Border Incident

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Narrator: here is
the all-American canal.

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It runs through the desert
for miles

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Along the California-Mexico
border.

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A monument
to the vision of man,

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The canal is the life-Giving
artery of water

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That feeds
the vast farm empire

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Of the imperial valley
of southern California.

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Out of this desert wasteland,

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Man's industry has made
a flourishing garden.

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Farming in imperial valley
is a great industry.

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Here a single field
of prosaic carrots or lettuce

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Or flax or melons may be worth
a half million dollars.

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This great agricultural
empire is important to the entire United States.

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Nature never waits.

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When the crops are ready,
they must be harvested.

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This means manpower,
a vast army of farm workers

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Who must be available
when needed,

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And this army of workers comes
from our neighbor to the south--

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From Mexico--

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For the imperial valley
of California,

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Like many other farm areas
of the great southwest,