, 1908-02-04
REPLIES
TO BELL
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the amendments they prepared was
not unanimous. There were fourteen
of the committee who favored it; one
gentleman from Nebraska favored 1t
all except n section, which section
referred to the punishment of those
who do not obey this law; another
gentleman from Colorado D 1t
entirely. This report was presented
to the convention, at which there were
something owe four hundred of the
most representative stock growers in
the entire western country from many
states, and after a lengthy debate, in
which Mr.. Bell had an opportunity to
have his say, was adopted by a vote
of 1861 to 32h. As Mr.. Bell seems TO
object to the $50 votes that the Texas
delegation was entitled to, we can en-,
tirely dispense with that attendance,
and 1t would then leave the vote 246B
to 3214, and of these 246h men, Mr..
Bell speaks as follows:
Mr.. Bell Quoted.
81 a well understand the stupidity
of men who favor the Burkett bill, for
= Texas man comes up here with his
shrewdness, and makes you northern
men pay this mans salary" (speaking
OF Judge Cowan, the attorney of the as.
s%ociation). So it will seem that from
these resolutions, not including the
Texas delegation, Mr.. Bell has taken
the position that an immense majority
has stupidity as their principal attr..
butte. He further tries to make people
believe that there will be no system
but the permit SYSTEM and tries to
give the incorrect impression to the
public as to what Mr.. Pinchot, the for,
ester, said in his letter, manly, that
the cost would be 81 per head for
grazing cattle and 80 cents per head
for sheep, which is not a fact, n :
quote herewith, verbatim, the letter of
Forester Pinchot to the chairman of
the grazing committee in regard to this
matter:
From Pinchot's Letter.
Il think, however, that maximum AMI
minimum rates OF charge might be
prescribed in the act to be effective for
a period of five years after its passage.
| think these maximum and minimum
charges should be on an acreage basis,
" cent and 5 cents per acre; on d
per capita basis for the year long pc,
riod, 80 cents and 81 per head on cat.
tie, 35 cents and $1.5O per head OF
horses, 10 cents and 35 cents on sheep
and goats"
From this it will readily be seer
that the idea is that the maximum fee
should be 81 per head on cattle and the
minimum fee 80 cents per head per
annum. There are certain localities
where 81 per head wound be cheerfully
paid for the privilege of running cat
tie for one year, and there are dis,
tricts in Nebraska where even more
would be paid could an individual Sc
cure such privilege under fence. State
ments to the contrary cannot be borne
out by Mr.. Bell or anybody else, and it
is unfortunate that he should have un-
lnrt lnn IN uiyn n fa1Ca ipnnrauginn To
the public on these matters for such
things will only do him harm.
No Danger of Dissolution.
So far as his remarks are concerned
as regards the death of the American
National association at its convention
in Los Angeles next January" no one
pays any attention to such remarks,
informed of the immense value of this
association to the. stock interests Of
the country, and there are a lot OF
cool-headed, sensible men managing
that association who certainly will see
to its being perpetuated. Mr.. Bell, as
a matter OF fact, has not been contin.
.ued either on the executive commit
tee or on the grazing committee of
that association, and it has been said
by those who have had authority in
such matters that the reason was that
no one could tell where he stood, as
ha waS cp~DStant1y on hpfb SiJae Of tba
question, according to whom he might
be with. His testimony before the com
mittee on agriculture of the United
States senate last winter, which is
printed and which anyone d secure.
demonstrates that beyond a question,
and the esteem" which he seems to
have had at that time for Mr.. Pinchot,
when questioned by Senator Perkins,