The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-31
BARNES SAT51
WAS N|sQ(5
Forest Service Expert n
Figures on Raising I
Sheep.
NTERMOUNTATN corn,
COST MAY BE MUCH I
Says That Tariff Board n
ing No Effort in S,,,,
ing Facts. 1

VII! G. Barnes OF tbs r.,
forest service says that Jon, :
who, In an Interview IN
yesterday. took exception "a
given a reporter of an opa,.
Mr.. Barnes. Is laboring und,, !,
ception Of Mr.. Rarnes's nosI,l.
the reporter did not s,s,.
hgures given him. His s..I A.
nearly agree with those r.y., {
une by Mr.. Mackay. Il
Mr.. Barnes Will spend 49,,
In Utah interviewing shesnr
piling reports for the tariS W
that ne will go 70 C0IoraSa
10 Idaho. Wyoming aud Mc,..
In u statement given our h. =
az Hotel Utah last night h,
understandings which NAV ~
interview in the Ogden ssrS
was misquoted. Mr. Barn.
II dislike extremely Ia ~.
rectness OF an interview bs,.
reporters are quite as AMT.
their interviews straight as A.
teryiewed to have them so ~
view with me published IN x
Standard and reproduced an I =
by the Associated Press i'm
OF raising sheep, gave a consts,
meaning TO the few figures / 4,
make me responsible for nj,
neither made nor INTENDED "a :
Says He Was MlsqusId
II most positively did ~ !
$3.50 represented the total ~
ing one sheep. What I 6ld ~
swer TO the question ut os
running sheep In this west =,
the southwest. New Mexico n
California, where ] was ban +
with the industry, the cot h
q band Of ewes was betSyss 4
sl.50 per head.
II explained that by rlnulsr
was meant the ordinary ranr,
which every Ehecpnlan Bpds1
being the labor. sheaElug 4
handling and other purely ni5'
expenses,
"If Mr.. Mackay had rad a
carefully he would have 80
speaking OF the southwest "a
article constantly refers to lt1|
tho country.
II was particularly cAseid d
to the reporter that In the ~
toned their labor cost vat :
than In the northwest statz. d
investment In lands In ,hs h
was vastly heavier than DOM g
/ stated would naturally mIh
able difference in tho cod 4
sheep up here a j
Near Mackay's HgrH|
II have always estimated us|
expense of q band OF eBH q
the northwest ct close to NN
and as Mr.. Mackay eays Il q
not far off. These figures u
result OF my work for the e
for I have been n close stu4s||
cost matter in running ssfz
sheep FOR several years hrt !
TO half a dozen magazine a1tt
articles which / have pub'lItz
7 have used these exact 1ET
Regarding the wool clip | q
what the average was and n;
in New Mexico II was cos
pounds; In Arizona, six pc.n4
California seven pounds ]
that in Utah. due TO the E7s
I OF sheep raised, ] rather po-ll
near eight pounds. A well'1l
man listening 10 the convs'n
ne thought ] was wrong a@
was the right number
He took the average al -
which In my judgment VIII
be approximately correct.
"I was asked what sheep a
last year for their wool ana y
tween 12i and II cents, M
of lambs. / replied from u
per head. "a
"For the yearly increase J
II ran from 60 Der cent ~
to as high as l05 per cent ID
took en- average OF SO per -
said wns approximately ecs3
region under discussion. ata
q series of years II holds ~
whole western renge cou1W, =,
the southwest. On thls lnIysts ts
Standard man based hlc M.a
Mr.. Mackay refers 10 'ns
sheep men, the Interest ~
etc. These arc not propen,
penses on u hand OF sheep. -
accounted for under anotGa
Every item mentioned y
kay. as we'll as many ONES
fully covered In the coast : N
nished by the tariff board n ~
shccpmen for them 10 ha
of these schedules is
carefully item!zed accoun. o.
~ the herd OF sheep under g
| for the year given. many
long terms OF years @ mne
is made by the tariff "s. "s",rIr
be the reflection OF the ops
sonal judgment OF myseiI "
other agents OF the boare. -
ment coming. from fhe s'i IN
selves, as impartial and '@
possible to make It ~,
Has Put Woolmfn ~
"As to the intimatlon eSu'. %.
Mackay's statement that ,M
pose OF the investigation y i,Ss5
a showing as to secure mi \
wool tariff. l can only say asya"I5 Ma
Ing up these many sebS, se,,eS,y q
woolmen have repea'eat,r ~ ~
attention 10 the expense d =, "a
which they had overIoosSss, n
left out would have InS.s ysyy :
OF producing their WOO wool s ss
| than II should properly SS ID
"This has been dome s.rp " -
orders. for they are 'hag, Ie d
whatever the report .lpy sllpv' "a
as nearly correct In evv, e'a5e
ticular as 1t can be nl'I ISod 4
"The taking OF These e,,,,i u
f. still under way, ana an u tst5
assembled In Washington hliiviuf I
arranged by states no n vhai {
riye The faln;est Idea oi
It, ., cbnw "