Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-06-03
BETTER OUTLOOK
FOR RECLAMATION
By IRRIGATION

WASHINGTON. June S-wesssrz
-Beu5erE q the Eoase WHO rsesn1ly
called up11 the president 10 aals- ms
porz a.shtnd the hzl. Eaiea has
already Esssad ths ssazfs. allowing
settlers ca EorsrnIsnt projects -
years. instead al Ga. in whSeh to pay
fo- wafer. and proTlding sTkts1 q
grzduz,e3 payments. are x,rp1gly
hoEefui thai the elll VII gef thr0Ugh
the house and become : laE before
adsoururuen7. These Members. Messrs-
Si011. Meniznz: Taylor. Colorado;
Hayden. Arizona. Raksr. California
and johnson. Uzah. wers somewhat
surprised to ErG me president thor
ougkIF pasfad On the tWsnEY-Fszs hiil,
and fully zppreeEszirs q the impor-
tancs q thzt rsessgre 70 the wsst-
and they l4fi the White House with
the ASSURANCE that the president
would Go whatever be properly tan.
after the antitrust bills are cut OF
me var. to get the twentyTezr BIN
before the house for consideration
TIE delegation which saw the pres
dent impressed upon him the fact
that the twenty-Fesr Bill can not pass
the house unless # is branded zs an
administration measure The pres+
dent explained ne had promised Rep
reseniztige Underwood be would not
! press for legislation other than that
advocated By the Democratic house
caucus but indicated that he might.
, when the antitrust bills are passed
ask he house majority 10 again open
the doors and make room for the
: tEenty-year bin. II may be necessary
g to call another Democratic caucus in
a order 10 get a special rule for ths
!, consideration Of the twenty-Year bill
and If that proves TO be the onll
2 chance % securing action. the west
+ ern members will ask the president
L 70 aid them in getting q caucus cal
4 for this specific purpose
Several members Of the house com
miitee on appropriations. led By Boz
q land OF Missouri, are AZ work on
l. plan to hamper the reclamation sery
n ice. and cut down the expenditure
Of the government for the irrigation
Of arid lands. II turns out that tn
= men who are preparing to fight o.
'e the reclamation service are men VII
% know nothing about irrigation: hav
10 no frst-hand information as to whs
:. the reclamation service has been d.
ing, and see the matter only from tn
= viewpoint Of dollars and cents The
IS started out on the assumption ths
8 the government is spending altogetl
er too much for its irrigation worl
and they propose to bring in q
m amendment to the sundry civil bi
amending the reclamation act in sue
way that the reclamation servic
~ can not automatically take over III
receipts from public land sales. an
The returns from irrigation project
as to carry on construction work. bl
- must go 10 congress every year II
an appropriation Of money for Il
work
"A This plan. II adopted. would grea
ly reduce the amount Of work accon
;" plished on the government projects
Il would delay the completion Of man
projects now under way: would NJ
y cessltate many delays, thereby Fl
creasing the cost. and in effect. woul
be disastrous to the interests OF e
~ cry western state The situation
critical one. and western congress
men contemplate an appeal to n
~ president 10 have him call OF thos
members who are planning this hgh
Secretary Lane win be one OF N
IN first TO come TO the aid Of wester
congressman " such an appeal
made. for he is already planning I
x carry forward the reclamation wor
more rapidly than Il has been col
Quoted before. and would greatly n
u sent any step by congress that woni
reiard the completion Of project
nov IN course Of construction.
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