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<br />33 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />very rough yet it is impressive in its results and for that reason <br /> <br /> <br />we have made a large allowance for possibilities that are not IGlown <br /> <br /> <br />and still it leaves a large margin, still there Vlill always be water <br /> <br /> <br />running to.j,aste in the Gulf if there is not a greater dev~lopment <br /> <br /> <br />of Lrrigation and the full development of p01,er and every possible. <br /> <br /> <br />use made of it. There must be a conservation of flood water as. well <br /> <br /> <br />as the normal "ater flOH, and that of course presumes the irrigation <br /> <br /> <br />of all the lands in Mexico, and the United States is indirectly inter- <br /> <br /> <br />ested in the development of our sister Republic and it is not .to be. <br /> <br /> <br />in any way restricted or hampered by a poor development of .the riveJ;' <br /> <br /> <br />above. I do not think I can add any more, Hr. Chairman, .than to say <br /> <br /> <br />that I wish to be of service to the Commission and I feel a consider- <br /> <br /> <br />able responsibility, The United States has undertaken this study <br />for the benefit of the country involved and for the country at large <br />and the infoTIDation VIe have is all at your disposal and we will be <br />very glad to be of any assistance possible, <br />.. Mr. t<orviel. Hr. Davis, this report which you have here, is it <br />the report ,/hich was made under the Kinkaid Act? <br />Hr. Davis. Yes, sir; the report VIas in fact completed and. <br />delivered'to the Secretary of the Interior on the 8th day of July; it <br />included certain recommendations, and I had been assisted in prepar- <br />ing it by various organizations, but on the day that the report was <br />delivered we had a telegram from a District in California protesting <br />against some. recommendations although their representative here was <br />satisfied. This held up the whole report, and gave us time for mOJ;'e <br />study of some of the facts and there have been a few modifications <br />made so that this report is slightly different from the one still in <br />the hands of the Secretary of the Interior which I will ask him to <br /> <br />--. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br />. <br />