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<br />"Vihe:i;evor the :trcr.spol'tction problem .is end whctever <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the soh:tion of this 3l1'oblei'1 in '.;he future me.y be. the neces- <br />sity wil.l e,l';{C.:fS e::ist fer '~he production of the lager pert <br />of the miners food in the vicinity of 'I;he mines. Furthermore, <br /> <br />in the developmen'l; of our oi tizenshi:p in the Americcnizatien <br /> <br />of the forei{,;ner uho constitutes 0. lo.rt;e prOl)l'llUtien of our <br /> <br />co~l minors, thero is n desire thct theopyortunity be cfford- <br /> <br />cd to thom to secure homcs end in their lcter yecrs hcve scmo <br /> <br />pIcce to whicr. the'J m~:y retir o. <br /> <br />"You hcvo '12,0. submitted to you d2,t[\ ('!Ie:. stctistios :,Jor- <br /> <br />te,ininc; to t;1C w,-tor su:)ply, tho irrigc.ble cre", etc.. end it <br />( <br />is unnccessc,r.i for me to go into thE',t ph2se0f;'thc question. <br /> <br />Nor do I eonsider it n,)cess~ry nor desirrcble exce?t tkt ,in <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the development of the lower Coloro,dc it is necessary for the <br /> <br />promoters to lmo'<"! \'The. t the probabi1i ties are of the wcter <br /> <br />su:pply which ae.n be dO:flCnded upon. With this phase, Colol'C1.do <br /> <br />is not concerned. Vihethe r this stcte f-tJrnishes 13,000,000 <br /> <br />ccre feet J:D r (',nnum or 13,000 acre feet per annum makes no <br /> <br /><f:i:fferenao in our clc.im to the uso of wator wi thin our bound- <br /> <br />aries, our clrdm being simply to all of the we.tel' necesse.ry to <br />our development in the future. <br /> <br />"Colors,do is situated somewhat as Fr2.nce is, menaced <br /> <br />in our very existence and we are menaced on all sides. From <br /> <br />past eX~erience as has France, wo have learned that to be <br /> <br />fore-armed is c. necessity. We foresee that if we e.re to hcve <br /> <br />our proper p1r.ce "in the sun" we must look fm: into the future. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />D <br />