Albuquerque citizen., 1907-10-12

of Ofr; eA e "a and G"o Of AGi pFOfitVor would
you s it to some government
expertN inspector, who really
knows ' " about your local con-
ditionsH ink 1t is safe to say
that If {, Sge becomes overstock-
ed in az particular locality, the
owners themselves, the stock raisers,
will promptly remedy the matter by
going out of business, because 1t
| does not pay to undertake to raise
| sheep or cattle on an overstocked
range. These matters will regulate
themselves by the natural laws of
profit and loss much better than
any regulation possible by the gov
ernment.
1t cannot be said that the lease
law could in any way protect the
rights of settlers. In fact / cannot
see that lease law can be of any
| benefit. 1t will without doubt inter
fere with the actual settler, the
home builder. The leasing of the
public domain naturally carries with
| it the right of fencing. The home
builder, seeking a homestead to cul-
tivate and build up a home for him
self and family, will naturally feel
the necessity OF filing his homestead
in the center of some great pasture,
J surrounded by leased lands, the
privileges of which have been leased.
My friends II is an entirely mis-
| taken idea that the stock growers
are disposed to interfere with the
| actual settler or home builder. We
believe in the open door policy, in
| the doctrine of the survival of the
| fitest, the greatest good for the
| greatest number, and whenever the
soil of New Mexico has sufficient
| moisture to justify the home build
er and the tiller of the soil in de-
veloping the same, we will gladly
| welcome him and give him every
assistance possible. May God has
| ten the day when the dew drops
from heaven may be permitted to
| sufficient moisture to germinate the
| soil so that every acre within the
confines of this territory may bring
forth bountiful harvests of corn and
| oats, wheat and rye, for export and
| sale in the markets of the world.
Then will the true greatness OF this
| commonwealth be recognized; then
will this territory be given its due
| recognition as a potential factor of
the states of the union.
Now about our forest reserves.
| There has been more or less COM
| plaint by stock growers with refer
| ence to the AFFAIRS the management
| and the business of the forest re-
serves, partly caused, no doubt, by
| misunderstanding of our people,
proper regulation to satisfactorily
meet the necessities and demands of
| the stock growers. j do not believe
that the government intends to cre-
ate any undue hardships but there
certainly have been some mistakes
and errors committed on the part of
some one. With reference to these
| forest reserves, we all believe in con-
serving the timber areas of this
country We believe that the TIM
Der should be handled upon a busi-
ness basis, to get the greatest possi-
BILE results; that the young timber
should be properly cared for and
nothing but matured timber should
be sold; that forest fires should be
prevented and that timber general
s1ble way by govel rment authority.
We do, however, object and cannot
understood how these forest experts
can classify sage brush and cactus
as pine timber. This policy simply
results in using the law for the cre-
pose of permitting the government
to control the public domain. This
policy has oeen very detrimental to
the wool growers. 1t has caused
some instances considerable grief
We are in favor of the forest re-
serves, but on the other hand, we
demand of the government that they
restrict themselves to the matter of
forestry in every sense that the
word implies. We object to what is
practically a control of the public
dc ain and which operates as a
community lease under the cloak of
forestry. The boundaries of these
forest reserves should be so cur
tailed as to cover actual timber and
come within the sLirit and intent of
the authority conferred by con-
gress. If we must have a lease law
or government control of the pub
lie domain, let it be under and by
authority of congress and not by vir-
tue of any false premises.
There is one branch of the gov
ernment to which this territory, and
especially the wool growers, are un-
der deep obligations, and on behalf
of the wool growers, l desire to ex-
tend our sincere gratitude to the bu-
reau of animal industry. There has
been no part of the governmental
services which it has been my pleas
ure to observe that has given more
effective service, more care for the
benefit of the sheep industry than the
government inspectors of the bureau
of animal industry.
i desire also to say that the ter
ritorial sanitary board has rendered
efficient service. There is no part of
the sheep business which Is of such
Importance as keeping our sheep
past some of our people have not
fully appreciated the importance of
this proposition. l believe that every
man who is a dealer in or a raiser
of sheep should make it his busi-
ness and see to it that his neighbor
dips his sheep properly and to that
end arrange for such dipping at
such times as may be designated by
the sanitary board of the territory,
as we'll as the government authori-
a a ~ Nah n
less we keep our sheep absolutely
clean and free from scab we cannot
except to succeed. The loss of sheep
and of wool caused by the infection
of this disease will destroy your
profits and do more to injure the
reputation of New Mexico sheep in
other markets than any other factor
that | know of.
believe, my friends, that we
should express ourselves here in this
convention in the form of resolu-
tions, and that we ought to say in
plafp and uprOigfq ka h1a farms