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Show THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ACT Mr. fleorge H Maxwell, In the Nation Na-tion il Homemnker, clearly sets forth the proposed working of tho new Irrigation Irri-gation liw ns follows: Ihe amount of mono) mule available under Its for surveH und for uctunl construction of Irrigation works b the .Nntlun il flov eminent Is about 6 IKW.iKXi, being piocetd8 fiom the sales of the public lands ln the nrld and seml-nrld suites and Territories fur the two eiila ending June M, IMC. A ItHCLAMATlO.V 1'ttNI). This amount Is sit nsidc und appropriated appro-priated as n specl.lt fund In Hie tlens-ly tlens-ly to be known iuj tho retlntii.itli.il fund The mone8 received from the miles of public lands In the nrld and seml-nrld seml-nrld Stntes me henceforth to be ad.lcsl to this fund It Is etulmnted th it thou. iceelplH will amount tn .ml noo ptr milium. The pmbibllltt.s me that Ihe umouiit nniiiially available will, If niDthlng, exceesl this estimate As the nrld legion becomes ree l.iimtil mid se t-11-d mid close!) populated communities are created n demand will result Tor tuineinl lands, nil I mils, tmlbtr lands mid glazing laiidn wlileh would not tome to exist but for tin settlement nf the Irrigated I in, In, unit It Is sure tn as mime that Hie sales nf lauds of ilnse ilissts will liitreuse as the it 1 1 iiuatldii and stltlemeiit of the Irrigable I mils Pingrisw Tlio itclnni.itlnn fund clouted b) tho net Is n revolving fund Ihe settlers lo get the land under each s)stem built by the National ilovernuient nro to re-pa) re-pa) li the (lovernmcut the cost of the woiks in ten equal nniiuil Installments but without Interest or profit lo the Coiorniinnt The moneys invested by the (internment 111 these works will thus be returned to ll within till )earn tluiiartir. lNfitHAsiNo Tin: riiNi). The amount iivullablc, there foie un-dei un-dei the new net for the construction of new works will be much larger than the amount original!) re celt ed from the k.iIih of public lands. To illustrate lids, by ten-)enr periods taking the estimate nf J.'.Mii.noo ns the nvcinge fiom publlo land salea as n liisls, the amount nvnllible from such receipts during tlio tlrst len-)ear period would be IX 000,000. In the second ten-)(nr period 121 000,-COii 000,-COii moro vvnull come In from the same source, nnd. In addition, the !?i,MHi0Oi Invested In the tlrst ten yenis would for lelntestment. Tilts would make a total sum available for Investment In new works In th second ten-year period of I'iO.OOO oon. The vi hole sum of IMMIOOOO would come back ukaln for Vilnvestment In the third ten-tariierlod nnd nnother 125,-000,(i0 125,-000,(i0 would be milled lo It from sales of land during this Ihlnl ten )enrs, making the totnl sum nvnlliblo in the third ten-yenr period for InvesUncnt In new works, 75 (hii) lion. The sum of 1150,000 000 would thus have been used In the construction of reclamation works. If no other ninne)H wer made mailable, within u. period of thirty )ears If wo continue the Illustration still farther the entire 175,000,000 Invested In the third ten-)enr period would opine back for reinvestment In the fourth ten-year period to which would lie added add-ed nnother 2r000 000 from land sales, making IIOO.OOO 000 for investment In new works In the fourth ten-year pe- ALL UHTUHNnn TO THH GOVKHN-SIKNT GOVKHN-SIKNT And nfter nil the lmd which could be reclaimed by the National Oni eminent em-inent had been prepared for reclamation reclama-tion nnd settlement the whole nmount which the Government had Invested In these works of reclamation vvou'd finally final-ly come back to It. It Is In this fact that every dollar Invested by the Government fnr tho retlimntlon of the nrld public domain Is to bo paid back to It by the settlers who get the land-that the greatest strength of the present mensuro lies, nnd It wns this feature of the law, more thnn nnylhlng else, which finally commended com-mended tho plan of Hie nntlonal Irrign-Hon Irrign-Hon act to the constrvntlie Judgment of tho people nf the Hnst. |
