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<br />~i::~,:j <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />PAGE 10 <br /> <br />THIRTY YEARS AGO, A RIGHT TO otlE ACRE-,FgOT p\1'1ATER UNDER THE COLORADO- <br /> <br /> <br />BIG THOMPSON RECLAMATION PROJECT. COULD BE PURCHASED FOR ABOUT TWENTY- <br /> <br /> <br />FIVE DOLLARS. TODAY THOSE RIGHTS ARE SELLING FOR SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY <br /> <br /> <br />DOLLARS AND UPWARDS -- AN INCREDIBLE INCREASE OF ABOUT THREE THOUSAND <br /> <br /> <br />PERCENT. rlO BENEFIT-COST RATIO EVER .YET DEVISED \~()ULD HAVE REFLECTED THIS <br /> <br /> <br />CHANGE IN VALUE OF THE COLORADO-BIG THOMPSON WATER. . <br /> <br /> <br />IN REVIEWING THE MOST RECENT FEDERAL PUBLICATION ON THE SUBJECT, I <br /> <br /> <br />FIND THAT THE FEDERAL INVESTMEtlT IN ,COMPLETED REC~AMATIOfJ FACILITIES <br /> <br /> <br />TOTALLED SIX BILLION DOLLARS AS OF JU~JEJO, 19.75. THIS HJVESTr1ENL \mICH <br /> <br /> <br />HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED DURHlG A SEVEtlTH- THREEYEAR PERIOD, IS ABOUT EQUAL <br />. ... I,. ~ . :; , ' <br /> <br />TO THE TOTAL INVESTMENT NOW BEING MADE IN A SUBI'/AY SYSTEfl FOR THE <br /> <br />RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON, D. C. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN THE <br /> <br /> <br />BENEFIT-COST RATIO FOR THAT SUBWAY SYSTEt,. NEITHER HAVE HE BEEN ABLE TO <br /> <br /> <br />ASCERTAIN NHAT PORTION OF THAT SYSTEr1 \'IILL EVER BE REPAID FOR THE INVEST- <br />. . <br /> <br />ME NT TO BE MADE BY THE UNITED STATES .TAXPAYERS. <br /> <br /> <br />THE POINT IS THAT CONGRESS r-1UST DECIDE \~HAT THE PUBLIC VALUES OF SUCH <br /> <br /> <br />PROJECTS ARE. CONGRESS MUST DETERMINE THE IMPORTANCE OF A STABLE <br /> <br /> <br />AGRICULTURAL ECotJOMY IN THE WEST. CONGRESS MUST CONSIDER HOl'J SUCH PROJECTS <br /> <br />HILL AFFECT LAND USE PATTERNS ArID LIFE' STYLES HITHItl THOSE RURAL AREAS. <br /> <br />, ., <br /> <br />, . <br />. .'i <br />