Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-01-24

from ne reegsesi marking reserve lines tho preservation II
Local government q tho pebble range.
u lta leasing system be nanol three
years longer giving time 70 bald stations Jig wells aud establish
nsaaas present tara on WOOL and its extension to Ansoa
Tle substitution law and fair trial i the
power punish expse alleged infacons OF The regulations
More uniform and stringent state bounty haas for predatory animals
operation viii th live stock bureau which
on perhaps point The association oppos
leasing a. the public lands and the demand for law Giving
lions 81 forest rules The leasing system continued
Especially the question Of demanding understandable
stead Of variable rulings, fair alleged
association has the support oi every informed thinking Depart
ent made rulings have by faded
against the theory Of American injunction may
q secured e either side and both have chance for at least hast,
hearing Under the forestry system illustrating difference the
alleged offender thrown reserve without even
e@on'e % ua lie punished IN an Illegal manner for oenses
which are not legally proven and which oenses though they
should b legally still legal oense Williamson
case striking example OF the theory lie
alton Of perjury contracting buy proof
The e easily But the supreme Just decided
that original charge based only on departmental rule which
Is not law and that there be perjury where
which 70 base IL Bot Williamson had facts which the stock
man denied The forestry and other departments rulings
until the system changed Ia
The association uphois reserves whore there really timber tn
reserve For that matter there is little legitimate opposition
oHs action Tor forest preservation The nation needs timber ia
" that the ease needs little The and h
aduaoy aroesdoubcs paid for By iundsin many
reading magazines an built theory that people are pnoan
Of hostile the establishment Of reserves The opposition Il mostly
e pnAmeenn practices in handling Reduce forest service to tut
reason and aa and show disposition these factors and
there viii te need q such frantic defence
One important point the association failed in-
es t nation has 10 the cheap food problem Towns
bal 60 high r labor that the farms and o ranches nearly &
keep ~ win 'e demand fr food products Prices going higher M
not slowly bat by leaps and bounds TO by produe
lion q western would be tragedy.
sh q food would workers back
sh proper relation between supply ana demand
lime million people would painfully hungry indeed multi
oed thousands did insufficient noament There never stat
"A the real
'fces high 60 increase The price would crime Ii
hs Be done by erppng The stock industry that hryes public
anee y shutting size which asset
m's' q we e." th'i does has Done greyou wrong rich
TIE stock industry opened the Rocky u
leuuiaia It hos developed country made multiplied
N'" =" many branches Of industry has been boon the
iisrn factories furnishing them cheap The nation u
interested So Is welfare To e just itself the @
ake sb o stis industry utilize the otherwise ranges
zee Wfsi og ehoap food production. II forest unduy
tele stock ns through the ignorance caprice Ulcers who
oe hy tolerated delegated authority ii IS high time 70 inatt
ba} making laws 60 The eoony oed. laws declare neck
fee Tor reserve they viii be fair and
q, a. the tish 81 ihs whole people ing T.
I stock particularly shespnen have been vinv and woms
tHs ANNOYED by Che forest service Civil service graduates thong
9hsn stoo oeegs sent the Judging and
m h work. q them hardly essential differ does
''geo'ush OR soapveed and real forest They have
aded m he never did and never will GROW ,
NA1 they DO Is no one knows They talk preserving the
~ rs s. lhs shtep would eat the hills into hoows and hold
- Waef Any man Of sense knows that the will
asaes e iai e e hills sheep sheep; that new grass
there every year that there destroy the sheen
90 destroy them and that country wool aud the meat
'rh this rich Civil expert spoilers and his
appcron range an appalling Ignorance Of the l
and other local conditions which make range possible II this
porsienng left to local boards familiar conditions
~ork could e done negeny The forestry bureau
b ruling Tor il m Law itself will not do IT, The
~ boundaries have been extended barren capped
tops iaf above the tree line and these in cx
oge ir magnificent forests given lieu selections land grant
ioad Then after giving away real forests the vast tree
g rafsss included a forest not an.
= g aay intelligence right foundation Tor any government sorv
TIE eles West has legitimate complaint The socknien be-
effected me dires'iy. are naturally the spokssmeu :