, 1908-02-18
B0YLAN ON
THE ISSUE
WRITES TO CORRECT MIsAPPRE
HENSON CAUSED BY HIS
FIRST LETTER.
Believes He Was Misunderstood and
Does Not Wish to Create False I'm
Pression-WouId Like to See Fac.
tories in Albany County for Con.
version of Products,
Rock River, Wyo., Feb. II, 1905.

Rock River, Wyo., Feb. II, 1908.
To the Editor Of The Republican.
Really, | am very, very much asham.
ed, indeed, to find that | have labored
SO much in my life; that l have over.
looked the necessity of accommodating a
sufficient vocabulary to express myself
IN my own language, in a clear enough
manner to allow people to even under.
stand my humble letters.
In Interest Of Square Deal.
l therefore hasten to assure you, or,
rather, the gentleman from Marshall
Wyo., that my letter to The Republi
can, some time ago was written wholly
In the interest of a square adeap' 30,
little as well as big.
This letter is written solely as an
apology to the gentleman from Ma
shall for bringing him into such a mis-
conception as the one coming to his
mind as a result of my letter writing,
Not Directing to Forest Control.
First, l did not know that the big
outfit of which 1 spoke ever did have
any sheep in Albany county, or any
other part of this state, and if he would
give my letter at least a fair consii.
Grafton, he would undoubtedly note
that | have not objected to a policy of
forest control by the government, but
that | have objected to an unnecessary
tax upon an industry which is as much
reeded, Inc as legitimate as any that
could be engaged in by anyone; for
while we may dislike sheep, l have
found few, if any, people in the sta.e
of Wyoming that have refused to GOV
er themselves with a nice wooden blan.
ket on those nice clear nights of our
winter months for which this state is
well known, for it certainly has It's
full share of them.
Some Small Ranchmen.
l also wish to state that this gentle
man would not have to travel all the
way to Rock River to find a neighbor-
in fact, he could find this n~eighbor
right at his fence-who is indeed lit,
tie, and has filed on but one hundred
and sixty acres of land, but this sam
little man has no less than fifteen hun.
dred acres under fence. Where can W.
find any big outfits who have all had,
and may still have, land belonging to
the government under fence-that
have it fenced in any thing like this
great ratio?
Square Deal For All.
Yes, Sir, l believe in giving every.
body a good deal, and especially the lit,
tie man, but we must not get in to-
great a hurry and overlook the fact
that the little sheep herder cares 10
live now, the same as he has for the
last two or three thousand years. How.
ever, when we little peas do get this
square deal" is it wise to keep asking
for more, and run the danger of becom,
ing big fellows ourselves? Is it not a
truth that we little fellows are running
our stock on ceres and acres of land
county a square tax on? Why should
you ask for one thousand acres to
run eight or nine cows or horses Oh
when sheep are standing around starv.
ing for grass that these cows or horses
never would use? And is it not also
true that a majority of us small
beans are ever biting to become larg.
err than the little ones of the future?
Are we little ones of Wyoming today
not already a great deal larger in IL.
dependence AMI in the standard of liv.
ing than the truely little ones of the
wooden mills, cotton mills and innum'
cradle other industries of the eastern
states.
UP Ladder of Wealth.
l think the best way of going up tbs
millionaire ladder is to go up slow
and take as many of our poor brothers
with us as we can; also in leaving
those who are ahead of us keep on go
ing If they stay within the limits of the
law Of climbing, hat we little men
have to follow-and if they are kind
enough to give US a little lift, well and