The Delta independent., 1917-01-12

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or just, and the manner of laying it
before the National meeting of live
stock interests is not in reality as
fair as it appears on the surface. be.
cause as matter of fact, the time
given was far too short to obtain the
information for a well founded, lust.
reliable and unprejudiced reply Should
not an equal amount of time for the
tabulating of an equal number of cases
have been allowed? And if so, why
should not the same time have been
used mutually for better, more com
plete and instructive conclusion on
this very important question.
The great grazing interest on the
National Forest with it's many import
ant problems. though an undesired
foster child to the Forest Service.
| is none the less a real child of the
people and a child whose careful and
proper Infringing to its full maturity
holds splendid and wonderful possibil-
tiles for the Department of Agricul-
ture as whole, in fact, to our gov
ernment as whole. because the best
interests of this great basic national
food supply reach far outside the do
main of the Department of Agricul-
ture, and, therefore, cannot be handled
by it alone, without outside aid.
The condition for permitted stock
is artificial and exacting and it
should receive a subsidy. as other
business forced to fulfill or accom-.
plish governmental purpose has re-
ceived a subsidy, and this subsidy
should be adequate. and an ADEQUATE
subsidy should mean fee very much
below that paid on the open market
for restricted patented land of sim.
liar type.
Grazing under governmental permit
properly viewed. is a great govern.
mental agricultural experiment on a
huge scale to determine the most
practical for a form of management
that will result in the greatest good to
agricultural experiment station is il
demanded that it shall not only be
self-supporting but also pay large
revenue toward other outside actiyi.
ties? Grazing at present pays its
way on the National Forest. Is II to
be taxed for revenue2 And not only
that but is the industry to be taxed
or otherwise burdened without repre-
sentation and this has not been ade-
quately provided against either in time
or manner The stock grazing inter.
ests should insist that the Secretary
of Agriculture should postpone for
one year the further consideration of
this measure: that any and all such
proposed measres should contain a
definite statement as to the limi, of
such increase in charges (Which this
measure does not provide) and that Il
should also contain definite period
OF notice. sufficient for the adequate
consideration OF the matter. before
any additional increase in charges be
installed. These very important fea-
lures have apparently not been pro
vided for by the Secretary of AgricuI-
ture. in the letter under discussion.
If the grazing privilege is ever open
ed to the highest bidder. in order to
make the grazed range renumeratiye.
or for other reasons. one condition and
only one will surely and quickly
follow, the stock grazed will all be
owned by few great holders. The
present restrictions will then cease TO
be burdens, for stock cut down here
can be put on there and good business
does not want an over-grazed range.
The government through the Forest
Service has developed system of
handling stock on the range that is.
or soon will be, almost ideal for the
continued best interests on the Ma.
tional Forest ranges and for the stock
on these ranges. One could hardly
imagine more ideal conditions for one
great owner to run stock. careful sup
ervision, drift fences. holding Off OF
poison and immature range. reliable
reports of the results OF this seasons
numbers as a basis for next season.
etc. For the range. for the stock and
for the amount OF marketable returns
It produces. the system is approaching
the near ideal" But the little fellw
who is trying to expand to the size
that the government says he may le
ultimately expand to. and the bigger