Show NI USE OF IV WATER ATER 5 I 1 11 N 3 Z f sa P V abbing toll cecii alf ditl oll al il conservation commission is coni com idling for publication in fit a 1 single vol until all the laws anti and court decisions both boll state stale and federal which relate to the use of water in the united states slates this manual will he be ot of immense Ill ellse practical vanlua and it il is somewhat remarkable kable considering tile the wide number of interests which are touched by those these laws aws th that I 1 I 1 n io 0 such 1 I 1 e 11 compilation has been made litford beare with the growing demand for luter state waterways vaLery ays the increasing utilization ot of water power for the development of electricity and tile the widening areas of semiarid western plains that are being made arable thru irrigation these laws at tile lie present time affect the interests of it a wide variety of individuals and in corporations po rations and in fit the immediate future the cumbe numbe whose busi business is daml touched louche will beyond doubt be really greatly increased the work which tile the national ati oual conservation commission is doing along shii line is extremely thorough ind and the lie compilation will be complete it will include all state and national statutes ani ami all court decisions which cancea water lights ind and kindred questions on oil both navigable and streams and lakes the ni e citations will include all act acts which shiell relate to il illarian rights and public usufruct of water and ili all statutes which conceio mills vol pollution lation lon ot of water interference with navigation or the use of streams for power damming of streams diverting s hieam flow ind and so on in short all acts which affect the use of waters and private appropriation to power or other purposes in ili the book will be included include also some authoritative discussion of tile lie principles involved in these laws I 1 the national conservative cominis ion faion in its endeavor endea or to mako tile the compilation pi lation absolutely complete oui and accurate cura has called upon the lite governors of all the states slates for assistance and the in every instance have dinv e promised support consider considerably alil 31 mote moie than halt half tile the states stales have already ca appointed state conservation com co m missions for the specific purpose of co operating cooperating lie national commission unis sion la in its work of 0 gathering the material which will be embodied in the repent to the president the first of the year in the other states stales the state officials whose work most nearly touches till this project are at work A single volume containing all the laws which bear upon the use of waters lit in the he various parts of the country will ile be ili an exceedingly useful reference handbook it holds possibilities bili ties fies of an all even greater usefulness in ili that thai it will exhibit within limits that make ready comparison pos possible bible blo not only the general tendencies that aliat elst el st between the regulations of it different states stales the fear is frequently expressed that the tendency towards monopolization of water power which has already made very great progress in ili some parts of the clio country will result in practically ill all ot of this valuable lalu alu able natural resource rebo passing front from the people as is a whole into the hands I 1 1 it of comparatively 1 a I lew few men 1 with 1 1 it t I 1 resulting lesul t ting higher cost of water power and water developed electia city to cus customers arld and a tremendous advantage to the few possessors it if tit this danger Is justified liy by the present laws law it is a matter or of great importance tan C 0 to lo make this fact apparent a at t once for this purpose nothing co could uld lie be more effective than such 1 a I presentation ot of all the laws aws on the subject as that which the Cor commission urnis sion is preparing |