Show tile the N bews evs of pack president alel it florion irion FL oil ac icario ing what tile the 0 go vernnen i ID do in ill coll connection ile I 1 irth th lilt arri problem will bv bo oiKun led ed in ill by bv 1 N who hi ha given diio ai abit it t aaion ile he realizes tile of f tle the 1114 bitte A ind tile alie urgent rent liec eity for or leia legis 14 kiil nellt tile ilic water supply a va i la ble fr fer irrigation ca froni filling didling 0 into i x llie lite liand of private corpora ti eions oil s ho he anit as in iii co ninion with the secretary of the interior bior f that the government hould part with its ownership of hio th water bogir ces and the bitet for reservoirs whether to the lie states and territories tern tor ies or to individuals or corporations only upon conditions that will insure to settlers their proper water supply auppl y upon equal and reasonable terms lie ile regards the granting 6 of fran chabes of enior enormous value without recompense to tho th state or municipality from which they proceed and ditl without hout pro proper p or protection of tile public interests interest as j av crying evil of present legislation and suggests that this fault should be omitted in ill del dealing delaying aling with a subject that will before many maily years affect so vitally thousands 8 0 of f i poor people the honest p promoters roll loters of irrigation will find no fault with these views of the president tile the policy suggested ge aed will not interfere with tile the proposition to cede the public lands to the states in ill trusi it il does not touch tonch that atall sit all but simply 4 conte contemplates ni the reton retention tion by the government of tile the right to re resume sinie control of the water supply whenever the privileges privilege a granted should be abused or as by the secretary of the Int interior 9 onOr 1 there should shurld rise arise a ai of inhere 1 I between states threatening to fco actual vio 1011 0 N ahr 1 AY active leJ lr liona 1 atu of cirtin by no mean un hiie likely tt to happen wile it is ii ie numbered thit flitt the lit i leveis avels all buil d bt laimi int ra thion theol ID yh loll un alid leg p isy ls feoni states 3 tob to state L tate or biter III ca c still anoff ier renison for such policy is to prevent the flie ii hristion of vast Us lrichs fallino falling 01 into the hands hand of monopolies without protection to tale PC people OIle the ille att attention emion given V to tills this problem leni iri il tho the in casago 0 of thu the president and in the leports of ti the I 1 ic secretary of the ill interior ter io r and C commissioner sio ner of the general lund land office 1 tor together corretha 0 retha with the efforts that are b being iny 0 made in the 1 west to keep the subject prominent in iii public att antion nales it probable that some soine legislation will vill be sec secured tired from the I 1 present 0 Co congress tigress to advance the cause of irrigation what the f fi i lends of the movement 0 to this end need to do therefore is to reject all plans obnoxious to the fildi judicious lotis coull counsel sel ot the president and secretary of the Ili hitchi teri i or ml 1 and to avoid all appearance 1 of see seeking kinc tok to ii inaugurate fril I 1 it a policy that might inight be tuned to the adval advantage itaI an of monopoly or would give to 01 tho th power to op oppress opples pres the perlue th suggestion that have been submitted I to 1 OCT 31 3 Co congress bonares on oil tins thi bic and prudent and they then hac recognition tion in ill any ally le legislation r relating 0 to irrigation in in ill the arid mcgeon chere the authority of the general government 7 efte extends litts 0 nuha bee |