Arizona republican., 1919-07-26
GENTLEMEN FIGHT FUR CONTROL
 1T AL TIE PUBLIC GRAZING LANDS

Charles P. Mullen of Skull Valley, president of the Arizona Cattle Grow CTS association, has been elected presi- dent Of the federation of state and na- tional live stock associations formed recently at a congress called through his efforts at Salt Lake City, Utah, ac- cording to F. E. Schneider, secretary of the association, who returned toI Phoenix yesterday.
 The name of the federation is The United Stockmen's Association for Fed eral Control of Public Grazing Lands" The movement to call the Congress was launched by the Arizona Cattle Grow CTS Association, and the election of its president as president of the national organization is considered as an en- dorsement of his ideas and compli- ment to the cattle growers of this state.
 F. E. Schneider brings full informa- | ton Of the work accomplished at the 1 Convention, and a tentative outline of the program which is tC be launched 1 to secure federal control over the 2S,- l 0O0 900 acres of public domain land in Arizona, as well as over the public do- main in the twelve other states repre- sented at the congress.
 Tt was a big meeting, with 150 dele gates present" said MT. Schneider, in discussing the work done at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City where the con- vention was held
 Our association took the initiative n
 this matter and was responsible for
 the Cd ling of the congress. You must
 understand that our new organization
 IS formed for one particular purpose
 and is not a permanent amalgamation
 of live stock associations. The national
 organizations of both cattlemen ano
 sheepmen sent delegates as well as the state organizations.
 Sessions lasted two days. Each as
 sociation appointed one member tc
 serve on an executive committee, ant
 at a meeting of the executive commit
 tee held after the main session MT Mullen was empowered to act in an! matters that may come up. Senate bill No. 1516 introduced b! I Senator King of Utah, which embraces
 all the legislative principles toward
 which we are working, was indorsed
 This bill is lying idle in the Senate a = the present time, while we develop in 2 terest in. it and urge it's. passage. w { want federal control of grazing land }, just as there is federal control of for h ests Under the present condition l there is an intermingling of herds ol
 the public domain, to the mutual dis n advantage of all owners. S Following is the resolution passed b, Il the congress relative to desired legisa Q ton On the subject of grazing on tn 3 public domain.
 d Whereas Indiscriminate grazing c : public land has resulted in great re y ductior of forage, and,
 "Whereas, Such indiscriminate graz s ing has been brought about by the lac k of supervision by the federal govern T ment, and,
 tt "Wrereas, This condition results d grea. economic loss to the nation, no d therefore be it,
 Resolved, By this convention n stockmen representing the live stoc er interests of the state of Arizona, Cal er fornia, Colorado Idaho, Montana, Nc
 vada, Oregon, South Dakota, Uta T. New Mexico, Washington, Nebraska Ie and wyoming. at a meeting in Sa id Lake City, July 21, 1919, that Congre' IS be urged to enact legislation to u a end that grazing on the unappropr le ated public domain be regulated by u tr federal government under the supe ss vision Of the department of agricultu re with the interests of the livestock m'
 properly safeguarded, and be it flu 1n ther,
 F.. Resolved That we urge the heart of est cooperation between the depar C. ments of agriculture and interior tn i'd this result may be most speedily o DO taine1 "