Arizona republican., 1911-11-15

-, ana Laird Il Dimes. Tempe.
ldlSpiayed in getting the ten millions
invested will be displayed i'm getting il
back and re-investing it in other
works: that will be the hard part and
VIII try the energies of every farmer I'm
! inns valley. but it is the one great
question that We are now called upon
! 4" lace plainly. We must all realize
that now we are in position where
we have to make good and refund the
money advanced.
"of course there are bound to b. re-
quests for relief These will be viewed
not wholly from your standpoint but
largely from the standpoint Of other
communities where reclamation pro-
JectS hae been started and where humid
reds of men are waiting for the money
the nSe Of which you have enjoyed
The small farmer who has : or 10
acres. or more. is not going to have
much trouble in making the regular
annual payments: it is the man who is
trying To farm 50 or 100 acres. or even
more. who will have the hard time.
You viii soon he i'm the condition
OF most of the projects: they are be-
ginning to pay back and are confronted
by the difficulty Of returning the mon
ey which came 50 easily. This matter
Of repayments is now imminent in this
valley and We must look at il i'm
plain. business-lik way. The collec-
tons have been deferred. AT your re-
guest. for two years. on the promise
that YOU will build a power plant cost
ing about 5000. 900. Tn results from
the operation of this may assist in
Keeping down the annual maintenance.
but will not belp much on the building
charge. and that will doubtless seem
heavy
Here. as on most projects. up to the
time YOU begin to pay back to the gov
eminent there is a gradual rise in land
prices. then tendency to slump i'm
land values. All of these western pro-
jects, public and private. are trying to
sell land to the man from the East. At
the same time, the newcomer has CD
portunitieS in Canada and on the North
ana IN Florida and other states in the
South. IL he comes out here and does
not seem to be getting a bargain. he
ls going back and tell his folks at home
that western. irrigated lands are too
nigh. You, as business men. have 10
see To IT that the stranger who comes
IN here desiring to purchase does not
get away without being sold a good
piece of land at a reasonable price. on
one project. they have the price of raw
land mp to 5000 an acre and as n re-
suit they are not selling any land. on
The contrary, the agricultural popula-
tion OF some of those projects is az
tudllN decreasing because of the fact
that the farmers who were there have
become real estate Spectators in a |
small way and the new conner cannot
afford To buy from them
1T should be clearly understood that
When YOU come to ask for relief from |
'he annual payments. there will be !
before the department the statements |
which YOU have made i'm the past as |
to the opportunities of this valley. the
richness of its soil and ability of the
farmers To repay the investment: also
Inc statements of people on other pro-
Iccts as to what they can do One
statement regarding a similar project |
was made that the irrigatorS could pay
back in t"o -ears the whole invest
nent. You must not expect that when
'equests for deferrment of repayments
ire made that YOU can carry every
hing before YOU without opposition.
or there are n lot Of men i'm other
'arts Of the United States who are
'een to see that you pay up so they
nay get the use of this trust fund. Be-
which must be paid back i'm five years. |
u emphasize these facts because I
"mpathiZe with your efforts to popu-
ate this valley. and while will try to
10 my part as best I can. Won must
ot give to" much weight to assurance I
f future relief from repayments of the
ebt due To the people of the United
tateS. We are confronted by this de- I
land -or money all the time Men are q
alinc attention to extensions of this s
nj o!i her projects that ought to be
lade i'm order to bring water to this Il
lace or 81 that locality The govern L
rent has invested $4,000. 900 i'm this Fl
1sten but even then will not be able b
} supply all the good land We must V
ION exclude some areas here or there
l,ich cannot be irrigated unless the +
ads which are supplied with water c
pay back TN investment al s.
ady made. so that additional reser- 7
,irs and other works can be built. "