The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-01-16
0PULtNT WOOL MEN
SCORN THE G. 0. P.
President of Idaho Association Sug-
gests Change of Party-Pass Graz
ing Resolutions.

BOISE=President Hugh Sprout OF
the Idaho Woolgrowers association in
his annual address here Tuesday de-
clared that the sheepmen had received
no special consideration from the Re-
publican party and had prospered I'M
der Democratic administration so
change OF politics might be in order.
He said in part:
1.-THE woolgrowers as a class have
been consistent supporters of the Re-
publican party. Our state has a Re-
publican delegation in Washington in
both the house and the senate. Our
state legislatures for many years have
been strongly Republican, but we have
received no consideration as an In
dustry from either our state or our
national Legislative bodies We have
asked for relief in this state from
laws passed many years ago aimed at
our industry, and have been laughed
at We have had promises from some
of our representatives in Washing
ton that certain laws we demand mi
mical to our industry would be
strongly opposed by them, yet when
a certain bill which we oppose is
passed in the senate by unanimous
consent, neither of our senators there
has the courage to say mo-
"In this day and time. the man who
gets farthest is evidently the best
hand at straddling the fence. We have
been too long on one side Of 1t. The
Democrats have been in power for
two years, and we can still sit up and
take nourishment. We have received
no consideration from the Republi-
cans Why should we still vote with
them? There are men high in the
Republican councils in this assOcia-
tiCn. who, having political aspirations
will frown on any attempt to deliver
the woolgrowers vote to any but the
Republican party. The majority of
us, however, are not out for office,
and we have received no considera-
ton from our party, in power for
many years, why should we still sup
port it? If there was a question Of
doubt as to which way the woolgrow-
ing vote would go, we might receive
more consideration"
President Sproat approved of the
proposed tariff on wool which the
Democrats are considering, and re-
marked that approximately $30,000,-
900 per annum for the last four years
had been lost to the government by
not collecting this tariff.
The following resolutions on use of
the national forests for grazing pur
poses we're passed:
Whereas, the forest reserve Off
cials have seen fit to establish an in
ter-forest maximum to be granted to
any one permanentee using the Idaho,
Weser, Payette. Boise, Sawtooth and
Challis forest reserves, and have plac-
ed this maximum so low that its OPP
GRAFTON would greatly interfere with
the sales of sheep as we'll as to injure
existing values, therefore be it re-
solved that we recommend that the
above mentioned ruling be so amend
ed as to provide for an interforest
maximum limit of 10000 head, which
limit shall apply to the joint use of
all or a part of the forest reserves In
Idaho.
Resolved. that we approve of the
change recommended by the forest Of
ficials which will provide for a re-
duction in the grazing permit in all
cases in which a majority of the
shores of stock interpretations hold
ing permits on the national forests
+ are sold. to the extent that the reduc-
+ ticn shall be on the same basis as
B that imnosed on individual transferr-
y ing grazing rights.
whereas, in certain sections of
Idaho ranches producing consider
81 al'a ouantitv of forage have been
developed and because of their re-
mote location and also because they
are adjacent to forest reserve areas
with reference to transportation "a
+, cil'A'a~ - - imnra ctioa1 for them tC
market their crops except by feeding
the same to livestock, therefore be il
<re-olved that we recommend to the
forert officials a definite policy be
provided that in the granting of new
permits to class A applicants. prefer
ence should be given to the aforemen-