Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-08

| sheep husbandry and tho wool-grow-
Ing Industry has contributed its quota
to the prosperous conditions that havo
been enjoyed by the settlers and It has
done It's share to make possible the
| building OF homes. schools and church,
cs. and thus bring about that condition
| OF community interest and we'll being
that makes life pleasant and worth
living.
GRAZING REGULATIONS.
The regulation OF grazing and the
| allotment OF ranges occupied by the
| woolgrowor has been beneficial when
carried out with due consideration OF
the interests OF the parties concerned
the forestry service has, however. at
tempted much In their policy OF regu-
| latlon that has been Injurious rather
than beneficial Much has been said
about the little man and the caro- Tor
MN and starting him out In business
at the expense OF the larger holders and
the policy of the forest service has
been to reduce the holdings of some and
give them to others, This policy has
been seriously objected to by the par
TIES who suffered the loss and In most
Instances they have had just cause for
complaint because no recognition was
given them for the grazing privileges
| taken from them, whereas, as a matter
OF fact and in tho light OF justice. the
| privilege to Craze upon the forest re-
serve was as much theirs by prior right
as the privilege to use water out OF
the public streams becomes a right by
beneficial use. True, the forage with
! in the forest belongs to the entire
community. but SO does the water in
the streams. and a prior right TO either
of them should be determined by the
use and occupancy that has been ac-
quired by the party In possession
In IN nhS9rNptinn
has resulted from starting men in busi-
ness at the expense of others. 1t has
created spirit that is un-Amerlc1n
and Is sociallStic In it's tendency and
while socialism may be all right l am
not a believer In it
The sheep business to be made a
success OF requires a practical knowl-
edge OF 1t with considerable patience
and intelligence and constant care
that few other branches OF industry re-
quire. Protective limits and minimum
limits have been set upon certain re-
serves which did not invite the prac-
tlcal man inaSmuch as tho limits Were
too small TO engage his attention and
he well knew that no profit could BE-
made out of the number of sheep per-
mitted TO the beginner and only these
who were beginners in eyery sense Df
the word have taken advantage of the
invitation from the forest service. In
some instances the privilege of trans
fcritnS grazing privileges has been cX-
tended and the same arc naturally more
or less valuable but the parties who
were reduced in the first place received
nothing whatever but were compelled
TO relinquish for nothing their rights
and privileges in favor OF someone else.
L do not agree with this method OF
procedure. but do approve of the sale
OF sheep with the range privileges In
ot,fr H1,- 70 at,ks ~
to the transaction. When those num-
bers shall not exceed forest reserve in
question. 1t seems to me that 1t would
be only fair TO all parties concerned.
the man desiring to engage In the buSi-
ness and the one wanting to get out
of IL, when the carrying capacity OF
a reserve has been determined. for the
forest service to say to the beginner
desiring to engage In the business.
yes, you can get all the sheep You
can purchase on the reserve up to the
maximum limit" II the beginner COM
planned that tho price demanded by the
sheep owner already using the forest
was excessive 1t would be evident that
he was not familiar with tho intrinsic
value OF the sheep and the ranges. and
that the man who was in possession ot
the range and sheep knew best their
value.
SEEK THE PROFIT.
No man engages In this industry for
his health or the pleasure there Is In
It Too many cares and hardshlps oc-
company the business for anyone 10
attempt II except for profit. Ordinarily.
when a man Is In the business and is
offered fun value he will dispose of Ii
and II not II would be better TO leave
the determination of the value in his
hands and If he cannot get what ne
feels is value let him go ahead and
successfully handle his business, rather
than to adopt any regulation that will
place the determination of this matter
out OF his hands.
There Is q very Objectionable uncer-
tainty to a business that may be re-
duced certain per cent In a year or
two and under some regulations there
is no telling what there may be done.
In this respect the policy of tho re-
serve in the past has been somewhat
like lightning or even worse. Lightning
never strikes but once In the samo
place but the forest service may strike
several times and no ono knows hc%
hard 1t may strike.
All will agree that whatever condi-
tions of certainty and permanency aro
incorporated into the forest regulations
will be of great benefit to the business
being regulated The fivc-year lease
upon IGSSTHtS is lTOIn
this standpoint step in the right d.
rection and 1t Is to be hoped that the
cutting down of outfits will in the fu-
turo be left to the discretion of those
that own them and the regulations so
formulated that this can be done and
still be IN harmony with the forest poll
cy
TIMBER CUTTING.
While q discussion of the rules and
regulations concerning the cutting and
selling OF timber may to some seem out
of place In this convention, neverthc-
less 1 am confident that tho men who
compose this convention are broad
minded enough to take part in this
question from every standpoint Tho
regulations surrounding the cutting OF
timber In the reserves are quite rigid.
and necessarily So 1t IS very proper
that tops should be piled and every pre-
caution taken to prevent forest fires.
Much has been accomplished along this
line that is very commendnble, Tho !
rule of the forest service is that the |
settler can cut his own timber and have |
It sawed, and this Ia truo in theory but |
1t does not work out In fact The price |
of lumber In this intermountain region |
is excessive in a great many Instances, |
In my state 1t has been harmful and |
detrimental to the settlement OF the |
country. Tho prospective homebuilder. |
not able TO take advantage of the for |
est service regulation, and perhaps far |