Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-15
Senator Based His Onslaught on
Ground That President Had
Been MiSinformed.
NO PARTY POLITICS INVOLVED
Open Range as Known Twenty Years
Ago Fast Becoming Thing
OF tho Past.

heiena, Jan. 15.-The policy OF tn
national administration with refer
ence to public lands was again attack
ed today in the convention of the Ma.
tional Wool Growers association here
Senator Thomas H. Carter of Montans
being the spokesman through an in
termediary, he being unable TO be
present. He based his utterances no,
upon any political beliefs, but rather
that the president had been rnisinform-
ed, and that conditions had changed
greatly since he was a resident OF this
state.
Gov. Bryant B. b ook of wyoming
also delivered forceIui 4u44,Ss rs
stand was in the nature of plea for
the settler. He said he was vigorous
ly opposed to the Burkett bill and ex-
pressed decided preference for rule
by laws rather than rules and regula-
tons, He urged delegates TO write
their representatives in Congress to
oppose the measures, and said that in
the interest of the west and home
steader, that political parties should
be forced to take a stand on the ques-
ton.
j. w Fulton of Helena. spoke on the
great possibilities of the Angora goat
Industry and it's rapid strides, while
j. II. Bearrup of Albuquerque urged q
cooperative wooden mill. The London
auction ways of disposlng OF woods was
advocated by f. j. Primrose of Phila-
delphia. He quoted figures showing
that the annual production of the as
sociations members amounted TO $685.
900 100000, and declared II should be
protected.
This afternoon the delegates were in
attendance at the mid-winter sheep
show here. at which large number of
exhibits have been made, embracing
every known grade and breed.
SENATOR CARRIERS SPEECH.
Senator Carter said:
1.-THE leasing of the public range does
not present question involving party
politics In any sense whatever. The
subject never mas been considered In
the national council of any party. In
consequence do not feel any sense of
party restraint when i elect to take
issue with the announced policy of
President Roosevelt in favor of leas-
ing the public domain or granting per-
inits to individuals. or, associations
DESTROYS of pasturing stock on the un-
appropriated public land of the United
States.
According to my view the president
has been unconsicously led into an err
roneous conception of the relations of
tho government to the people engaged
in developing the new states of the
west. The error may be traced to the
confused idea that an analogy exists be-
ween public land suitable only for
settlement and timbered
ands chiefly valuable for forest pres
slvation and production.
The president, Impressed with the
dea that the ranges We're being de-
,troyed by those who occupied them,
hat settlers were being oppressed by
herdsmen that commotion and
)loodshed marked the contentious of
'lyal claimants on the range. approved
he policy proposed by the chief fores-
er, but expressly disclaimed revenue
etter OF Feb. II, 1907, to Senator War
en-, the president said that the graz
ne fee should be small one ut first, |
md that any surplus should go to the |
tate or territory where the fees were |
And there would be no sur |
'lus as the object was to supply an un-
limited demand for expense money. He |
avored local control OF the range in |
conjunction with federal authority and
,e 50 defined that no one could be |
leld responsible, which meant that In
ne last analysis the office or agent of |
he federal government should exer-
Use supreme control.
Herein rests the vicious feature OF
he proposed policy. 1t will be observ-
d that all proposals MADE have con-
emplated lease or permit, leaving the
of the method 10 be EN-
.1FaxHn 10 kA .eN7 81 1
nent and think II is fair TO say that
Judging by the forestry policy. the per-
nit system would predominant. Under
hat system every stock owner outside
4 forest reservations would b6 placed
n precisely the same position n stock
wner inside of forest reservations. In
ther word. an agent of the govern
nent from whose decision there would
e no appeal except 10 the officer un
or whose directions he proceeded
'ould determine arbitrarily who should,
nd who should not enjoy range priv
eges and the conditions under which
UGH privileges might be enjoyed.
The activities of the entire country
nd the destinies OF every rancher
fould be made subject 90 the dlctum
( the special agent. No mans stock
usiness can expand beyond prescribed
mits without special permission in
he national capital.
THE open range, as known 10 the
resident 20 odd years ago, is fast
ecomlng thing OF the past. IN the
cry near future the large herds and
ocks will all have been sub-divlded
nd stock-raising VIII be conducted by
he small ranchers and farmers"
Senator Carter's amendment 10 the
Iurkett bill as outlined In his letter
rovldes that any person, company or
ssociation engaged In producing hay,
rain or other food for livestock on cul-
waited or meadow land contiguous 10
+ IN the vicinity OF unapproprlated
ublic lands OF the United States, may
ubject TO certain conditions enclose
0 acres OF public land for every acre
d private ownership, actually devoted
o the production OF feed for livestock
or the privilege lessee Il 10 pay not
more than Ave cents an acre annually
Ialf OF the receipts are 10 be used TO
efrny expenses of administration and
he remainder Is to be paid TO the state
= territory, In which the lands arc