Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-08-27

Seven members ~ the Agricultural
Committee who voted Tor the favorable
report Of the Ford offer and opposed
favorable report on the Norris bill are
mentioned In this connection.
with them" the report SAYS III seems
To bee Ford or nothing When we take
into consideration the wonderful dcvel
opmont that u provided In 3i20 crhe
Norris Bin particularly Tor the south
! II is difficult To understand how sena.
tors from that section can assume such
an attitude.
In this bin there Is offered To the
country and particularly to the South.
crn States. the most wonderful plan for
the development Of power on the Tcnnes.
see River and It's distribution over the
Southern States, that has ever been
proposed I'm the history of our country
and II is difficult To understand how ren
lrcscn,atiycs from that section could
block any progress 81 this kind and in
sis that this great property should be
turned over practically without cunsid.
Grafton TO one corporation. and thar the
power ON the great Tennessee River
should he leased Tor one hundred years
Nithou, regulation and without rcstric.
ton
Pointing out that only five OF the siX.
teen senators on the committee acquios
ed On that part If the report commend.
iag the Norris plan. the report continues
N part.
In comparison with lts uhc Norri,
planl provision regarding fcrtl 2cr. the
Ford offer sinks into absolute insignifi.
aucc II offers the greatest hope to
, trrgglng agriculture, u frankly rccog
niZcs that Improvements must be- made
. u wc would ch,apcn the production IL
/ rcr' ! zcr aud % provides for the use oi
the government property and funds 20
make the necessary Investigations for
such improvements. In advocating its
passage We hold out no willo'the.wisT
10 deceive aud mislead the people We
face the fertilizer proposition without
lpraciicing any deception upon the farm
"rs We believe the extraction Of nitro
gen from the air can be oheapened, hut
We cannot guarantee IT, Fertilizer can b.
choapened to the farmers we must have
produced al Muscl Shoals. but IL II Is
cheap power and improved processes
Nothing can De gained 10y dcccpt ON.
The d's.rlbillty 81 chcnpcning the cost,
Of fertilizer - conceded 10y all
we believe that he government is
justified not only as a war measure. but
as peace proposition. To- cXpend an OF
the money that may be- necessary In
chemical experiments with the view OF
cheapcn.ng fertilizer This proyis on
ought to be- hailed with delight. not only
I by the farmers. hui 10y al the consumers
who buy tho products of the farm Il
will develop at Nitrate Plant No. !. the
greatest experimental laboratory u the
world
Instead OF turning over the surplus
| power Co any one individual ur 90 one
corporation Ia bc used FOR his on It's a.
nanc.al benefit without regulation from
amy source whatever. 10 will be- able To
supply electricity to the people az large.
and cities aud communities. hundreds ui
miles distance from The Muscle Shoals
will receive benefits either directly from
/ this source or indirectly hy the cheap.
rniug Of electricity by men and corpora.
tons who viii be- competitors OF this
governmental corporation.
The report 20 nts oui that electricity
developed at Muscle Shoals should be- ia,
n.shed to munichalit.c ll a. near ,.yI
as possible aud should o., -o Distribute
that an the people. both rich aud poor
would f,c,iv, e prorortiunn'' benefit
Go the the1p'uur ~ electrical u'rlyv
That is the idca that the Norris hil
seeks to accomplished. the report adds
When the power 90 in' tcInrsee,
.Ev,r is fully developed % ought o. be
carried 10 'hc cities all over the st1t,'
4 Alabama. Louisiana Tennessee au'