Arizona republican., 1902-01-02
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 same land had been irrigated for sev- eral years the same amount of water cJcld be used over a large area, as is always the case, and thus the projecc would after al in time come within the
 $1o limit. The committee bill does not take into account, however, this we'll
 csta blished fact in irrigation science.
 To say that the settler shall only pay
 S5 per acre for this irrigated land is to
 pra ctically ieSisiate q bonus for tine benefit of these who make the first fil-
 ines upon the land to ba irrigated. It
 i~ very low estimate to say that the addition Of q water supply to arid lands brings the value of that land up from nothing to s2O a1 acre, and if this
 land with it's water right is used 10
 ,yrcE: anything besides the most eX-
 teasiVe field crop the land is worth
 from S50 to Sl0o an acre in connection
 with it's water supply. This being the
 case. q strong weapon is put in the
 hands CT opponents of national irriga- i'ti2n. who say it would be poor busi- ness proposition and unfair to other farmers n the United States for the
 government to make land worth from rS-9 to SiCO an acre and then dispose of il for 8 an acre.
 There is no settler 0: the arid regions
 Of the west who would not be more
 ,nan willing 10 pay his full ouotG of
 the cost Of an irrigation system which
 would put water upon his land and
 which would in time build up around
 him a lively community with many
 wants to Sc supplied.
 The co,arnittee bill also makes the matter Of reserViug the land for actual
 settlers only optional with the seCTe- tarv c5 the interior. The withdra wal oc t!.is land for this purpose should he ! l,adn mandatory and the strictesJ
 iegis,ati0u should ba Incorporated iu
 the bill to prevent any possible specUlG-
 ten iu 90 valuable area. created for the
 benefit or hOmesteaders only. The con.
 naittae bill is also considered highly oh
 5ecticuabIe by those. who wish to see all ] lei-raents of speculation eliminated in . thai. while ir makes beneficial use the
 limit Of a water right it makes those : tights perpetual and does not connect
 ih-iu with the land.
 The committee bill. so far as il has been discUs5ed informally by members , or -Concress who. while rot rcnreseut- ing arid states. aye willing to assist il bringing about n-tioGGl aid to irriSa- tior. has not been favo-abIy received.
 There is well defined belief tn l Washington that no general irrigation: i Lill will become a law at this session Of . congress CT probably at any ether ses- : sion. The president and the secretary ! crrtla interior failed to recommend it. They did recommend. however. appro- ] ptiStious for specific irriSa ton works. . This meets the views of a majority Of . .he members cf congress and has great ! advantages over tho proposed general law.
 l Tn the first place. while the proposed ! irrigation bill suggests a fund to be I created 0'rt of the proceeds Of the sales of public lands. this is really imma- terial as the proceeds or these sales l new go ia;o the general treasury, and ! to set them aside would be the same | thing as making an appropriation from l t--e general treasury with the serious l objection os to the iuGeiniteness of the amoUa: 10 b. used each year.
 1 One cf the objections made to the pro l posed irrigation bill is that it takes everything in this connection out of the hands ci congress for all time anG- | leaves everything to the secretary of | the interior. This will be strenuousiy opposed. fer congress is rot prone to put tine perpetual right Cf disbursi1G millions Of dollars into the hands Of any government clHoial leaving the Gistri- button to his whim or judgment. President Roosevelt i1 his WessaFe evidently contcmplates the building of individual cuteIpriscs. The secretary of the interior goes farther than Jhi., and actually names three which ar@ -ci7UOwlcdEeI 70 be desirable from every point of view. No vital priuci- Iie in the soTOuEh- EeWiaH5s bll need be sacrificed by adopting a sys- tenn Of direct annual appropriations and the building of particular works instead Of passing d general isriga- tioa law r. is well recognized that certain great fundamental ideas must govern ir any rational works Of this character: First-That the water shall belong , to the land and be ilalienabie there from. and that no land owner shall have any I.Ore water than he hcHc- hciaIly uses on his land. Second-That TO more Iand shall Ire allowed to 9 homesteaaer than is nee essary in his particular loca-:ry 70 cc- i cIpy his full energies and attention to the best development Of the commul- fty in which he lives Third-That the government should i rot give bounties to home seekers eE- ceptinE by affordiuS them oDrrortun- 1 ity a create homes. Any expenditure | by the government upon the public | lands for their reclamation should be | To turned to the government in a series | Of annual payments by the benerciary l
 si til'''t' i'4-s7 isttlt-4 ally DitN tilllls among the members of congress who ! have taken an interest in the subiec. ] it is believed that the proposed com | mittce bill is hopeless.y deficient, ia i tally open to criticism and it's strenu | oUs advocacy will retard the work oc ! rcclaiming the arid public domain so , crphatically favored by the present | c7ninistratior.
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