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Show WASTE WASTE WASTE For nine long years politicians in Congress have been wrangling over the proposition of allowing development develop-ment of waterpowers on government land under some kind of a definite leasing or grant proposition. Permits Per-mits revocable at any time are authorized auth-orized but no money can be raised for development on such a proposition. proposi-tion. Workable legislation seems as far off today as ever. Private power sites have been developed de-veloped but the demand for electricity electri-city is exceeding the supply while mil. lions of horsepower are running to waste on unused government reserves. re-serves. American capital is going into power pow-er development In other countries, coal and oil prices are mounting to unheard of figures and the supply of these commodities is being exhausted, ex-hausted, while the "white coal" resources re-sources of the country run to waste to the sea. The politicians cry "conservation" to catch (he thou trhtles voter whil as a matter of fact, conservation of waterpower is an impossible thing for if not used it runs to waste forever. Laws can be passed fully protecting protect-ing the rights of the people and at the same time permitting development. Failure to pass such legislation is increasing the cost of living and decreasing de-creasing our supply of coal and o'l. How much longer can the politicians politi-cians make a political football out of one of our greatest natural resources. |