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<br />CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-APPENDIX NOVE~IBER 7
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<br />ThCllI! are the ad~ant.gCll obtained b~' the
<br />treaty which cannot b<' relegated to a Mcor;d
<br />place, but "'bleb tor our country bave a
<br />hmdBmclllal Importance beelI.w;c If It "'nil
<br />not for them we ,,'ould not be able even to
<br />ure the annual \'Olume that the treaty u_
<br />~Igns to Mezlco,
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<br />XI. IlIlVANUGES OF THIE TJlL'lTY WITH aESPECT
<br />ro THE COLOllADO IUVF.ll
<br />lly me,uUI of the treaty the crltlcal lor.
<br />tultoulI condition of the cmp5 of 120,000
<br />h""tlll'<'II (:l96.500acrellj farmed at pre~ntla
<br />eliminated tarea uma ~,l teel_l.21!>.650
<br />acre-l~t pr~I1t annual \I"").
<br />The UelLly pl'rmlUl of Incr"ll8lng the cul_
<br />tivated area to the tota] or th..,I.t... that c.an
<br />be culthat.Nl ec<:>nomlcally. that Ill. to 200,000
<br />net hectarn (49-4.200 Bena).
<br />The treaty pro"ldl'S for the roolilruC'llon of
<br />....orks by thO' two mun!rl.... tor det..n...
<br />llgalns! Inundations. ,.,Jlh which thiS great
<br />dsngl'T tlJ M..xlclln lands "",Ill be r..mov..d.
<br />Flually. th.. cost ot thp"", works 111 utrllor-
<br />dlnlU'lIy r""aonabI... sine," th.. .torRg.. dams
<br />whleb ..1..aYI COIlllUtute the h....vl,."t part ot
<br />th.. costs ot All Isrge Inlgallon woru are not
<br />Inelud..d In ..ny ot H'.. COIIt. tor Mulco and
<br />of the ~t Of th.. dlv..nlon worka "'Imperial
<br />Dam and AII.Am..rlcan CAnal "".. ....m only
<br />have to pe.y a part proportional to th.. WI\!
<br />that'lli" may mll.k.. Of thf'm.
<br />In clOl!<lng tbh chRpt..r I h..Uev.. 1t con.
<br />\-..nl..nt to nOI.. Ihat Mulcall Vall..y 15 agrl_
<br />culturall,. th.. moM: Important r.on.. In all of
<br />Lower Cauromla. bt'c:auu In the reat of the
<br />tPrTllory tbere cannot b.. Irrigated. In total.
<br />..\...n the tow-th part or tb.. area of 200.000
<br />hectar.... (4l1<C.2oo "crrlll which th.. gnat
<br />COlorado Rlnr Irrlgatlon dlatrlct will hav...
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<br />Xfi. O.....I.'CTIONS '10 THl: TllEATT....-1TH 1lDIn:ct
<br />TO THa COl.OL\DO IIVEa
<br />As In tha e~ of th.. RIO O!1lnd... ",e will
<br />only r..ter to the objeetlollll ot a technIcal
<br />charact..r.
<br />2. It Ia ohjecUd that the water which 111
<br />gl'l"pn us from th.. Colorado Rlv..r can be ot
<br />poor quality. ..\th..r bO'cau~ It may contaIn
<br />an ueea t)f ellt or .n nCH>! of ...IUI.
<br />With r('glrd to thp allt. th.. r...Jlty Ia u_
<br />af't.ly tb" contra..,.. The Amt'rlcan dRffilI con.
<br />Itnlet..ct on u.. Colorado Rlvtr hllv.. ~r\"ed
<br />80 that th..llIt ...hlch the Mlrr..nt brlnltll with
<br />It 1& d..pOIIlted 1.0 th..m. for ""hl~ ...ll8On
<br />th.. Co!ol'ldo Rlv..r achlltH)' paM" through
<br />Mnlco with a .mall per....nt.g.. of aUt. .nd
<br />la scouring th.. b.ed. of th.. Tlver Inst..ad of
<br />t11ll1l11' It ..Uh allt.
