, 1899-09-28

of the state.
As to the Senator's remarks be-
fore the Irrigation Congress, /
went there with special reference
to the forestry portion of the de-
bate, was present throughout it
and a close listener and heard SEN
alto Warren speak as | have stated.
l have since looked through the
pages of the report of the proceed
ings and can inform Mr.. Perry
that probably not one-fourth of
the debate is reported there. The
discussion was general and a num-
Der of speakers are not even men,
toned by name in the report.
As Mr.. Perry misquotcd me in
"A former editorial, 50 now he false
ly states that | would exclude one
class of live stock from all the ter
ritory-whether timber lands or
open plains-"that they can pos
sibly induce the government to in
clude in the so-called forest reser-
We"
| wish and demand only the in
clusion of actually atforested land
in the timber reserves with the
smallest possible amount Of other
land. The less grazing land the
better, for this question should not
be complicated by it. Such was
our understanding would be the
case. | have not seen the map of
the reserve nor shall / believe I'M
til | do see, that it is laid out rs
Mr.. Perry states. In fact Mr.. Per-
ry has gone out of his way to mis-
represent my attitude in the mat
ter and that of the ranchmen gen
orally.
The trouble has been that appar-
emily some powerful influence at
Washington has opposed and pre-
vented the establishment of our
reserve. The circumstances of the
case and his own u%tterances seem
to point to Senator Warren.
| quote from his interview in
the Wyoming Industrial Journal
Speaking of his interview with
Mr.. Hitchcock on this question
he says: Il informed Secretary
Hitchcock that / favor forest pres
ervation by the creation of reser-
yes %patrolled and guarded by ade-
quate forces of foresters, but that
| do not favor the creation of such
reserves if live stock n are
prohibited from ranging their
cattle and sheep on them. The
Department is taking steps to have
the Medicine Bow reserve created
and | made it clear that | am op-
posed to such reserves unless they
be left open to live stock at proper
seasons of the year and under
proper regulations"
Now remember that in no case
IN this state (nor to my knowledge
in any other state) has the depart
ment excluded cattle from such
reservations. All the orders |
have read have been for the par
tial or entire exclusion of sheep.
This gives the situation clearly, |
believe, nor have | mistated his
attitude in the matter.
Now why does the Department
order the exclusion of sheep from
the reserves? Let the editor read
MIR. James Douglas letter in the
same issue. He agrees that it is
written i'll n spirit of fairness, as
Is evident to any IL who reads it.
Here is the gist of it. ''trhe sheep.
eat up the weeds and the young
timber and expose the roots of the
trees. There is practically no sec
ond growth of quaking-asp left
where they 60" Mr.. Perry prob
ably knows that sheep on these
plains get a great deal of their
food by eating sagebrush, So, also.
in the mountains they eat the
young sprouts of trees.
Now let us see what Senator
Warren says on the same subject
in the interview before quoted:
IF sheep are excluded from the
reserve, L explained, and 1.-THE GRASS
and VEGETATION allowed to grow
rank and unchecked, it becomes