Show Em AHl LANDS A iH 81 Construct and Blonde o Tho Iho cannot however fully tuly conserve the wafers wu er erot ot tho arid region works aro necessary nl to tho ilow ow of ot streams and Ild to savo O the flood 1 4 Their construction has been oan conclusively shown to be nn ni under undertaking taking too vast for tor private Nor can It bo best accomplished by tho In Individual I 10 states alone reaching Interstate problems arc 10 In 1 j and tho resources of ot sins o states tot A would often oren bo he Inadequate It I Is In properly a I national function at least In some sUle of ot Its I features U 1 Is us U hll ht for tor tho national government to 10 mako tho ho streams and rivers of or the tho arid ro rolon Blon lon useful by hy works for tor water as n to 10 tho rivers and ml harbors of ot tho humid te lon by works worl 1 of ot another kind kiM The Tha of ot Uio Iho In reservoirs at It tho headwaters of ot our rivers Is II but an In ot enlargement of our present policy river control under which aro built buil on tho tower lower reaches of at tho Iho sarna streams DUTY OP OF The Tho should construct maintain reservoirs as C it I doen doon other public works work Whore Where their put pur posa Is II to regulate tho How flow of ot streams tho water should be Lc turned turnell treely Into tho channels In II the dry season to tako toko tho I l 0 course under unter tho namo laws as t the tho natural low ARID HD LANDS LANDa The reclamation of at the tho unsettled arid public lands presents n 1 different lein lel Hero lero la I Is II not nol enough en ugh to regulate t tho How tol of ot The object of ot tho government Is hi to of or tho land to settlers who wi v build homes upon It To Tn accomplish object water wlter bo b ought brought within their reach reah DISPOSITION LANDS OF 0 UNCLAIMED Tho TI pioneer settlers on the arid pub I Ho 10 domain choose ChORO their homes along streams from which they the could coUll them themselves selves divert tho Iho to reclaim their thell holdings Such opportunities o practically lenly gone KIM There remain 1 r 1 I vast areas of ot public land which can Cl bo bp made available for tOl homestead otlo ment but ut only by reservoirs main mainline 1111 line lne canals Impracticable for tor enterprise ont These irrigation work should be bo built buit by the tho national govern government ment The fhe lands Janda by them should be by tho government for tor actual settlers and tho cost COlt of ot construction should so 80 far tM ns ni bo ho repaid by the tho land reclaimed Th distribution of or the tho water tho division of ot the streams among should bo be left let to tho settlers loter themselves In II conformity with wih State laws nw with without out Interference with laws Ims or r with vested rights Tho fhe policy of ot the tho na lonal government should be he to 10 aid Irrigation 11 gation In the several states Ind t I In such manner ns will wi enable IMle tho In tho local communities to help hlll themselves as nB will stimulate wi needed in tho laws and regulations Irrigation In WILY WILL WHOLE Tho he reclamation of oC the tho arid lands will wi every overy par por I tion tOI of at our country COUl try Just JURI as ni tho settle settlement letle ment of or the tho Ohio and 1 lt Ild Mississippi J S brought to tho Atlantic states It Tho increased demand for rOl man articles will wi stimulate In II 61 production wider home and Ild the Iho trade of ot Asia will wi con Call aUlo tho Iho food supplies cf cr prevent western competition with Wih eastern Indeed tho products ot or will be wi consumed chiefly In local centers ol 01 t mining and other Industries which 1 would not come Into at nt all ni Our people us lS a 1 whole will wi profit for tor successful is but another namo for the of or the tho Nation i lOICY Y TIe necessary foundation has hn al already II ready 1011 boon laid IBid foi tOl tho of t tho tl policy Imley Just dr It I would b M to 10 begin by doing no much Ilch for Cor Corn forn n dual will wi doubtless be both M a to what hM can enn and UIl what cannot be he attempted tt by b tho thu early ef er efforts forts which must of ot necessity be b part partly ly Iy experimental In II character At tho Iho yen