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<br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />around in that region. There is a need for power there and <br />there will be 2 gre~ter need for power as we look forward to <br />the time when water power will su~plant the use of coal and <br />thereby effect great economical saving. Whi~e I am on this <br />sU~Ject, I want to point out the fact that th~re is need for <br />the development of food:;orops in tllis region. Phese €;rez.t <br />mining camps CODsuue large quantities of foou which is not now <br />produced for theE1 tLere. It is im)ortant that the abrlCultur2l <br />resources of that "e~iJn be developed in order to reduce the <br />cost of living at these mines and the cost of the coal shipped <br />to California, Washington an~ in all directions from the coal <br />field. Lvery citizen of the entire western country where Rock <br />Sprin@.s and Kemmerer coal goes would reap the benefit. <br />I know FOU have had put befo~e you and have considered the <br />advantaGe of increasinb the food production. I do not want to <br />go into any controversy over the question of ~hether the water <br />a.ilplied in WyomL1g, the upper part of this valley, is of equal- <br />economio value to the w~ter applied in the lower part. We buy <br />oranges and lemons of California. We oonsider them somewhat in <br />the light of luxuries. lie send in exchange our products of <br />meat and wool. There is an interchange of other products and <br />a reaction on the cost of living and on the joy of life gener- <br />ally resultinG from increased production in any re~ion Bnd the <br />?eople of California are, in this aspect, interested as much <br />