Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-10
Hayden, Douglas. Speak in
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under which the six other states If
the compact were to go ahead with
the project and leave Arizona com
pletely out Of it. This amended bill
was. actually reported out of the sem
ate committee by vote of IL to 3,
only the two senator's from Arizona
and Senator Phipps, of Colorado, voJ-
ing against it, Tt was proposed to
report a similar bill out of the house,
so that it might become an admins :
tration measure.
"In the house, the Eill had to go
to the reclamation and irrigation COM
mittee, of which I was member
Realizing that nine out of every ten
members of congress are lawyers,
appealed to the members of the COM
mittee from a legal angle, pointing
out that if such an amended bill was
passed Arizona wou1G Immediately
bring suit in the United States su-
preme court and keep the case there
rs long as possible. The result was
that the bill was indefinitely pigeon !,
holed' by the committee and it is
there yet.
"Ihe main issue of the Colorado
river project is the power develop
mnt possible from it. California open
ly states that she expects to gain
100000 population and become the
greatest manufacturing state in the
union as result of the cheap power
from the Colorado river project. She
claims that Arizona has no policy
concerning the Colorado river, which
is not true Arizona does have a pol
icy that is definite and clean cut.
She is willing to meet California at
any time to work out fair and
equitable policy concerning the Colo-
RADIO river bit she is not going to
permit California to exploit the Colo
RADIO river while Arizona is robbed"
Concerning the proposed tariff OF
copper promised by Senator Cameron,
Congressman Hayden said:
1--WE have all heard this rumor con-
cerning tariff on copper, but every
one knows that so far as tariff on
copper is concerned, you could levy a
tariff of cents, or even so cents,
pound on copper without raising the
price cent, simply because the Unit
ed States now produces 500,000.000
pounds of copper more each year
than it can use The problem is not
to protect copper from an insignifi-
cant amount imported, but to find a
market for the surplus we have.
'"The democratic theory of tariff is
that we should not allow tariff TO
interfere with trade. An exchange
Of commodities is what makes for
prosperity A tariff on copper would
merely hurt the refining industries
instead of helping Arizona copper
producers. The entire talk about a
tariff on copper has no purpose ex-
cept to secure votes. It has the
same purpose as the promise of a
power project for the Sulphur Springs
valley. which was promised six years
ago and is now being promised
again"
Lewis Douglas, dcvoting only q
part of his address to the Colorado
river project, said "The taxation
from the power of the Colorado river
should mean enough to Arizona to
more than compensate the state FOR
it's depleted ore bodies, and the power
Of the river is just as much natural
resource as ore is. 1t is estimated
that between 100000 and 1000 009
horsepower can be developed from the
Colorado river, and there is no earth
ly reason why Arizona should not de-
rive a revenue from it.
Naturally, California favors the
Boulder canyon project, because it is
to California's interest to develop the
stream from the foot up. But Art-
zona's interest lies the other way, to
develop it sfrom the head down, be-
cause that means an increased pri'
mary horsepower of the stream. with
the switchboards on Arizona soil"
Concerning the farmers, Douglas
said
'T have no panacea for all the farm
ers' troubles but I can see where
the farmers have several disadvant-
ages. One is that the farmer is !iv-
ing in an Industrial age and cannot
apply the -sriRcipals essential to sue
ceed under such conditions. He cam
mot control the price of his products,
but believe that by cooperating
with each other, the farmers can APP
ply the methods of success.
Another national issue is that of
the present administrations tendency