<br />With r~t to the poeslblllty that th..
<br />wat..tlI 01" lb.. CoIOl'ado Rlnr which ar.. de_
<br />lIv..r..d to WI mar be at pOOr qu.llty. b*Cau","
<br />they..ontaln dIHOh...d &lilts. '..... ar.. ablot to
<br />I'ItItrm. buf'd on r..lL!!OfUI et l"ll'al and t..cb_
<br />nleal natur... that fortunately auch a dalllt...
<br />d~s not ..~\at. In thp om.:-lal r"JK'n to. the
<br />s"nate that th.. Natlonallrrtgatlon Cemml..
<br />II10n \a t..rmtnlltlng th!. th..m.. wll1 "" con_
<br />&Id..TO'd man tullr. In ord..r to do away 'IIi1.th
<br />Il.ny doubt !bllt may tit! had In tb\a rO'flp..d.
<br />It Is not wltbln th.. purpo... and th.. Urn..
<br />&<"t for th~ r..port to do It all. fully u is nK.
<br />euary. but ...e may point out at 1"8Jlt the
<br />follOWing rell&Ona:
<br />(.) The n..got1atlollll at the tr..aty on the
<br />part of th.. Am..rl('1lU d..l..ptlon .1ld Illt..r lit
<br />approval by the American s..lUIt... w"r.. mad"
<br />by taking lIII . !undam..ntal buill the oll'lellll
<br />l1ocum..nt c.a1l*<1 WII Santa F.. ...gr....mt'nt.
<br />which with the approval of the ...merl....n PflI.
<br />eral Oov..mm..nt dlatrlbutt'd. .Inee 1922. the
<br />mlln lIt.rI!Il.lIl at th.. Colorado Rlv..r among
<br />the AIn..,lean Stat~ of the upp"r and low....
<br />bll.lllns. and spedf!.ed that th.. wat..n aalgnM
<br />to Melllco flIould "" t8.):..n from th.. uc..sa
<br />which the.verage virgin volum.. of the rlv('r
<br />(22,OOO.OOO.OOO CUbic m..t<"tlI) 117.835000
<br />a.cr...f~t I had ov..r the '1'01=.. dlatrlbut..d
<br />1Ill10ng the Am..rlean Stat.... of th.. upp..r Il.lld
<br />lo...r ba.elna 120.000.000.000 cubIc met....)
<br />(16.213.800 acre.fen). Our asalgnm..nt of
<br />1.850.000.000 CUbIC met..rs (1.500.000 acre.
<br />!e..t) 111 tnclUded. then, within the 2,000.000._
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<br />000 cubic m..ten (1.621.000 acre.te..t) of the to be rt'duced Il.lld that Ibe !reatr only prom.
<br />dllf..renc... Th.. virgin wolte.. of the Culo- 1-"'11 to reduce tb.e American \'olum... In an
<br />ndo Rlv..r ar.. (of good qualltr. Bulda Itlts. ..qual propcrtlon. .,..blch ",'ould be \'ery dtm-
<br />..o...n a aupertlclal atudy of th.. treaty aho.,..a, cult to carry out In practlc... A r..adlng
<br />from th.. Introduction to lhe tr:uu;itc.ry ...._ cl th.. tlnal paragrapb of tnntiltory artlcl.. 10
<br />tlcl.... with ...hlch It terminates. thaI It 1111n_ IIho.... that lbe obJ~cl1en Is compl~telr unJUbt
<br />aplrt'd....lth the fact thaI "It 111 to Ih.. IntO'te&1II alnee th.. caSO' III ..nUT..ly the contrary. The
<br />ot both oountrl"lI to tat.e ad'.aIl-Uge o! U..ItS.. ameunt guaunt....d to Mexico can only 00
<br />wat..n In orn..r uses and consumptIons reduc('d hI c....... of utrl'm.. drought and anI;.
