Show WHY MORE COTTON some remarkable aTSu ments are am advanced as to the reasons why the government should spent building ft a daro dam and power plant on the colorado river at boulder canyon the logical plea is that such a dam is necessary for flood control purposes to protect settlers and property along the river riber the building of n dam for this purpose is a function of government but it is stated that government engineers have estimated that the floods of the CD colorado lorado river could be controlled by a dam at top ock arizona which would cost about when tho the government is to be tapped t a T modest schemes grow to gigantic proportions instead of for flood control the colorado river project immediately grew to a undertaking which included the greatest dam in tho the world a canal to prevent diversion of waters and a great hydroelectric power plant ono one argument advanced for this enormous expenditure is that it would furnish additional water water for tho the city of los angeles and additional power for Soui southern hern california although that section now has more electric power develop med than it can use another argument argumenti meni is that with the colorado river water for irrigation purposes the imperial voley valley could be made madd the greatest cotton producing ejection of the united states why should the government furnish water to the city of los angeles I 1 why should it develop electric electra c power for southern california and why should it spend millions to raise cotton when our present cotton production I 1 Is so enormous that cotton prices price s I 1 are sa so low the southern planters have been almost bankrupted t men who know the cotton situation in the united stated state d say that the south souil needs needa to bring about agricultural prosperity is not a bigger dotton cotton crop buta but a reasonable price for fota a moderate crop what would be accomplished acco by the governments spending of the peoples money to add a mal million bales of cotton to tho the overproduction of this crop which we already have inthe in the south I 1 j the next cry would be to furnish monley money to finance cotton planters who were unable una bleto to move their crops j afi the bolder dam proposition with all the side issues proposed deir developed eloped into i as bis big a farce as muscle shoals and aid there othere is no reason to believe that it would not with all the logrolling log rolling and wire pulling which would rei result tilt from a 0 half dozen states being interested 25 years would not ot seea see the project finished and Nn would be anly the ent collect ed cd from the taxpayers taxpayer 1 |