The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-18

We have been welcomed and welcomed
maguificentiy here. and 1 want 90 make
few remarks before commence my
regular address We have representatives
OF the railroads with us and representa-.
lives Of the stock exchanges and repre-
sentatives OF the commission houses. and
you are an welcome and II in any Of tho
addresses delivered here there is anything
lhat yen believe is unfair or unkind
want 10 tell you that You will have the
courtesy Of this floor 20 reply TO the
same We expect nothing here but
square deal
- want, TO congratulate the woolgrow-
erS in national convention assembled At
the continued prosperity of their bust
ness The past year has been one prob
ably Or the greatest years IN increase OF
business and OF general prosperity that
the world has yet seen, and ! am glad 60
be able TO say that i believe the sheep
man has got his Fair portion. There are
s. great many subjects that will come mp
FOR discussion here-subjects that. N not
rightly settled. mean not q continuation
OF prosperity FOR theSheepmen. but the
very reverse. And / trust that in all our
discussions that while we talk hard and
harshy OF principles that we will keep
away FROM all personalities.
Sheepmen Must Combine
To-day is a day of combination All
aud protection, and if the Shccpmen stand
idly by or trust 20 few TO do the work
they will waken up later and find their
mistake when il is too late. / believe the
present method of handling forest re-
serves Co great extent wrong. Mr..
llnChOt ana I can't agree. and the more
We try TO agree the further apart We APP
pear 10 get. because the forest reserve
in Wyoming has taken loeu.VtJ acres
from the grazing area or the state. As "a
matter Of course. they allow a certain
amount OF stock on that but it is so little
% proportion 40 what the balance 81 the
state has 10 carry as To be hardly no.
ticeable. Last year. I believe there was
something like $4,000 sheen 0u 10O000 l0
acres for Two months. As matter Of
course. they say there were cattle on it.
] VIII admit that. and probably horses.
80 were there cattle and horses iu the
rest OF tine state. And yet tho rest 0f
the entire state. less than Gl.0o00o0 acres
carried these 393 90 sheep the other ten
months OF the year. and over 4.0oA0o0 head
for twelve months. And If the forest re-
serve policy rs 10 be- carried out On the
rest or the public domain. ] feel we might
just as well declare this convention adj
iourned sine die.
MondeI Sends Message.
wyoming IS proud of her delegation
in congress. In the United states senate
there aye seven great committees. and the
. only state i'm the entire union that holds
the chairmanship Of TWO Of these is Wyo-
ming. wyoming mas only one congress-
man. but he is not afraid. and here Is the
message that he sent To the Wyoming
woOlgrOWers 90 is just as appropriate at
this convention. lie says: i congTatu-
late the woOlgrowers ~ Wyoming In con-
Xenti0n assembled on the prosperous con-
dition Of their industry. which condition
] believe will continue 50 long ~ we
maintain an adequate tariff ca thing that
interests the sheep mann and don't fur
Their restrict the use of our range by fed
eral supervision and control. I wish you
pleasant meeting. etc.
They are going 90 do something with
thelands-lease them. You know there
has been great deal OF ignd stealing out
west ] don't know how IL affects you
people here I'm Utah and in Idaho. but
know a man who steals much govern
ment land IN Wyoming IS poor on account
Of ID. and ] know that in the central part
of Wyoming there has never been one sin
gle acre of land alienated from the gov
eminent that the government has not got
value received for-not an acre There
is not today. / believe. H. thc state Of
Wyoming 100 acres OF government land
that any man could 20 on and be able