The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-12-22
FOREST PRIVILEGES
QUITE SURE To
ADVANCE
INCREASE or FEES NOW IN con.
TEMPTATION FOR GRAZING
Under Present Conditions Stockmcn
Using the National Forests Arr I'm
Toying Privileges That Cannot H.
Obtained In Any Other Manner
Must Pay the Government Morr.
Tho sun Special Service.

The sun Special Service.
OGDEN. Doc. is.-The returns
from grazing viii rise ~ more stock
Use the forests In consequence Of
range Improvement aud the develop.
mcnt of new ranges There H. now In
contemplation an increase In the
grazing fee which would result In a
marked further addition Co the re-
ccipts fund when regulation OF
grazing on the national forests began
n low scale OF charges was adopted
This was necessary at the outset. both
Co prevent undue disturbance % the
live stock Industry which has been ac-
customed 60 using the ranges free Of
charge. and 90 facilitate the working
out Of system of control which
would secure the best use of the range
and restoration of IL productivcncss.
During the past ten years OF grazing
regulation the value of the range 10
the stockmen has materially incrcaH-
ed, Improved methods 81 managing
both the range aud the stock have
been introduced. LOSSES are fcwcr.
production " greater and IN. product
h. 81 higher quality A the same
time the outside public range has been
greatly reduced. while the demand
has grown.
Although there have bcrn some re-
Adjustments of grazing charges. there
has been NO general advance In the
rates. Present users of the national
forrrt ranges are pasiHs nuch less
than the prevailing local rates on
private. state and Indian lands. This
may be illustrated by some typical ox.
I al MIA In L. ~ Of
thern Pacific railroad leased for sheep
grazing bring the equivalent of TWEEN
ty-fiye cents per head. as against a
charge Of five cents on adjoining ma
tional forest lands ON the Crow In
dian reservation. In the same state.
competitive bids realized oighty-ono
cents for sheep, while cattle grazers
hid three dollars ON adjoining nation
al forests the sheep rate In thirteen
ana "A half cents and the cattle rate
| fifty-four cents. ON the white
Mountain aud San Carlos Indian res.
creations, In Arizona. cattle pay
t2.4O horses $500 and sheep fify
cents, on adjoining national forest
lands quite as good cattle pay forty
eight cents. horses sixty cents and
sheep twelve cents. In California the
/ fhAANfAN NNNAAA AAAAANNAN NNANNlAN INV
cents per acre for land leased for
grazing. while similar land adjoining
national forest lands yield one and
four-fifths cents per acre.
The present demand for grazing
privileges on o majority OF the for
ests FAR exceed, the carrying capacity.
and the demand a. on the Increase.
| Under these conditions stockmen using
the national forest ranges are enjoy
ing special advantages over those who
must pay for range on a competitive
basis or do without. The value of
ranches aud stock has markedly in
creased. "a Is well recognized In cur
rent commercial transactions. hy viz
tue Of preference privileges 20 use OF
the forest ranges II Is an established
principle OF national forest admins
/ tration that the man who h accord
ed "A privilege OF exclusive use OF land
or material for commercial profit
shall pay the public In proportion 20
the value OF what he receives. This
Is Just. both from the standpoint OF
the public as owners Of the forests
aud from the standpoint OF other in
dividuals over whom otherwise the
holder OF the privilege would be UNI
duly favored.
IL has become plain that increase OF
the benefits derived by stookmen
from national forest administration
without a commensurate increase in