They do not, however, monkey around much with injunctions. In the physical frame of reference the TVA makes such obvious sense that even a tory might grasp it. In the pecuniary frame the case is not so clear. As resources are built up and transformed into crops, industrial products, and energy, vested interests in scarcity outside the Valley are bound to be alarmed, even though the chances are that they will be helped more than they will be hurt by the increased prosperity of the region. Their behavior will be on all fours with the behavior of many of our best people today, who are wailing because the government spends so much, while the net effect of that spending has been to put them back on their financial feet.
Plain facts are no guide in the premises, however.
If enough vested interests come to believe that the TVA is destined to harm them, even though it is actually enriching them, they will gang up on it, as big business has ganged up on the New Deal, and will move heaven and hell to put it out of commission. By vested interests I mean farmers beyond the Valley as well as industrialists and power companies- indeed, all and sundry who fear for their own markets. The TVA will certainly reach a point when the matter of developing local industries will have to be squarely met. At present this subject is in the laboratory. One hears of ceramics, canning, sorghum syrups, woodworking, and so on.