Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-15

These he will transmit to Mexico
City, together with his recommenda-
tions.
Sr. Romero expressed himself as
opposing an increase in water rentals
but being in favor Of land tax,
which will bring into cultivation
acres not now using water.
( The attitude of the delegation from
the district was that all dealings
should be with the Mexican govern
ment, and this was fully expressed
at the meeting yesterday. Although
transmitting the letter to Sr. Romero
there the district ended it's obliga-
ton.
LETTER A DEAD ISSUE
Sr. Romero will not transmit the
Allison letter to Mexico City after
disapproving it so that it can now
be considered dead issue, insofar
as the local representative OF the Mex
lean government is concerned.
In speaking of the conference Mr..
Cronholm said: 1--WE need the money
but the public should fully understand
that board could have acted in no
other manner. We are doing every
thing in our power to secure proper
adjustment of this matter.
"At this time want to go on record
as fully back of any retrenchment
program and l will talk over any
matter of retrenchment at any time
with any group who are not IN the
propaganda business"
In his estimates as placed IN the
hands of the district, Mr.. Allison has
repeatedly compared the present ex-
penses with those under the receiver.
Objects to Comparison
General Manager F. n. Cronholm
this morning said "We object to
comparison of present expenses with
those under Mr.. Holabird. AS | un-
derstand it we have been struggling
ever since to undo some of the things
that were done then. | believe that
now if we gave the same kind OF
service and allowed the same amount
of danger to exist, that we could
make large reduction in the expens-
es, but | also doubt if the ranchers
would stand for it.
81 wish every interested person in
/ Imperial Valley would get these fig
ures so that they are thoroughly un-
derstood. This year we have a tax
of $3.50 an acre. If the Mexican
lands had paid their proportionate
costs this tax would have been reduc-
ed to $l23. Furthermore, if the 90
cents Indebtedness charges per acre
had been eliminated the actual tax per
acre would have been 27 cents. Re-
member this, if the Mexican lands
had paid their just share the acre tax
would have been reduced by halt.
Mr.. Cronholm said that. he had
glanced over Mr.. Allison's report and
was going to give it careful attention.
Whereas Mr.. Allison's report shows
alleged places where savings of near
| ly S1,000,000 can be made, Mr.. Cron-
| holm makes the following statement
to the taxpayers:
! ''It is my belief that at the end OF
! 1921 we will be able to show savings
of several hundred thousand dollars,
probably 100000 or $500,0O0. 1t
must be understood that these savings
will not be effected by doing the work
! that much cheaper, but by eliminating
items from the budget which the
board of directors believe can hold
over until conditions are different"
Mr.. Allson's report IL in many
places criticism of the district, and
1 herewith The Press presents the first
summary to be published in Imperial
Valley. This summary naturally pre-
sents Mr.. Allison's attitude, and this
should be borne in mind when reading
it. His comparisons are with tbs
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