, 1908-01-11
RESOLUTIONS BY
THE COMMITTEE
GARRETT RANcHMAN. GIVES HIS
VIEWS OF THE TEXT AND THE
MEN WHO PREPARED 1T.
Subcommittee Represents One-Thirc
Of the Three Million Acres of Land
in Albany County-how Present
Arrangements Work Against the
Small Home Builder of Plains.

Garrett, Wyo., Jan. IL have read
with much interest a series of resoln.
tons published in a recent issue OF
your paper N manufactured by n
committee of gentlemen calling them.
selves "~home-builders and the sover-
igns of the country who paid tina
bills" They have n very rare mec-
it-they give out no uncertain sound.
Bells Codicil.
These resolutions consist of seven
regular sections and a codicil added
by Colonel Bell, which | will dub sec
ton 8. Section l recommends the es-
tablishment of a meteorological depart.
ment in the university, the object, of
course, being to urn out college-inish-
ed scab inspectors and horse doctors.
Section s characterizes all college grad
uates-whether they be seal tnspec.
tors, horse doctors or psychologists
or range riders-as stupid, impractical
and engenderers of trouble between
sheepmen and cattlemen.
Why More of Them?
If this be the character of the college
graduate, why make arrangements to
turn out more of them? Would it be
better to leave all these knotty in.
dustrial subjects to practical men of
horse sense and much hot air? One
example will illustrate the difference
between the two.
Point Made Clear.
The trained psychologists, in or,
] do. 70 til thA 1t.tA - .- -
all cattle dipped, both the inspected
and uninspected. Quite a number of
ranchmen refused to dip because theII
cattle We're clean. When they came
to ship the college trained bacteriolo,
gist locked the stock yards and would
not allow them. only one man in this
county had scab. He is a practical
man with much horse sense, who was
anxious to get rid of the scab and lie
took a shor cut. He shipped his scab
to Omaha. The county is now clean.
Which is the better plan is still an
open question.
The Documents Daddies.
l believe the best way to understand
this whole range problem is to make
ourselves acquainted with the gentle
men who manufactured these resolu
tons. The committee was composed
Of ten prominent men all living in the
city except one. But a subcommittee
of six actually daddied the document.
all of whom live in town.
They Want Federal Control to Cease.
There are in this county 5000, 000
acres of land. O%ne-third of this land
is owned or controlled by the our in,
dividuals m two corporations COM
posing this subcommittee. 1t is per-
fectly logical that they should want
federal control of the public range to
cease. The very worst enemy they
could possibly rave is the small home
builder and the very best way to get
rid of him would be the Mondell bill.
How Plans Are Fooled.
| know a small man now who is
thinking of filing on land within the
limits of on of the corporations com
posing this committee. Should he of
fer to buy four sections of isolated
land representatives of this corpora
Nloi NOulu bc iItothl " run up III
price far beyond his reach. The only
just way to deal with the land within
railroad land grants is to offer to
swap one section for the other and
throw the balance open for settlement
no matter how long it would take.
The next best way is to lease limited
amounts to the actual settler, who
does his WI work and pitches his
own hay"
Political Weak Spots.
Section Z points clearly to some
weak spots in our political armor that
should rd1eive Immediate attention.
Five of the members draw salaries as
direct from the government as any
postmaster or range rider. These
five ship annually 1,100,0 900 pounds Of
wool and the government guarantees
them eleven cents per pound bounty
on every pound of it, a grand total of
$121 900. For this princely salary they
render no enthusiastically none.
The fellows who swell the pay rolls
OF political appointees" do render
some service.
Walkers Figures.
Mr.. Walker gives us some figures on
the cattle and sheep industry. The re
ceipts from the sale of cattle last yeaf
were $4,000, 900. The receipts from
the sale of sheep and wool were s12,-
616,S00. Assuming these figures to be
correct, the important question is:
How many people doe the sheep in
dustry support? Are they home build
ers, nomads or city people?
How many people does the cattle
industry support? Are they honIe
builders or city folks?
Live in Towns and Cities.
Two years ago the State Wool Grow.
ers association claimed that there
were 1000 parties engaged in the
sheep business in the state and 500 of
these lived outside of the state. l am
il the bounds of reason when l assert
that the majority of these live in the
towns and cities and are not home
Builders, but nomads. They rely not
on skill and industry for a living but or
bounty received directly from the gov