The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-11
OPEN LETTER
On the Subject of the Rival
Stock Organizations.
QUERIES BY DIR. H. ]. FAUST.
.Let Us Have Peace is His Refrain
and He Addresses the "Cat-
tie Kings"
SAT- LAKE Cry, January 10, 1885

SALT LAKE CITY, January 10, 1885,
Joel Grorcf:
Dear Sri received your letter in
answer 10 one I wrote to Hon. George
Teasdale. If had known that you run
Juab County, 1 would have written to
you.
You said you would be in Salt Lake
City between the It'll and 10th, and
would see me and get an understanding
as TO our organization. In this you
have not been sincere, as you have not
seen me. You say you cannot see (and
You think that you speak the senti-
ments of the cattle and horse men OF
Juab County,, that any good can come
out of the county organization.
That is good; the least membership SO
far has been forty-two. But we see
your :" sit-down-on-me-meetlng had
but thirteen members, and some oil
them are now gone from your gaze.
You represent Is, 900 head of cattle, and
do you not think there were counted a
good many calves to be born this
Spring? [ must confess that it makes
me feel bad TO know that that thirteen
men own IL, 600, and my last COW was sold
out OF the estray pound, but here is
some satisfaction, that have organized
seven counties, with membership oi
about rs many hundreds, and the good
work is going on. And if it so be that
you do not own all the cattle and
horse men in Juab County,
and they should ask me to
to come down and give them lecture
will do so, and if you will leave the Salt
Creek canyon open viii also &c
to Sanpete. ~
You do not understand my object
Well, there is an old saying that there
is no one SO blind as those, who do not
want to see; but still there might be an
other like you. will give you the OBJ
ject. If all the cattle and ehorsemen II
Utah belong TO one association which
most of them Will, and a brand sheet o.
our brands in possession Of each mem
Der, andin each county detective. ano
all communicate with each other, how
long do you think this country would bt
infested with thieves Let the stool
men stand in with the officers and SEE
that they do their duty.
Where is your market for your pro
ddce? What will you ever sell out o
Utah except stock? Would it not be
better to raise improved stock and feeC
YOUR produce to it? You can Away
! find market for the stock. You ma!
sheer at these associations since yol
have become cltt'e king. You shoulC
not twit us (that have few head) o
our poverty.
many cattle, and l want at the SAM
time the poor man to get more, In GU
organization the rich and poo
can help each other. But if yo11
want an aristocratic outfit, al
well and good; go in and have it
You cannot see any good in letting mel
ioin who have no stock, and printers.
was not aware that such was the case
And if it was, would you have any ad
vantage? Iask this because l see.
Young man in your organization VIII
does not own a -hoof; but perhaps h
will when his father dies. That doe
not make him less useful If he is wlilln
to assist in the building up of the stoc
industry. | will say welcome, John {
Graham. wish all the editors in tn
Territory belonged and took the interes
he does. But do not try and sit dow
on us lest you llIdhO q A1iol"hS eiAAN %
down on cactus.
As to the leasingof lands, your outfi
need not be mad at me. ] do not ow
the land, and if I did would not leas
it to cattle kings to the detriment
the horse and sheep nren. So you wan
TO lease land and SOW grass, and her
the poor mans stock. / 'goess 20
would. If the poor man had a ca
and was economical, by, the time 1t va
four years old he would be able to bu
it back again. w. G. Rydalch says
is worth $40 per head year TO. her
stock. Ten tours are forty. Goo
scheme, but it will not work. TIL
Democrats will not lend then
selves to any land monopoly
So do not. fret your unctuous soul
Quit your contentious and work
harmony with the rest of the rerritor!
and if you fellows still feel bad abou
that confounded convention making III
vice-president, and if you will acceI
my resignation l win tender it.. / WI
do anything to keep peace III Utah,
If YOU read the above and don
understand it, just call it bosh, and 50
t it is false. Sign yourself Big lngun me,
and will be answered.
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