Th's is tl the e result of a development such as was foreseen when Senator Fletcher of or Florida joined with me mein me mein in pressing the he Smith Fletcher bill this this being beng one of a series of rec reclamation rec- rec bills known as the Smith Smith- Cl Chamberlain bill and Smith l McNary ry bill introduced in successive con con- It requires time for new deal deas to take root and we now nosy rec jec- that some pf these bills were perhaps premature as regards the r results but but they have been effective ve in tit public senti senti- ment l 1 Other Projects In the next congress It H Is highly probable that our own western p pro po- o- o will receive support only so tar far taras faras as we in turn give needed support to meritorious projects in n the east and aid south This has been dowed dowed d- d owed ov by the visits to the west qty y some of our eastern and southern statesmen statesmen attracted by the tales pf lot of great 31 eat l progress made by reclamation For example Congressman Bankhead Bankhead Bankhead Bank Bank- head of Alabama who recently visit visit- visited ed the west with a congressional party varty revealed the workings of his mind and that of the south in general gen general gen gen- general eral when he lie called attention to the I fact while there were great results to be achieved in the west yet for very every acre available in the west there are ten acres equally good or batter bat bat- hot hotter i ter in the south It is hardly pro prop probable 1 able with the present state of knowl- knowl dge that the people interested in these ten acres will contribute to othe o othe the reclamation of the one acre in n the west unless we give consider consider- consideration consideration to the meritorious projects I In short all signs point to the tho tact fact that for future sUCcess we must adopt a broad national policy of rec re rec and settlement as contrasted contrast ed with one confined to the western sites alone Our argument for ex ex- elusIveness In this connection based upon pon public lands no longer has tine the same game appeal that it did ditl In Jn the past If It tho the government can stimulate and aid In the development of highways in lit every part of th country It is argued ar ar- argued ar- ar gued that it can in a like manner simulate and aid In tho the creation Of f opportunities for homes pones for its Us citi- citi zens These conditions we must face squarely and not waste time Imo n nor r effort in the hope that we can follow along the old ways These hav havo been changed and we must pay attention to the Wo We arc aro at the parting of the roads and mutt must t act accordingly i To Avoid Fruitless Efforts I r want to call this condition of affairs to the attention of tho iho antic west wesl so that our efforts during the coming summer and preceding the meeting of or congress congress' may bo be directed direct direct- e ed to constructive and practicable ends L and not be wasted in fruitless efforts I have already suggested that the committee of which I am chairman irrigation of or arid lands he be designated by the house committee on land reclamation so as to conform con con- con form more nearly with the title litlo of or tile the corresponding committee In the senate There are already on Oil this committee men from the south who wh are arc beginning to feel reel the pressure from homo home and arc are Joining In th the request t that there bo be a wider dis disk I J I I i I J I. I 1 of or orthe the problem of or reclamation reclamation reclamation tion of or waste lands and the making of opportunities for homes We cannot avoid this and the wise thing is to adapt our OUI plans to this condition so that we may continue on he great onward course and not be bo blocked by others simply because we have not given to them the time recognition recognition rec rec- which they deserve In Iii order to meet this condition I propose at nt the beginning of the next session of congress to introduce again the time bIli bill which I have advocated advocat advocat- ed during the past three seasons modifying modify this somewhat to suit the changes which have luwe taken pace The bill as outlined makes provisions forthe for forthe forthe the reclamation and settlement of waste lands wherever these are suitable suitable suit suit- able ble and wherever there appears to tobe tobe tobe be an actual need and demand deman for forthe forthe forthe the creation of more self supporting farm homes Feature of Bill Dill The underlying feature of the tho bill biJl is that it helps the people of the tide n t n i 1 IU VV u C au LV 1 aVau v. v do this without notable cost ultimately ultimate ultimate- ly to the taxpayers of the country They in fact will have an ultimate gain gaiti not only in the stabilization of our institutions but In the increase of real real property values which in turn will help carry their share e of the tax load At the present time with the time awakening of the the thc citizens tJ throughout the country countr to the fact that the rate of taxation i is ii already too heavy It t Is neither wise nor practicable to advocate large expenditures expenditures expenditures of federal money or or- orthe the use tse o of 01 public fun funds s for developments of this this- kind unless it is plainly apparent apparent apparent ent that these funds are to be re restored re- re stored with benefit to all The Initiative ni for all aU such work should come from the state or locality locality locality local local- ity concerned In the way not merely merely merely mere mere- ly of a petition but than more this of a businesslike proposition which will be supported by a reclamation district organized under state laws which will guarantee effective cooperation coop coop- and ultimate return of the moneys invested from whatever w source It may come be bc Pursued In rn taking up this matter again In congress it would not be he wise in my opinion to urge a large and immediate immediate im im- mediate appropriation but on the contrary to establish first a broad principle of between the tho nation the state and the reclamation district in making these tics ties for homes for its citizens citizens- par pars those who have served in the recent war var There can be no valid 41 objection to such a course When ii- ii mis iia u a is 15 established on a firm I basis there will be relatively little in securing the necessary advance of funds or credits such as will wiry enable the work worle to proceed rapidly on each project which has been approved by the engineers o o-l o vl i financiers who have given it car care caro- ful tul study as being feasible from a ai al l engineering and economic standpoint Experience has shown that it is not wise to try to fight light two battles at t the same samo one time time one for the tho recognition of a a. a broad principle and the tho other for an appropriation which while it will not be used for man many years is a cause of alarm to the tho less well informed public It is unnecessary to try to go in into in- in into to details with rc regard ard to tho bill which may bo ho ultimately reported by my committee but a study of or tho the bills unis which have havo been beat favorably reP re re- P ported rUd will indicate tho the general policy The recently acquired J the a amati mati mation matlon on and experience will a at gest Best the changes which A All AIl in committee We have ha lesson That while aver the we are advocating arc are corr by l th well Immediately accepted by a Informed yet such in allY J cannot be easily Iven amt aad aJ 4 45 5 a readily received by minds a boti ut s v prejudiced by the first a avast vast sums of sums money Let this latter in the background I Cc COD it belongs belongs- an and k keep eop our years on the great benefiTs An ey even tl th the to bs ion by the state stale ant and ana nation aD plans develop for definite P ope p as these are I presented resented t s merits then we state may well t E secure the lasses lasse needed funds h t last and all the time we fi tike st member that the time hast t was when congress is going la 10 I tho the entire entre burden and O 1 I these great benefits we m I for them ourselves and Wn part pari na erate with wilh others interested u c nHe part A that mat J of the j United f Slates bre i O lam for f the merit of our proposition 11 a our energy in showing Hosted us fair measure of or the derived rans ransa |