Arizona republican., 1914-11-29

IOIsi pIoJttiS lihtNlSe NdIll tO lO'ph over the items of their account with the United States So, unlocking over the items of the bill furnished me by the groceryman, l find that on the with a ham which I did not get. If the groceryman is honest, he will strike off that charge for the ham And then l find that on another date was charged with three cans of corn at ten cents apiece, when my neighbours wife says that she bought three cans for quarter on the same date. The honest groceryman would say, 'I forgot to tell my clerk about the reduction in price and you arc entitled to rebate on that item" If he is an honest groceryman. and l the customer wants to pay his just debts, there is not going to be much trouble in getting together If, on he other hand the customer believes that the groceryman is trying to rob him, or if he is determined to pay only the amount which can be col lected at the end of lawsuit, and is going to take advantage of the stat ute of limitations, or the fact that his property is in his wfe's name. the customer and the groceryman are not going to reach d settlement right away.
 One Dollar for 100 Gents of Value The secretary desires no more than that the people under these projects shall pay one dollar for one hundred cents worth of value received He has no wish 10 add anything more than that to the burden of your i debts He is the trustee of the rec lamation fund and has the duty of maintaining it's integrity according t1 bis trust. but he has authority to re- init unjust charges and he proposes l tO exercise that authority for your relief l am informed that the secre- l tary has stated that one of the items which should be stricken off is that 1 of the expenditures of the reclama . i tiOn service within the city of Wash inston. The secretary is in charge of seven or eight bureaus-the Indian office, the general land office, the patent office. the reclamation ser vice and d number of others. If he 1 devotes one eighth his time to the
 reclamation service it is as proper tc charge one-eighth of his salary tc
 the projects as to compel the water
 users to support the Washington of i flee of the reclamation service
 He feels the same way about OK perimental work the cost of which understand, has been distributed as d charge to the projects. For in-
 stance, if work was done at Sar Carlos. they probably charged that to the Salt River project because the San Carlos dam was not built Sucl when the items of the bill against You are investigated by the board of revision.
 1 I received copy of a newspapel i published at Glendale while I was
 in Washington. in which there lp-
 pears resolution expressing tn,
 sentiment of certain farmers in tha
 district and directing their members Of the council and the board of gov l ti ilblS liol lp dSitt Np bIlt iltH lO revising the cost as submitted h the secretary of the interior. At tn, time this paper arrived l had an ap- 1 pointment with the secretary for tn, Glowing day so I carried the reso- lUtion to him. He read it over anC said, It is evident to me, on tn
 face of it, that the people who passed ' ,l,,,
 closed my mind against them an, am determined to collect every las dollar that can be obtained iron
 them. In other words, that I won Go them justice We can never Ge together on any kind of proposition as long as they feel like that" Bu
 that is not his feeling As he hl.
 said. "I was not in charge of thi
 work when it was done and am no
 bound to defend anything which i | E,anifestly unfair
 Having authority under the law tt fix the charge. just as q judge ha.
 authority to decide a case. his prop
 osition is to let any man who ha any complaint, under any project |
 to set that up, and if the fact cal ] be established that the money ha
 been wrongfully spent. the secretar
 i5 willing to strike it off He is no
 required to approve the acts of in
 old reclamation service. right Q
 wrong.
 I If there are those of you who ar
 satisfied with the attitude of th
 secretary of the interior, and wh
 feel that you can enter into al agreement with him as to an equit
 able method of ascertaining the pro per cost of this project, then yol
 can do business together But if yol start out with the idea that Secretar Lane is prejudiced against you. thcl there is no way to settle it othe
 than to apply to some court.
 Secretary More Liberal Than Fedora
 Courts
 The secretary of the interior un
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