<br />. . . In order to obtain It. most com. If that ntrnordlnary droUght IIhould brll1g
<br />plet" and &a~Waetory uUlJzaUon." Th:.s 1II about thl' rl'duetlen of all con~umptlona In
<br />a paT/lg:aph tralUioCflbed from the pi-dillC... the Unittd BUU'S.
<br />In arllcl..:n of lhe transitory artlclO'fl It 1& IUf. COllCLVllION!I
<br />clearly atated that the UM! to whlcb theM! Th... lnt..rnatlonal water tr..atr which has
<br />...atera u.. to be put is that of Irrigation. bren brought up 10r cOnlld..ratlon ot !be
<br />TIl"U.tor... In this tr..aty. u In anr other tit M...xlcan Senat.. J& benl'tlclal for our country
<br />Its lund. It Is undentood that th.. Wolter for tbe follo...lng r"asana:
<br />mu.st ~ of good quality. M"XICO hill! th.. 1. B..cauae In the ca... of th.. Colorado Rlvu
<br />rlgbt to have the water that II! &&&lgned to It It termlnatO'll th.. crll1cal altuatlon In whlcb.
<br />trom th.. Colorado Rlvu proc..f'd ..nllr..ly Ihe 120.000 cultl~lItl'd hect.a.r"l C296.500 acr"')
<br />from the \.Irgln ~olum.. or th.. curr",nl. but III Mc:I<lca.1I "'all.., ""aI; fOUDd. II critical alt.
<br />knowing that tbilla pb~...lclllly ImpoNlbl.. to uatlon whiCh ullltf'd Iln~ H14:! when op.
<br />ohtaln for any use of water downatream on HUlon or thl! AIl.Am..rIClln C..nsl ".1lJI com.
<br />any rlvcr tully utlllzt'd. as ls Ihtl Colorado m~nced. UndO'r th.. treat~. th.. net 200.000
<br />RIVer. our country bad no obJf'Cllon to u_ ..conoml~ally cultlvl'lbl.. hO'Ctares (494..200
<br />....Ivlng th..H watera th", lIame "" thot otber acr....) wblcb pxwt On the Mexican aId.. along
<br />Amerlcau \Ull!T5 of th.. low..r portion of th.. both banb o! th.. Colorado RIver may be
<br />ColorNl<.> RIVer. III long ... they W..r", of good cultivated.
<br />qUlLllty ror irrigation. 2, tt alllO ends the eIiltlng dangcr thllt
<br />(bl Th.. salinity of th.. return wnt"TlI tllTough the COIUltruCUOD of th.. f'f'<k'ral
<br />whlcb may COm.. In the Colorado RW..r d... project No. r;, or Rincon project. all th.. UMl-
<br />~n<1a Oil the use that Ar\Zonll makes of tb... ble allrplu,,,a wb.lch flow 1n tb.. Rio Orand...
<br />",at..rl or the Colorado River tbat ~lo.<g pr~dIDgfromMnlC<landtheVllltedStatu
<br />to It. U It construeta an Irrlilltlon prOjKt wlll be dlv..rt..d for tb.. ncluah'.. UIIe of lrrl.
<br />...ltb . value 01 about '1.000.000.000 to carry gltlon Of th.. Am...lcan landa of tbe rt'1l:lon
<br />the ....ater to th.. center of ArlllOn.a. then a or brownavl!!... Tex_. thua leaving In a pr...
<br />c..rtaln volume of return wat"'r witb a h'gb carloUl altuatlon th.. M'o?zlcan lands ....hlch
<br />perc..ntage of MUnlty mlgbt r..ach tb.. bf'd ...1th gr..at ..trort 1Ir.. bc>lng opened to culU-
<br />ot tb.. Olla River. but ..un thla velum.. could vatton In th.. zolle of MaLamorOll. Tamau_
<br />not r..ach th.. Colorado Rlv..r .. It WOUld tit! Ilpaa. On the other hand. "'Ith th.. trMty.
