, 1902-06-10
ON THE BILL
SENATOR clARk'S MEASURE TO
PREVENT DISCRIMINATION
IN GRAZING PERMITS.
Necessity for Legislation Arises from,
the Fact That In Certain Cases
Forest Reserves Adult On or Are
Close to Boundary Line of Two
States and Clashes Occur.

Washington. ID. c., June 5.-ISpecial
Correspondence Republicanl-Sena-
tor Clark. Wyoming. IL rep"lting from
the public lands committee his bill to
prevent discrimination in granting
grazing permits on the Uinta forest
| reservation. made the following re
pert:
The necessity for the legislation
provided in his bill arises from the
fact that in certain cases forest resPr-
vations abut on. or are close to. the
boundary line of two or more states.
The forest reserves are under the
jurisdiction of the secretary OF the in
terror. and the general rule or practice
exists that permission to Craze herds
Or ilocks within their limits shall be
given only to owners who are citizens
Of the state within which the forest re
serve is situated. The result is. as in
the case of the Uinta forest reserve.
which is situated in the state of Utah
rear the Wyoming boundary line. that
the herds or flockS from both states
will winter on the public lands of the
one state and will consume all avail
able pasture thereon. but upon eros
sing over to the lands in the adjoining
state and attempting to enter the for
est reservation within the boundaries
thereof Il discrimination is made
against live stock belonging to owners
in the state in which all the iocks and
herds have wintered and in favor OF
live stock owned by citizens of the
state in which the reserve is situated.
The former are permitted to pasture
on the reserve while the latter are de
MED this privilege.
This is an unjust discrimination be
aus this grazing ground is denied
to the t1ocks and herds belonging to
the state whose pastures have been
denuded by the live stock of the state
wherein the reserve Is situated
To refer specifically to the case of
the Uinta forest reserve. this is so sit
tVt'u ihal y IN h'ihs ~
can only reach it through and from
Wyoming. During the winter and
spring months sheep and cattle from
both Wyoming and Utah pasture on the
public lands of the former state. these
lands afording the better winter graz
ing grounds. AS spring approaches and
the ranges in Wyoming become ex.
hausted, the iocks are driven toward
the Utah line to the higher lands. but
once the limits of the reservation are
reached the Utah flocks may pass be.
You'd. while the Wyoming fiocks. I'M,
der the practice mentioned. are kept
on the outside. The result is that
clashes frequently occur. and lives
have been lost. the Wyoming herder
being unable to appreciate the nice
ties OF q distinction which allows the
Utah focks to pasture in his state but
will not permit his to feed in the Utah
reservations.
The reason for the limitation upon
persons who shall have authority to
pass upon or grant permits to Craze
sheep or other live stock in the forest
reserves to those in the employ OF the
United States is that the employees Of
the government can be held respon.
sible for undue favOritism shown in
granting these permits and are. there
fore. more likely to be impartial. I'm
der the present practice permits are
issued by the interior department upon
recommendations made by woolgrow.
ers' associations, n such course. in
the judgment OF the committee. must
from the nature OF the case. result IN
manifest injustice to such sheep own
ers as may not chance to be members
of the particular association to which
has been delegated the authority to
make recommendations as to what
owner should or should not have au.
thority to Craze stock upon any par.