, 1908-01-10
WYOMING SHEEPMEN
ASSEMBLE In LARAMIE
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industry from the waste of mountain
and plain until it ranks today in the
production of both wool and mutton
as the leader in this great and grand
union of ours. l appeal to every in.
telligent and broad.minded man, and
the world in general, Is such heroism
worthy of no reward, and such accom-.
plishments entitled to no considera-
ton?
Theodore Roosevelt.
We take a ~pardonable pride in one
sense of the word in the fact that wa
have a man in the White house, Theo.
dore Roosevelt, who, on the hurricane
deck of a cayuse, sleeping on the bare
breast of Mother Earth, covered only
by the bright blue canopy of heaven,
dressed in ~high-heeled boots and SOM
broro, with dangling spurs, in spite of
summers sultry heat and winters
driving snow, dashed DER the barren
~wind-swept hills and built up his Wig.
orous constitution on the plains of
Montana in a COW camp. He acquired
a broader view of his country than any
of his predecessors. Yes, he attained
more.
Down on Range Sheep.
He gained a prejudice against the
range sheep industry that has never
before been harbored by the executive
officer IF this great and grand union
| admire him because he is honest ana
true to his prediction. In one sense
of the word, he obtained this impress
sion in an honest way. During his
short career as a cowboy, the air that
he inhaled, the food that he ate, the
water that he drank, his daily asso.
%ciates, and every word spoken were
impregnated with this same u%nreason-
able hallucination, the impression be-
ing so ~unrelenting and the support ap-
parently so answering that he was,
moment by moment, hour by hour, day
by day, led to believe that sheep were
natural born devastators and their
owners wandering nomads, or a set of
range pirates who feared no God and
respected no flag.
Golden Hoof Improves Range.
Had he been differently situated and
inclined to give this matter a fair and
impartial trial, he would have found
THAT the golden hoof of the sheep i'm
proved the range that the owners are
lever progressive, law-abiding citizens
and the financial bulwarks of our
country. His false impression has
been reinforced to such an extent by
the similar belief of a subordinate, and
it is with unfathomable regret we
chronicle that his better judgment is
SO densely e~nshrouded with conceit
that he is not in a position to do the
range cause justice.
InvincibiIity Predicted.
We shall live to see our industry in
vincible. There is no use to reply up,
on negation, or c~onjole, with scientists
Inactivity will accomplish nothing; we
must work, think, organize, and then
lead upward and onward. Let fair
mess be emblazoned upon u banners,
and let all of is encourage equality
and liberality among men, and demand
just recognition throughout the live
stock realm.
In justice to all parties concerned,
let us sincerely hope that before our
friend in the White house retires to
the ranks, he will have good and suf-
ficient reasons to believe that the i'm
preston that he now entertains is
unjust and unreasonable, and that he
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the men who have labored so zealously
to develope the resources of the west.
What the Sheep Business Is Doing.
What is the sheep industry doing
for the state of Wyoming?" is a ques-
ton often asked and seldom anthem
tically answered.
From the recent report of the state
board of sheep commissioners we find
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state, over 4,500,0 900 head of sheep.
On an average it requires the constant
attention of n man to care for 1000
head of sheep. 1t costs on an average
for labor, feed, supplies, taxes and
incidental expenses $3.50 per year for
one sheep. Every man or the head
of a family, represents five persons.
Six Millions in Expenses.
BY careful computation we find that
the sheep industry contributes annu
ally to labor, support of government
and commercial and agricultural in.
situations over 5000, 900, gives en-
ployment to over 1000 men, and in
a direct way supports over 10000 peo-
Pile, and in an indirect way w 80
900 people; or, in other words, the
industry supports over one-fourth CT
the entire population of the state.
During the past a We brought into
the state from the sale of wool and
mutton over s13 900, 600; while some
of this may be laid away, the greater
portion is being used to develop the
mineral and agricultural resources of
our state.
Organization Pledged.
We have always, and stand today,
for the greatest good to the greatest
number, and we pledge u great or
g~anization to ever be found on the
side of equal rights and exact justice.
In view of the foregoing facts, l ap-
peal to the better judgment Of every
fair minded man, is the sheep indus
try Numerically hostile to home build
ing and development of resources?
Age of Conundrum.
Since the landing of Columbus, the
inhabitants of America have C
tered and lived through starvation,
peace, panic, prosperity, progress, de.
velopment and bereavement, but at
the present m there appears a
new ring upon the horn of time. 1t
is evidently the age Of %conundrum,
OF at least it is so complicated as far
as the action of the department of
iuStice is concerned, that the average