The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-15

The resolution Endorses the suggestion
of President Roosevelt that q larger area
of semi-arid lands be allowed for a nome
stead and that a committee of experts pc
appointed to Investigate the present exist
ing condition and suggest to congress just
and fair remedies that will assist the
growth of the west. The resolution urges
at once a memorial from the convention
to congress asking that body to act
quickly on the suggestion OF President
Roosevelt and suggest new laws which
will apply to all sections. 1t says the
principal obstacle that has prevented the
sockmen from agreeing among themselves
upon a plan for a change in the laws, as
the law that would benefit one section
would cause loss and ruin to another
where different conditions prevailed.
, Among the addresses at the morning
session was one by William n. Sprlnegr
of Washing on,s "a. d, on < Thes Proposed
Merging of the Packirg Plants OF This
!. Country, and the. Effects and Remedy
and one by DIR. W. H. Dalrymple Of
Louisiana on infectious Diseases and
Their Prevention g. e. Abbott OF Sprin-
ger, N NJ and Senator Francis Emory
Warren of Wyoming, president Of the
National Wool Growers association, also
addressed the delegates at the morning
session.
Among the speakers at the afternoon
session were e. c. Jacobson Of Illinois,
whose topic. was THE Destruction Of
Hides by Marbles" and Colonel John P.
Irish Of California, who led the discus
sion on the subject THE Changes Con-
gress Should Make in the Laws Govern
ing the Public Domain and Forest Re-
serves
Work Of the OK Bot.
Mr.. Jacobsen said one Of the worst in
sect enemies of cattle, especially in the
great grazing regions of the west and
southwest, is the OK bot, or MARBLE, and he
appealed to cattle raisers In the name OF
common humanity to- work. together sc
that the torture and suffering Of helpless
beasts in the field will be mitigated, II not
entirely avoided. The cattlemen. he said
are entitled to great credit for their skill
and success in steadily improving the ap-
pearance and quality Of cattle, but it was
that the time might come when SOUND
hides on cattle would be the rule and MOI
the exception.
John P. Irish of San Francisco said:
The Grazing Lands. 81.
'It is estimated there are 400, 900, 00(
acres for which grazing will be the sole
use. It is the largest and was the bes
stock range in the world. Its forage has
been destroyed and its potential wealth
has disappeared through its free use ii
common by all Corners. About that vas
range the east has held Gtotally incorrec
ideas. To the eastern mind 1t has ap
peared as equal to the prairie lands Of thu
upper Mississippi, moist, fertile and ready
for the homesteader. Thanks to tn,
light shed abroad by the advocates of irri
cation, it is now established that thi
grazing domain, the property of all thu
people, has and will have no other us'
than as range for flocks and herds. I
is nearly fed out. The range industry Il
In a death struggle.
THE attempt Of some graziers to sur
vive by unlawfully fencing in the public
domain, and the more reprehensible at
tempt Of others to comrnand the rang
with the rifle must In charity be accepte,
as the dedsperate methods for survival o
an industry that has conferred vast bene
fits upon the nation. The governm en-
should retain public ownership of tn
range and protect its forage by leasing
in suitable tracts to the hardy men VIII
occupy it. understand it and will TAX
measures to renew it's grasses and restor
its primitive capacity for carrying stock
The measure now before congress wa
introduced as a means Of promoting dis
cussion Of this policy. 1t was mistakes
as fnality. 1t was intended to presen
the subject in its broadcast scope and t
emphasize some principles that are in
dispensable in any such legislation TIL
homesteader, the mineral entryman an
the irrigatOr are by that measure give
rights superior to those of the leaseholdel
The present agricultural settler and tn
future homesteader are given franchise
necessary to their welfare and intended t
promote the settlement of every acre upo
which home can be maintained by agri
culture. These features are Insisted O
in good faith by every western stockmar
We may count ourselves happy tina
the country has western man for presi
dent: He Is typically western as we VIII
are born here. He has keen and init
mate knowledge Of the physical and SOCK
and industrial conditions of this vast re
g1on where our homes and treasure ar,
He appreciates the difficulties in the wa
of that comprehensive reform of the Ian
laws that will add the range as distint
class and put its potential wealth unde
the protection of the law. He recon
mends that the task of doing this be give
ITO an expert commission. which will ma,
FsiIally report its conclusions in the forl
of an act of congress We should he1
support the president in seeking such