The Raymer enterprise., 1916-08-03
FARMERS WISE TO
HERD LAW" DANGER.
CITY DWELLER IN DARK
Fight Against Disguised Fencc.measure Turned 10 City
and Town. Eleventh Hour Petitions for Bill Crcu.
lated in Pettish Anger by Backers, and
Disclose Strange Things

TO hire h,rderL should an unscrupu
lous neighbor CHOOSE 10 drive that
farmers cattle onto his own property.
II was shown to be 4 measure that,
rather than being beneficial TO the
small and struggling farmer. would
rob him OF his greatest source OF sus
ienGnce. The average rancher 0. Colo
rato can raise on his acres only feed.
ing crops. His one. or two or three
eows.-whirh James J. Hill declared
the salvation OF the country In the
future-are that which stand between
him and his family and hard times
thru periods OF stress and planting.
End failure OF crops. Deprive him Of
the opportunity TO feed those cattle
on the public domain and he IL
robbed OF his greatest farming asset
He is forced TO build fences about his
own acres. on which he cannot prop
erly feed his own cattle. TO keep them
off the lands untitled. lands that In q
Western state only partially settled
are the God given property OF the
man who is struggling 10 make him.
seli a home. so long IS they remain
open.
They Turn Deaf Ear.
And rs those things were realized
by the farmers. business men and
stookmen OF the state. together with
the fact that the proposed Law would
mean that 50.0u0.000 acres Of unfenced
lands in the state would be closed 10
grazing. that II would drive fYom
the state livestock growers and II
consequence deprive the rancher OF
his market for hay and forage crops;
that Il would discourage as long as Il
remained stale law tie settler from
turning his face towards Colorado;
that depreciation In lnnd values. and
constant rEncor and Giseord between
neiglbors would fall 10 the LOT of the
state-these things were realized and
the agriculture farmer. big and little.
turned a deaf ear 10 the siren song
OF the measures hackers.
There was q lapse OF interest,"
hiatus during with no petitions
were circulated. Gnd the Great Divide
siilled Its clamorous noise. And then
July C-there appeared in a Denver
Newspaper an editorial OF warning, .
calling attention to the fact that,
leaving all other considerations out
of II, the sinister influences behind
the herd law should build for II oppo-
sition. The editorial challenged tie
unselfish purpose Of Yolney IIoggatt
--he whose record en- the state land
beard has In il no hint OF burning de-
sire 10 thwart the big cattle owner
or bic land owner-and his masters,
Bon and Tam. II pointed out The
dangerous possibilities OF the bill.
In eaby'sh Anger Renew Flight.
And that morning the hcnchmen O!
Tho Post were summoned. They
secured Denver for sisners begin
ming with The employees OF The Denver
Post II IL easy to get signers In
cities to petitions proposing a law OF
any kind, no matter how neiarIous,
how ridiculous. how drastic. And 10
two days The Post AMI Great Divide.
seeking for selfish interests TO folst
on the state law disastrous 10 the
states greatest promise Of future
wealth. continuing tina, effort in q
retulant and petiish III Of anger over
competitors honest criticism, garn-
cred It's majority OF signatures
which can by no mNans he termed
snpporfers--fo It's petitions. After the
farmers. dalrymen and livestock men
OF the state-those who alone will hc
affected directly by the law-had
turned down the dangerous fencing
measure, the city dweiler was turned
TO as means cf saving Il from the
limbo OF forgotten things. And By
that same Ingenious process-imposi.
iion on the voters OF city and to~n
who. II Is hoped by them. will con.
tinue a negative lcihargy concerning
the truth about the measure
Post and The Great Divide plnn 10
force the law on the statute books.
Those opposed to the measure Dc.
clare all they ask of the voters OF
Colorado is an impartial study Of the
so-called herd law. a study based only
on a desire to cast their ballots to
the end that the greatest good 10 the
greatest number be done. That kinA
OF study VIII convince, they contend.
those who have given little attention
to the matter, and those who are hon.
estly the measures adhe,erts, that the
bill is an iniquitous one. designed and
supported for selfish reasons. MIsisd
by specious argument, by false state-
ment. by confusing clothing OF YER
biage in which the hackers have Of.
fered their measure to the public.
some are sincere IN their belief Il ID
In reality a herd law. beneficial. II
passed. to the state II Is TO these and
the unthinking and careless the op.
pcnents appeal
As in other campaigns wased By the