, 1908-01-13
The Resolutions.

Following are The resolutions as
adopted:
l. Be it resolved by the Wool Grow
ers' association of the state of Wyo-
ming in its fourth annual convention
two years have elapsed since the pro-
posal to lease the public range was
first forced upon the attention of the
people of Wyoming by the administra-
ton, thereby causing all interested per.
sons to make a close and exhaustive
study of range conditions and after
due consideration to realize that it
would be impracticable to lease gov.
eminent lands under any form or de.
vice, and that to do so would practical.
ly ruin the stock industry of the state,
working particular hardship to the
smaller stockman and h~ome-builder,
and retarding the development of our
state; that we are unalterably oppos.
ed to the principles enunciated in the
~so-called Burkett bill, introduced in
the senate of the United States upon
the 21st day of December, A. ID. 1907,
anu = any oSoNthi DloNluihS lol lSueld al
leasing of the public range; that We
denounce and condemn the policy CT
the administration in its management
of our forest reserves, for the reason
that the present policy is unjust, In
fair, and results in a discrimination
between the different classes of stock
men; that the withdrawal from the op.
GRAFTON of the land laws of large tracts
of grazing lands that are wholly de.
void of timber, is unjust, and can in
no wise tend to preserve the forests
of our country; and that the imposi.
ton of a tax or license fee for ~frazing
in the forest reserves is without au
thority of law, and in no way con.
ductive to the preservation of the for.
ests.
2. Resolved, That we condemn the
forestry policies carried out in the
Black Hills national forest which ex.
clude sheep from all grazing privileges,
and make it impossible to obtain even
a trailing permit to enable shippers to
reach the best shipping points. This
condition exists Notwithstanding the
fact that there are thousands of acres
of land upo which practically no
stock of any kind now grazes, and ths
fact that the part of this reserve stu
ated in Wyoming is the only reserve
in the state from which sheep are .ex-
cluded. We appeal to our representa-
tVes in congress TO request that the
forestry department appoint a practt.
cal inspector to meet a committee of
stockmen of Weston county TO ~investi-
gate the condition stated, with the
view Of rendering justice to all con
cerned.
8. Resolved, That we are opposed To
the imposition of regulations by the
public land officials, whereby the rul-
ings of the department officers are in
terpreted as being above and superior
to the law.
4. Resolved. That we deplore tde
methods adopted by Clifford Pinchot,
chief of the bureau of forestry, in dis,
~seminating wrong impressions of the
existing range and forest conditions in
Wyoming through eastern newspapers
and magazines. False statements are
written as truths, and misrepresenta
tons become prolific with suspicious
as to the honesty and integrity of wy
omtng stockmen. Such policies ara
detrimental to the integrity of govern,
ment officials and retard the develop
ment of our state.
8. Resolved, That we commend the
action of the newspapers of Wyoming
which oppose the Pinchot policies; up
on the other hand, we absolutely cor
denim the utterances of certain news, !
papers, owned n controlled by fed
eral officials, in ~endeavoring to impose
a system of landlordism upon the peo-
pie of Wyoming.
6. Resolved, That we petition con,
gress for the enactment of a law which
will compel interstate railroads to
transport live stock between feeding !
points at a speed of not less than fiji.
teen miles an hour, including all stops
Z. Resolved, That a committee of
five be appointed TO meet with the OF
ficials of all railroads operating within
the state of Wyoming, for the purpose
of making arrangements for the reduc-