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<br /> <br />+ <br /> <br />HARRY HORTON: I cannot follow the philosophy that water should be <br />used where it will produce greatest return, as that would mean setting <br />up sections of the. country, one against another, and saying, you raise <br />cattle, you raise corn, you raise vegetables. However, distance to <br />market does enter the picture and even such questions as freight rates <br />cannot be ignored in formulating water policies. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CLYDE: The question of using waters where they will produce most <br />food and fibre is debatable. It is doubtful that we can produce more per <br />unit of water in one area than in another; and we cannot regiment people. <br />Bringing together of arable lands and adequate water supplies for produc- <br />tion of food and fibre, with the indirect benefits, fully justifies public <br />subsidy. Farmers should pay to the limit of their ability for direct <br />benefits, but the commonwealth should help make water available to <br />people where they wish to sustain. themselves. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />To avoid roadblocks created by partial planning, such as power <br />plants below areas of consumptive use, and small reservoirs which pre- <br />clude full control, basin~wide planning for all purposes should be carried <br />out preliminary to authorization and design reports. If basin..wide projects <br />are economically and physically feasible, they should be constructed. <br />Separately, irrigation and industrial projects may be of doubtful feasibility, <br />but coUectively they might be perpetual assets,. These local projects en.. <br />couragll development of new homes, farms and industries. Revenues frOm <br />public power should be used to aid in developing them. Basin-wide planning <br />and dedication of power revenues to aid development are essential to full <br />utilization of the nation's water supplies. <br /> <br />R. J. McMULLIN: We need a national policy on water and power, but <br />working; out a policy is difficult and slow. Organizations of this .kind <br />should try to solve problems on a local level because we can never have <br />a national policy unless we can get along locally. However, we should not <br />allow the slow process of perfecting and ado.pting uniform national policy <br />to delay development of worthwhile projects. We should go ahead as we <br />have for; 50 years and build projects, and when we are agreed upon a <br />national'policy, projects that are in preparation or developed will fit into <br />its omeliow . <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />BLISS: There is value in over~aUbasin planning, but no one is wise <br />enough to formulate and perfect the ultimate plan for any basin. Meantime <br />development by individual projects must proceed. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CLYDE: ' We cannot write the final answer on any basin, but we can project <br />far enough in the future to avoid major mistakes. <br /> <br />A. M. SMITH: In 'consideration of problems of water and power, the require- <br />ments of industry must be taken into account. Nevada is engaged in a program <br />to get more water from Colorado River, primarily for industry, which is <br />growing and has great future in the Las Vegas area. A manufacturing <br />company looks for areas with favorable climate,. and space for stockpiling <br />and displi.sal of waste, but most of all for a dependable water supply. <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />HAROLDB. ELMENDORF: It must be recognized that in some areas all <br />available water is used for irrigation, and fu.rther growth of industrial and <br />municipal' use must depend upon taking water now used for irrigation. <br /> <br />-23- <br />