The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-18

would be the gamers by this system
/ He advised against the sale of public
/ lands. and urged that they be leased
and held until their value increased
! He continued.
The decline or decay of the range
is everywhere apparent. I am anxious
that the range be preserved Let the
government give stOckmen leaseholds
under proper rules that will preserve
it's forage and stock raising capacity
Then you will not have fifteen houi-
cides a year on the public lands. 1t
viii bring a reign of law to the range
'Repressive efforts against lease
holds only intensity the energy of those
{ behind them. When the American
citizens begin thinking. no power IN
der heaven can stop them
In Texas, Colonel Irish said. the PEG
pie had been against leaseholds, but
leaseholds had finally been adopted,
and that now the Texans would f1ght
with tooth, nail and Winchester rather
than return to the old order.
Frequently during his speech Colonel
Irish was interrupted by applause from
the cattle contingent, and when he
concluded the hand-clapping was gen
eral-
Between the two sides of the contro-
Versy a selection by Held'S band was
sandwiched in, entitled 1.-THE Niger in
the Barnyard.'' The faTmyard sounds
that were initiated by the musicians
caught the fancy of the stockmen and
got rounds of applause and laughter
Carey Opposes Leasing.
I Senator Joseph NJ. Carey, in his ad-
/ dress in opposition to leasing, said IN
part
/ said so much with which I agree me
/ question will not down. 1t comes home
/ to every one Of US. 1t is vital ques-
ton to all the young states OF the
west. Most of the land is still owned
/ by the government. ] am opposed to
! the leasing of these lands tAppIause-l
/ I am opposed to the cession of them 10
/ the states without restriction. ZAP
! FIFTY per cent of the land is still open
/ for settlement. Free ranging has de
| stroyed the water supply It IS not the
object of the United states 70 n M sS
profit out of the public system, II IS
too late now for the government TO en-
ter upon a landlord system. They have
/ always been open to settlers
I The government has never acquired
lands for the purpose of holding them.
! What would be the object of leasing the
I government lands2 Not to secure reNe-
nue., because there was never a time
/ when it needed revenue so little
Senator Carey showed that the cost
of collecting the revenue would pc Tar
more than il would amount TO. He ar
cared for; to make leasing ProhtaDle
the lands would have to be grazed to
their limit and who should say who
could lease these lands and who could
not.
A change from the present system
would require a radical change in th5
| stock business and many would sutIer
The lands would have to be leased "a
the highest bidders; there would be IA
| vorites and many would be left out 1T
! the cold. What is to be done as TO set
| tlers2 Could they step in and take
leased lands or would the land office be
closed?
The work of Alexander Hamilton in
establishing the government land sys-
| tenn was dwelt upon. The people Wanl
no landlord or tenant system eStaD-
hshed by the government we Know
too much of that system in ireland &c
/ want it here. When the system exists
the tenant gets ali out of the land what
he can and puts nothing in it 1t never
makes a country rich.
In closing Senator Carey said tbs
| country west of the Mississippi want:
settlers, home owners He paid h1gf
tribute to the western cowboy and SaiC
no soldier and no sailor had done 81
much to make the west good place Il
| live in as the cowboy
Fund for Livestock Fights.
When the debate was ended Presiden
Springer announced that he was Solnt
to have an oId-fashiOned experience
meeting and before he got through M
expected to raise $4,000 He opened thu
services with a vigorous sermon II
which ne denounced the GrOut bill ant
the proposed reduction of the tariff OF
( hides and wool as sins of the deepest
darkest hue. He told the stOckmen tina
they represented millions of money
that they were as intelligent a body a.
ever got together, and that they ough
! to run their own business instead o
leaving it to politicians They neede'
money to do this. He wanted them t
raise it. That was all there was to it
Jesse Smith of the Utah Wool Grow
ers' association was on his feet with
pledge of $500 from that organization
The words were hardly out of hi
mouth when the Idaho Wool Grower
shouted a subscription of $1,000. From
that on the donating was fast and fu
rious and when adjournment wa
taken the following subscriptions hal
been pledged:
Subscriptions.
Utah Wool Growers associa TONS 8