The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-11-29

so "v"VvVt Nv"osVss 80 -" "S"s"~ w"
the senate committec's chairman
contends. Why seek such aid when
the probability Ia. II he be correct,
that the act itself IL In danger? Why
invite u battle at this timc!
Fifty millions have been put into
these projects. and ~ much more
will be required to complete them.
At the present rate Of income from
the sale OF public lands and repay.
ments from projects. Il will take nvs
years to secure enough money 10
finish the work under way. Would
Il not be better. then. to wait (cs-
peciaiiy when even with money avail
able It will take several years to CON-
plete many OF the projccts). rather
than risk the life Of tho law by ask.
Ing bond or warrant issue Of >io..
900 at this time!
Why does Senator Carter lay such
stress upon congress providing mon.
ey at once! Certainly. Il would be
fine thing for congress to do. but In
view OF the presumption that II not
only will not do %. but may even 70.
peal tho Law now In force. Carter's
inslstancc takes on . peculiar hue.
IL he friend OF the reclamation pol.
Icy or notf
At Fallon. speaking OF the Situa.
tion In congress. he said: AT the
last special session WE OF THE
WEST were graveiy concerned lest
the laws active enemies might make
such proposal with succcss"--that
IL. a proposal to repeat the law.
Carter. be Il remembered. 10 from
Montana. Again. while still At Fai-
lon. he declared: the members Of
the senate committee on irrigation.
with two exceptions. are Western
men who REALIZE THE VITAL NE
CEssIrY OF THE CONTINUANCE
OF THE RECLAMATION POLICY" !"
Yet at Red BiuR he advised the
promoters of the Iron Canyon prof.
ect to 20 slow. TO get private help u
they could. and. II not. not TO at.
tempt to start their project. at least
~ one Of the units OF the Sacramento
Valley project. until all the money
necessary vas on hand and available.
His speech there was very discourag.
Ing in tone.
And while being driven over the
great Cone ranch. near Red Blu6. ON
his way to Los Molinos. he replied.
In answer to q query II he would
favor coming under . government
project such as the Iron Canyon v
he owned such y splendid piece Of
property A. the Cone ranch: I'm
frank enough TO say I would not"
He made II plain all along that the
government had NO money for new
projects. and would not have At the
best under hve years. unless congress
came to the rescue by . bond issue
or by authorising the use of war
rants or certificates.
As I have stated. II would be .
fine thing II congress would come tO
the relief OF the reclamation service.
but are the leading proponents Of
such q course sincere! Senator Car
ter seems open to suspicion. Tho
Idea originated with Secretary Of thu
Interior Ballinger. who II not con.
sidered any too friendly to the gov
ernment's policy Of reclamation. Al
least. he 80 told me himself st Or
land several weeks ago. saying that
President Taft's speech In favor of .
10000. 900 bond Issue had been In
spired by him.
II he Is against the reclamation
policy. did he make this suggestion
that the whole matter might be tak.
en- before congress and the original
act itself repealed! Is he. In COM
pany with Carter and other alleged
friends OF the service. working. as q
matter Of fact. against It. nghting II
from within instead Of from with.
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