Arizona state miner., 1924-05-17
Rats In Ratification Gradually
Being Exposed.

But since Winsor enlightened us,
We see the rat in ratification.
The rats in ratification are expos
ed by making the compact party
issue after AriZona's governor, her
people, and the State legis.a ature have
rejected it.
Deluging the West with camou-
flaged publicity intended to convey
false impressions of public owner
ship so that private capital may ac-
quire control and reap perpetual pro-
fits.
Ratification of the pact not only
deprives Arizona of the right to de-
velop her desert areas, but it places
her in the hands of a. power COM
mission which has already issued a
report biased and unfavorable to her
interest.
The federal power commission, al
ready shown to be unfair and pre-
JUDGED in favor of development by
private capital, under special priv
ilege (like the Teapot Dome), proves
conclusively that Arizona cannot
look for any kind of impartial dis
tribution of water or power under
its rulings.
Power development by private cap
ital in the upper basin states will
be more rapid because of increased
revenues from a greater population
than in the desert regions of Ari-
zona. Federal encourageme of up
per basin irrigation by power meth
DDS will draw away the desert pop
uIationS of Arizona.
o. c. Merrill, secretary of the fed
eral power commission, is charged
with including a lot of imaginary ex-
penSe in his report to "scare the gov
ernment" from undertaking the Boul-
der dam project, so that the big power
combine may get the contract. He
admitted opposition to governm ent
construction when it was obvious that
private capital could do the work
cheaper
Carl Hayden amt so strong on rat
ification since Col Fly of Yuma told
where he got the money for boosting
Boulder dam.
Jap and Chinese colonies near the
border are already looming under be-
lief the pact will be ratified and that
private capital will build Boulder
Dam and sell them power and wa
ter.
A special advisory committee Sc
lected to make report on federal
irrigation projects has supported the
contention that federal reclamation
bureaus were not being operated for
benefit of the farmers. 1t proves
conclusively that if reclamation is to
succeed, agricultural development
must take preference over engineer
ing projects that have for its main
object perpetual profit making in
dustry from the sale or lease of ma
tional and state resources to special
privilege.
The big power combines of Cali
fornia and Arizona, it is reported,
have two Haviland planes and a cam
era force employed to secure pictures
of Boulder Canyon and Black Canyon,
and are making an inspection of Dia-
mond Canyon, all of which is destined
for Washington to influence legisla-
ton and public opinion in favor of
development of the Colorado dam sites
by private capital.
Phoenix papers declare there's cool
satisfaction in preparing for blazing
hot days" that are almost due there.
They neglect, however, to state that
most of these preparations include
moving over one-third of it's popula-
tion to the coast and mountains to
get away from those blazing hot
days. in the Salt River Valley.
Governor Hunt when he submitted
the river compact to the legislature
last year, did not undertake to advise
what disposition should be made of it,
but insisted that before any action
there should be a thorough study of
the rights of Arizona affected by it.
1t seems that the more the compact
has been studied the demand for it's
unqualified ratification has steadily
waned until now it is doubtful if any
candidate for governor of any party
will favor it's ratification without res
ervatiOns which would more preserve
the rights of this state.-Interna-
tiOnal
PACT PROMOTERS ARE RABID
You can't go into southern Cal
ifornia today and raise your voice in
criticism of the Boulder Canyon dam"
without being the target for an egg
fusilade and if this doesn't prove
there is "some other influence besides
protection for Imperial Valley at
work, l don't know what does"
All the trouble in the development
of the Colorado river, Eng. Maxwell
says, grows out of the effort to nail
the Colorado down for Mexico.