The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-15
SHFEPMEN MAKE
STRONG PROTEST

Logan. Dec 1i-The Cache County
Wool Growers association has ar
ranged for n meeting between the
chief forester and all the sheep men
who Craze sheep upon that part OF
the Cache national forest that Is To-
Gated In Utah. The meeting will be
held at the Weber club in Ogden on
Dec 10.
What ara termed the old sheep men
of northern Utah are up in arms con-
cernlng the treatment which they
claim Is unjustly being given them by
the forestry service In the matter OF
permits for grazing. The distinction
made between the old and new sheep
men is the result OF the policy OF
the interior department to restrict the
number of sheep that tho old sheen
men can get permits to Craze.
This number is being constantly
brought down. resulting In demorali-
zatIon TO the men who have large
0ocks, and at the same time giving
permits for new sheep men to put out
their little Gocks The policy results,
sny the old dealers. in flooding the
business with a number OF ineXperi-
cnced men. who are incapable of run
ming their focks at good profit In
fact, they insist, all men are now
running at a loss rather than at a
profit
FIocks Reduced.
"As q result OF tho treatment which
has been accorded u.s." said a promi-
nent sheep man of Logan Yesterday.
1--WE must so reduce our fiocks that
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us, Ten years ago we could run TO-
600 sheep Then the present policy
of the forestry department began to
cut down the number of sheep We
could Craze in the Cache national
forest reserve.
AT the same time small dealers
came in for permit TO run 200 or 300
head and thus the total number of
sheep on the range was not decreas-
ed. but We older people had to suf
fer the loss entailed in running small
herds.
Today" he continued. there are
20 small holders who have from 100
To 600 head They get a permit for
this amount. We who have $500
sheep to run in a bunch. which we
can easily handle with two herders.
must get several permits together to
accommodate our flocks and put them
on an economical basis
AT the same time the little herd
er scratches along to keep his little
flock going. and we with him must
suffer the consequences of the whole
miserable affair The man who knows
the sheep business from A to Il can
not use his knowledge, while the man
who does not know even A about the
matter and runs at a loss because of
his ignorant WAYS. gets as good an
opportunity TO do things as We do.
The only possible outcome is demoral-
ization OF the sheep business. And
that is Just what We are coming TO-"
No Restriction.
To make matters worse" he con-
tinued, so their complaint runs, the
forestry service is doing nothing in
the way of restricting the operations
OF the cattle men The cattle men
are not cut down as are the sheep
men. The cattle can run all over the
country. Yet there are certain set dis
tricts In which sheep can run. And
on this point the old sheep men arc
sore.
1T ought to be-" argued the same
sheep man, that those heretofore
grazing sheep have acquired an equi-
table right to continue on their
grounds, just as water users obtain
such an equitable right We can't
get on our range in the spring as
early as We used to; we can't get as
many sheep there as we used to; VIC
must get permit for a fraction of
our fiocks, and the rest of them We
must skirmish around as best we can.
and then in the fall we must get of
the range earlier than heretofore"