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Show TO ENCOURAGE, EVELOFMENI WASHINGTON, July 24. (Spe- clal Correspondence.) Congressman uJw William L. LaFollette of ,the sta,te of 'A Washington Is an advocate of federal feder-al water power legislation that will . make possible the raising of capital nocessary for the proper development of -power sites in his states" and throughout the country. As an Instance In-stance of the tremendous handicaps under which such operations are attempted at-tempted at the present time Mr. LaFollette La-Follette cites the case of a concern In his district the members of which endeavored to get a permit for the construction of a dam In a forest re-serve. re-serve. The officers of the company fafSJS : ---fcTiWt6:'w1i-vd - IWfcnlSTnceli .wftn UTOK- ft? of (kV interior, 'wljW J. of all public" lands whetheaiin or1 out of' forest reserves. The fmally sue- . ceeded In securing, a permit, -hedged about With VuleVnrfd reguliittoasl It eyea contained a clause making-'It revocabeat. the wlU ',tthe iovern-. ) peat i They, attempted to' Interest Tlnanciero In their enterprise, but aid" waa refused la every instance' after the terras of their federal perelt had been read. To use Mr. La Follette's "' Unguage: "The 'financiers vof the country were quite sure the secretary's secre-tary's perelt was not worth .the-, dam." Iti Is to wipe put such need -less restrictions on development, and ' to do away with much needless red JIt tape that Mr. Follette believes that ' fe water power legislation Is necessary. i $ y LI - ' 'iy. |