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<br />116 <br /> <br />116 <br /> <br />to the great detriment of lower territory, she might be willing' <br /> <br />to voluntarily yield or the court might compel her to yield. <br /> <br />But, on the other hand, to say that a 16,~r country, that furnish- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />es no part of the supply and in which no part of the supply has <br /> <br />its origin, may come up and compel us to turn d010Tn water ,Ihere- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Hi th to irrigate all her acreage, Hould be Hith far less justifi- <br /> <br />cation than to say that Colorado might Hholly consume the stream <br /> <br />Hi thin her borders. If there must be any yielding, at most it <br /> <br />must be all along the line. The greater yielding Hould naturally <br /> <br />fall upon that territory Hhich receives all the benefits and fur- <br />nishes no part or a smaller part of the resource. <br />~ffi. HOOVER: Does not your proposal reach to the end that an <br /> <br />equitable division of Hater is for you to perpetually take all the <br /> <br />l,ater you want. I am not disputing the l/lD.tter; I am merely try- <br /> <br />ing to get the various contentions clear. If He are to get <br /> <br />equitable division there are perhaps tHO bases upon which it could <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />be approached. First on the relativity of the land Hhich should <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />be made use of, and second, the relative percentage of the Hater. <br /> <br />Your latter contention appears to be based on a percentage of <br /> <br />Hater Hithout regard to the question of relativity of land. <br /> <br />ViR. CARPE}ITER: Then my question is narrowed to a greater degree <br /> <br />than I intended. I think that the acreage is a factor that might <br /> <br />enter into the discussion. But along Hith the acreage ,/QuId conie <br /> <br />other factors. ';lith the factor of acreage Hould also run the <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />factor of origin Hhich runs through all international laH,' that <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the nation of origin has naturally an inherent privilege to bene- <br /> <br />fits that might be denied the lower nation. Acreage and volume <br /> <br />w. <br />