Arizona republican., 1902-08-10

In the morning MT. Maxwell met at the board of trade the new water stor- age conference committee which had just met for organi1a tion. The mem belship of it is as follows: Arizona canal. A. P. Walbridge. NJ. w. Massin- ger and F. A. Fowler: Grand canal, Colonel Christy, s. F. Webb and F. s. Green: Maricopa canal. L. B. Orme, NJ. A Stanford and John T. Orme; Salt River canal. T. w. Pemberton. F. II. Parker and II. c. Van Fossen; Tempe canal, J. W. Woolf c. c. Jones and J. E. Stewart: Mesa canal. Joseph Stewart J. D. Loper and r. w. Will bur: Utah canal. James F. Johnson: Highland. W. II. Wallace: City of Phoenix, J. C. Adams and Frank T. Alkire: Consolidated. A J. Chandler; san Francisco. Ward Hughes. The committee was organized by the elec- ton of B. A. Fowler. chairman: F. H. Parker. secretary. and Ward Hughes, assistant secretary.
 After the organization of the com rlfttcc it was addressed by MT. Max well upon the work with which it was confronted. lie said in rart:
 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
 Committee:
 | hope that what I may say to you this morning will not be interpreted as instructions in any way. l feel that. in q certain scnSe, l am an interloper here. and in another sense perhaps I am not. l presume that all of those here this morning realize that. after all, the influences which we must draw together to secure the construction of this reservoir by the national govern mcnt are not local influences. The United States government is a govern mert Of the people of the whole United States. and what is done by the gov crnment at Washington comes very near being a reflection of what is the decision of the whole people of the United States as near as it can be ar rived at.
 Now. if I can be of service to you in this matter. gentlemen-and l assure you l am willing to be if it is your de- sire far as I can-my view will con- sist more in being able to tell you whether q proposition which you may put together here locally may meet with the general public approval of i the whole people oi the east. as well as the west so that the government at l Washington will feel that in carrying 1 out the plan which may ba formuiatad here they will not be running counter | to a proper public sentiment of any ether section of the country.
 Now. it seems to me that another ! thing must be borne in mind. If you ! take g mules and tie them by the ] traces all to one stake and set them all pulling in separate directions. it is | not likely that the energy which they { will eXpend will accomplish very much in the way Of tangible results: the ef- i fCrts Cf one mule will be absolutely r-utralized by the efforts of another. ana the combined efforts Of all will ba i totally and absolutely wasted. I think Cre difficulty in this valley in the past
 has been that there has not been Il
 unanimity of opinion as to what was
 best to be done to accomplish water
 storage for the valley. l do not say
 that in any critical sense at all, but merely as q statement of facts that
 have existed.
 Now, l haVa been very much gratified
 since coming to Phoenix to find. so far
 as l can feel the pulse of the sentiment
 here. that there is q sentiment new
 that inasmuch as the government has
 inaugurated this national irrigation
 ROIltE anu llSiS SSI apart luilti W IlItI
 is net only sufficient to construct the
 TOnto reservoir but to leave a large amount available for the construction
 of other reservoirs and other irriga-
 ticn works in other portions of the
 west, that the best interests of the val ley will be subScrVed by bringing about
 home which will unite this people SC
 that they can present your project be
 fore the people of the whole country
 That being so, We are face to face inn mcdiately with the question, what are
 the conditions which must be created here in the valley in order to make the project acceptable to the general sen- timent of the country? And now shall undertake to make some genera sugg2 2stions-nothing more than that fer two reasons In the first place while 1 have been more or less famalia:
 with your general situation for q mum bo, of years. l have not the exact ia miliarity of the details of your situa-
 tiOn that would enable me at this tim, t3 put before you a crystalized ana detailed plan; and I do not believe any one coming from the outside. however much he might be familiar with youl