<br />ab80rbed. III happell.!l at present. by the gr...t not only can the water ot all tll.. MexIcan
<br />dry bed. of the GtI" RIV..r which for BOrn.. trlbutarl.." of the Rio Grande be U61!d to
<br />feus haa not broughl " drop or wat..r to th..lr malllmum. up to the cultivation with
<br />the Colorado RIVer. It Arizona ..mploye th..m of an ar.... of 315.000 hO'Ctar"" (7'78.400
<br />th_ ...aters to Irrliate l!os ItOutb",est corn..r. Rer....). but ".Itb our lIurplupea which now In
<br />which would con 1t al I.....t th.. tenth part
<br />('70.000.0001. th..n the return wat.era would th.. Rio Orand... duly regulated by tn.. In.
<br />ternatlonal dama. It ...m he poaalble to Irrl-
<br />be ot good quallt~.. What..\.er tbe projKt gat.. 245.000 h....tar... (605.4.00 lIer...1 of th...
<br />tbat It II('I..cted. It would not be totally d... fertile lands ot the Mulcllll part or the dell.
<br />~10~ ~~'::::'Yc:~~~:.y~r~:IYma~tth;=I~ of th.. Rio Orand... that la. lbe regIon of
<br />ml5tlc t....hnlc.1 calcUlaUona show that ","en Matamor08. Tamaullpaa.
<br />ooIlslderlng that Altuma ....ould ..mplo~' Ita The attached tabl.. .ahOWll ayntn..Ucally th..
<br />.....at... In I~ "..ntral region a.nd that tb.. flluat.l<'>ll of our country ...Ith tbe IT..aty and
<br />r..turn ...8t... with a hlZh perceDtag.. of ..lIn_ without the treaty. Thill tabl... a .ummary
<br />Ity "",ould r..ach th.. Colorado Rlv..r without or ".hat hu hf1en said. IhoWII tbat thant.a
<br />belnll IOIIt III the bed of th" Oll~ River. to lh.. tr..uy. l.f('J.lco wUl be able to lrrlglte
<br />thel!e r..turtUI mllO'd ...Ith tn.. relit of th.. ll..5. 445,000 hectar... (1.100.000 acr...) morl!, and
<br />atgnment to our eountry ot wa""l'll with ....ry that thla wlll "" achl..nd without lIlY blLfm
<br />small percentage ot aallnity would glv.. a to our country, that 111. All we have demon_
<br />mlxtur.. that our country would probably atrated In thl.a atatrmcnt., ..!thout Injuring
<br />....c..pt tn lIoctordance with ...hat ,,&II &aId th.. nuu:!mum pOII8lblllU..a ot developm..nt of
<br />above ~lll.t\'"" to Its und..nlabl.. right to all and ..&ell OD.. at our fronUer States with
<br />r""..I.... ....te,. of good quality. water from th.. trlbut.Arl"", ot the Wo Orande
<br />3. It la obJccU'd th.t It la ot no use to which plllla through th('m.
<br />obtain water for Me:r;.Icall Vall..y becau~ the The abov.. coll8lderaUon. r..&ch tbe con_
<br />landa of that ull..y ar.. In th.. handa of for. elusion that t:'e trn.ty tKhnlcally 1& hen.._
<br />elgn"ra. ficlal foc th.. country. and I npte&$ thl.a In
<br />At.o In tb\a cu.. the r..allty Is ..nUre:y op. tbl! name of thc Natloll8.11rrlgatlon Comm\a.
<br />posit.. to thlt &S8ev..ratO'd by the oppon..nt. aloll lUld ItS a participant. In my cha..ctc>r
<br />4. That In a y...r of drought tb.. tr..at;. of ez....util.e chairman. In th.. technlCII.I &11_
<br />permIts th.. volum.. gUllNi.nt....d to M..:lICO pocUl of Ita nt'gotlatloD.
<br />TIoIIU: 1.-Vi.glll reg/mclI, actuGl Gild futur.. CDII~tlmption', GOld Jutll.rt 'u'plwe, 0/ th..
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