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<br />"We can expect the agricultural econamy in Arizona to. be <br />more or less the same as in the Imperial Valley. We can expect <br />the return flaw to be mare ar less parallel with the use, with same <br />slight lag. Therefore there would came to the stream in the winter- <br />time by virtue af the relatively high winter use, return flaw which <br />wauld exceed the actual requirements af Mexico. an accaunt of <br />the lesser use af water in the wintertime in Mexico.. In arder that <br />the United States might receive credit far such winter return <br />there is placed in the treaty a minimum schedule. There is scheduled <br />in the treaty itself 900,000 acre-feet af the 1,500,000 acre-feet, <br />and the winter schedule is sa designed as to fairly encampass <br />the return flaw that might came to the stream belaw the last paint <br />af diversian in the United States, in arder that we might receive <br />credit far it, whether Mexico. uses it ar nat. I will say that that <br />was nat entirely inequitable sa far as Mexico. is cancerned, <br />because I think it is the desire af Mexico. to increase her uses <br />in the wintertime and build up a better agricultural ecanamy, by <br />the raising of winter craps. Mexican negatiatars so stated to us. <br />I think that some af the other witnesses have testified that that <br />may be dane in Mexico.. " <br /> <br />10. Clifford H. Stone testified for the treaty, and at page 1487 <br /> <br />et seq Senatar Dawney and he discussed the question of quality. Judge Stone <br /> <br />maintained there was no. implied guaranty that the water which was to (;0. to. <br /> <br />Mexico. had to. be usable. In fact the language of the treaty "forecloses any <br /> <br />such guaranty". Senatar Downey saught to. place the prablem on moral graunds, <br /> <br />i.e., it wauld be immoral to. force Mexico to take water that was unusable. To. <br /> <br />this Judge Stane replied that Mexico had people 'who understaad the problem <br /> <br />and still they were willing to accept the treaty withaut a guaranty of quality. <br /> <br />Judge Stane was emphatic an this paint because at page 1488 the fallawing <br /> <br />exchange taok place: <br /> <br />"Senatar DOWNEY. Judge Stone, wauld yau, as a citizen <br />af the United States, favar this treaty if yau believed that in <br />its practical warking aut it would give to Mexico. a very large <br />partian af her water that would be tatally unusable, and anather <br /> <br />B IS <br />