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<br />. <br /> <br />"Thruout the country 0. large number of people find it <br />desirable to ccme te our state on ~ccount of certain phySic~l <br />weaknesses; that the number of these peoplc is growing in the <br />United States is unfortum:.te; thr.t they must he.ve an asylum <br />where they con Ii va and work is necesscry. Such pcople must <br />. hv.ve employment and bc self-supporting and the dcvelopment of <br />our mineral resources and e.gricul tural !lossi bili ties wi 11 fur- <br />nish I". large numbcr of them wi th an r,lmost ideal me'ens of Ii v~ <br />lihood. But to hamper this stete in its development of its' <br /> <br />mineral and agricult~,al resources ~ill bc to deprive I". l:::.rgc <br />number of those unfortunates 'of suitr.ble homos [ne. effinloYT:1ont. <br /> <br />As com~ared Inth th0 Imporial Valley we can fUrnish better ell <br /> <br />the year round homes, where the land owner is both 0, permr.nent . <br /> <br />residont :::.nd fcrmor. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"One mor e thought thr.t occurs to me whic h is, thr.t in <br /> <br />the greo.t sisterhood of stetes, each state must ho.ve consider- <br /> <br />ation for the ethor. We arc not indepondent sovereignties as <br /> <br /> <br />two n[,tions cre. Nevertheless, each state has its individual- <br /> <br />ity and is justifioQ in conserving resources essontial to its <br /> <br />existence. No nation, I td[e it, has yot doniod tho right of <br />other nations lying higher on the stream tho use of weter to <br /> <br />the fullest e;,tent. <br /> <br />"Nc,turo in its distribution of wealth and its naturel <br /> <br />resources h::.s created conditiol1sto which man must adapt him- <br /> <br />. self. <br /> <br />\ <br />Deprived as rre are of the sea 8n(l. sea ports and their <br /> <br />attor.dant benefits, ~e still ha,ve our flowing strear,ls; high <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />D <br />