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<br />DESTROY I NG RESOURCE DEVELOPf'IENT <br />WITH ARTIFICIAL DISCOUNT RATES <br /> <br />BY <br /> <br />J. A. RIGGINS, JR. <br />PHOENIX, ARIZONA <br /> <br />GENTlE~1EN : <br />I AM GENUINELY PLEASED TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO JOIN WITH <br />YOU IN THE 1972 CONFERENCE -- HERE IN BILLINGS. ALTHOUGH I HAVE <br />BEEN QUITE FAMILIAR WITH YOUR ANNUAL CONFERENCES SINCE SOON AFTER <br />THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN -- THIS WILL BE MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO <br />ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE. <br /> <br />\~ITH f1ANY OF YOU -- OUR ACQUAINTANCE GOES BACK TO THE <br />COLORADO RIVER TRANSMISSION LINE FIGHT IN THE EARLY '60s -- <br />PERHAPS ONE OF THE f!IOST DIFFICULT I1ATTERS EVER TAKEN TO THE <br />FLOOR OF THE CONGRESS. I DOUBT THAT THERE ARE 11ANY IrJ TH IS ROOf1 <br />WHO DIDN'T PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN THAT DIFFICULT <br />FI GHT TO PROTECT cm~sur'iER I IHERESTS I';~ THE ROCKY 1.10UNT AI N AREA <br />OF THE VlEST Aim, I ND I RECTL Y, THROUGHOUT THE ENT! ?E COUNTRY. <br /> <br />TO FuRTHER DIGRESS FRon TilE SUBJECT OF rw TALK FOR A <br /> <br />MOMENT -- STOP AND THINK WHERE THE ORGANIZATIONS YOU REPRESENT <br />