ver tho government should male me beyond broadest In Inter ter Mt No resort reser or canal should ever v r bo 10 built hul to 10 satisfy personal or lo I al nl hut hul only In II mv with the thc of trained ov 0 long investigation Jn lOll has the locality horo nil the lions combine to tu make the work mo ml t needed and fraught with the greatest usefulness to the Iho community a ns a l hole There should be no extravagance gance and ho tho believers t In the need of ot Irrigation will most benefit their cuu o by lIy seeing to 10 It It Is tree free from the least taint of excessive or reckless ex expenditure 11 of ot tho public moneys mOMS om SHOULD HARMONIZE Whatever the nation dotS does for tor tho cx ot of Irrigation should with t end to improve tho Iho lion 1 of nf nov living on Irrigated land 1 Wo till tun not fI nt the Hunting of Ot thin I 1 Over two hun lit f capital has nl 11 ready been expended In thu Iho construction tion of ot work and many mil million lion Ion vt ot arid lund A of ot nud ability been In tho thu wok hut itu cannot bo be In to 10 tho l laws minting rol thereto Iho se security value of or tho created depend largely on Oil tho stability of to lt rJ but tho majority of If these lost Oil thu foundation of ot coutt onlo in III suits lit lith law h With u II few rolV creditable tlona tho 1111 havn failed to vide for Cor tho and Just JURt division of In times of ot I x and nd uncertain IRUH have It possible I ble to establish rights to 10 water In ox IC cess of nt uses US I or necessities and streams havo M passed In Into to hI private ownership or III a n control to ownership OP MH Whoever controls n Controls tho land It renders productive ond tho of ot ownership of or Water apart hind prevail without causing Tho l recognition of ot which h hM M been permitted to KC up lip In tho mitt should way to 10 a II nn rh and ond hUlter Uco c o of ot tho of ot this Ihl public In the disposal nl of ot tho public w a aLu L Lu v founded upon uon i in III humid regions m Id Idt t J abundant to Justify jU lIty he online H It 1 have no proper application In III ft 1 diy country TO 10 W In the tho states lt only light to t water which In H li Is that of at Ui In Irrigation thU will rl ht I should to tho land bo 1 0 Ith than i iU water U tJ U III without llon to III tin public l la open to 10 ell h apply to 10 away franchises to 10 the tho IhaL II 0 utilities U s of ur urI I A few tew ot or the Western e J r unI havo In their Iho Ih doctrine of ot perpetual BUU I of or water NATIONAL AID i I The ls which havo the h development of or the Iho past last justify the thu nit nid oo CI In III IhO lh i inon morl und 1111 yetI it to lo bo Iio h I Laws so homes us those which tho water supply will only be bu when they tho tho sanction n ot tha tho ir k reforms can only bo anil when they thoy como through the tho of lit tho t concerned The rhe larger development Which national aid nl Insures should ho over vor In every evry arid state tho determination to make mullo lilt Its on system equal In Justice and I in III tho civil civilized that t of or any country world Nothing could C be he un urt unwise wise than thull for tor Isolated communities to Continue to t learn mentally Instead nd of ot profiling by hn IH II alt known elsewhere We Wo JW dealing dORlIng with a n new and uti In III tho pregnant years ore to I or what vya wt do 10 will affect IIO only anI tho present Jt ut future generations STUDY OP OF LAWS Our aim should bo not nol simply to re e claim tho largest area of ot land homes for tor tho largest number of people but to t create for tur now Industry the tho best possible social Industrial conditions and this requires ve WI not lot only under understand stand tha tIIu existing situation Jut but aVail ourselves of the tho best experience of ot tho time In tho solution of ot Its problems A careful study should bo made both uy by bytho tho nation MUon und the tha states slates of ot the int intention laws h conditions hero hor ana Ultimately It will bo ho necessary lor tor tha Iha nation to cooperate with tho several arid In Ill proportion tion 1101 as 18 the RIMes by their legislation ind administration show themselves nt nto to o receive 0 it II |