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<br />no' """If''' <br />J ~,--Ol' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />This water conservation effort means fuat by fell, Cl'OpS grossing around <br />G100,OOO~000 will be taken from more than two million acres of land under irrigated <br />cultivation in the State. On the Boise project alone, 350,000 acres of land are <br />expected to bring in another ;;25,000,000 harvest. In the last 45 years, crops from <br />the Boise project have brot~ht in more than hal~ a billion dollars. Compare this <br /> <br />with the total expenditure of ~71,000,OCO for this project. <br /> <br />Just to give you an idea of the contribution these projects make to our <br /> <br />national economy, let me quote a few tax :igtlI'es. None of us like taxes, but <br /> <br />nevertheless they reflect the state of business" If the ~:ow of taxes fram an area <br /> <br />remains high, you can figure that business is good. <br /> <br />Federal taxes attributable to the Boise project, both individual income and <br />corporation. totalled C15,850,OOO in 1952 alone, The total up through 1952 was <br />:jI14,480,OOO. In the same period of time, water users organizations on the various <br />divisions of the project had returned 01I,036,626. and power revenues had brought in <br />J3,712,589 toward the amortization of the Federal investment~ <br /> <br />You may also be inte~ested to know that in a survey of retail sales on recla- <br /> <br />mation proj acts wbich was made in 1952, the Boise proj ect sholJed a per capita <br /> <br />f " <br />average 0 ,,,.1,244. <br /> <br />This is about 20 percent ahead of the national average in per <br /> <br />capita retail sales in that year. <br /> <br />Is it any wonder then that you are interested in additional irrigation develop- <br /> <br />ment. We have similar results from other reclamation projects allover the West. <br /> <br />we know that the President and the Congress are both generally aware of these bene- <br /> <br />fits. That is why we are confident the Reclamation program is going ahead despite <br /> <br />a few detractors who cite only the tax dollars going into these investments, and <br /> <br />refuse to recognize the dividends flowing from them. <br /> <br />6 <br />