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Show RECLAMATION AND & HOMES FOR SOLDIERS. H At the coming session of congress, H the most promising legislation for the H west is covered in a bill by Senator H Snioot, paving the way to an extensive I irrigation program H There are three measures to be con- H Metered and a Washington correspond- H ent, reviewing the prospect?, says the H first Is the soldier bonus bill, one- sec-rion sec-rion of which provides for (he reels iii.iuuii ui in iii iiiuua, nraniae ui swam pareas and the clearing of ciu-over ciu-over lands in nn effort to give homes' to soldiers The Borah bill :'.lso pro-j pro-j vldcs for reclamation. The Smoot bill places the federal government back of Irrigation dcvelop-ment, dcvelop-ment, but leaves the raising of funds to private capital Analyzing the three measures, the correspondent says: To each of the three plans there Is substantial objection In some quarter, and the advocates nf sn dier relief and of reclamation ex-tension ex-tension are not agreed among themselves as to which of the plans, if any of them, shall be pushed to ultltnate passage in-deed, in-deed, there is no certainty that i any of the plans will be passed during the short session. Dut the Agitation will be renewed and each of the three bills will be Hl brought io the front for discus- sion, if not for action. Both the bonus bill and the Borah bill contemplate the appru- IIH nalatUn k auxnsx. - I 1 1 tf t( H il muuii u. i.uii(;ii-.-i.- ill o"", ""'. 000 over a period of ten years, and on this ground, because of the fi j nancial status nt the government, the secretary of the treasury rec-ommended rec-ommended against both bills He pointed out that such a drain upon I the treasury- would mean i iiher additional taxes or the flotation HL of new bonds or notes, and to I Ins 1 ho was opposed m$ On the other hand; Ihe smoot Hl bill calls for financing entlrelj b Bj private parties, without the appro- H priation of a dollar out ol the fed, eral treasure, and because his ilan I avoids a drain upon the treasury It was strongly indorsed by Secre-tary Secre-tary Lane while hi was still a member of the cabinet. The Smoot bill has dot gone to, the t retary of the treasury, nor to Si i Hj rotary' of Interior Payne, but if It is referred it. is likely to be fa-vored fa-vored by them on financial Hj grounds alone |