The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-03-25
REO|NGTON SEES
FORWARD STEP N
THE PERMIT PLAN
Classification by Experts First
Step Toward Intelligent Dispo.
sition Of 10000, 900 Acres of I'm.
reserved Federal Land in N. M.

Albuquerque y s.. March e.
Tho Eii'ur of fh, Albuquerque I've
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Albuquerque Sew Mexico
Dear sIf You editorial Boo tho Dr..
sue uf Mach .I entitled The Time
ilHH Come Cor United Etfnrt hN the
luhI, land States tu s"gur, the &c.
nInirInr puhli' Domain within Their
Iordtts tuu boz un l matter ~ im-
intense tu tho country uul 81
fteuse Interest 90 900 whu ore think
iur ~ conservation questions pnrticu.
lurlN the stuckmon uf the West.
n Nuu vii. permit mc, { want 90
tuky th" opportunity presented 20
shuW that the proposition 10 govern.
mHuf regulation 81 tango DO grams
matters b. unf usW that BE- has been
successfully operated uu large areas
lu The West b nf irrespective 90 the
question Of who wIu eventually ~
the unW puhli, lands the two fuudu
mputnls uf proper classification % The
lands Huf thfIr regulated uHH must
hs recognized and worked out hN
twuDr and that rho time IH rip" Tor
400 tu Fri together tn nut promptly Boo.
tu effect uu amazingly hir ruuscrNa
uuu measure
A. tuu Intimate The livestock us.
aoCiHi.Hns throughout the West are
urfinr legislation which will apply t
workable system ut government eru
lntiur 90 Tho lands ~ the uuapprups
RATED public domain The urgency
which Httaahs- Geo their current zee.
ummsndaiiuns comes as u result ~
the druuth conditions ~ the past
three Years which hHa brought lu o.
wake. larr, LOSSES Co. the -torkmeu
Who have been USING the public Do
main and hHs. through uNsr-uHs or
misuse. brought Dee titflon 90 the FOR
iFo ON many Thousands nt acres The
Idea ~ government control lH hy me-
means u new one with the sturkm'n
ur cu-nseryatluulHts a public domain
commission appointed hN President
Roosevelt over fifteen years hro. rec.
commended the classification aud reg
ulAtrd use Of the public lands In
answer To- 10 questionable uu this sub
leot lu 1900 over lIOn stockmen ~
1000 addressed declared positively in
favor 81 a classification aud sane con
troll ~ these lnuds The American
National livestock association has rv.
pcitstiN urged legislation 20 this end
% 40 Denver last winter strongly
renewed it, recommendation and uf
hat meeting Secretary of Agriculture
Houston renffrWvI the favorable at
utude of the department 90 agricul.
ture stondf4HtlN maintained during the
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slonrr 81 the general and office, Mr.
Clay Tallm1u stated that the interior
department was convinced ut tho
immediate Necessity ~ such lrri-ln.
ton
AZ CO., ilm, eft thr creation ,t the
forest service boo 1905. tho proposed
control uf Ertrur and range matters
GOO thr national forests mot with most
violent opposition iu many purtH 20
b West The questions which you
raise boo Nuur e.. iturial We're certainly
brought ,lvItlN hyfur the public 40
that tifuv Hud thrcshvd out un the
forum and uu the range.
You say ln your editorial that
Probably mo- ONE would nov desire Io
disturb the status uf the national for
ostH They have proved their useful
ness % value with some possible
elimination. hoy are uk,lN tU
Httua tH ih,N du to-day iur nan
years Go tumt Nh Inference thIs
means that tnr administration ut tnt
national forests has proven sttisiac.
tors Co tht people Of thu states that
the conduct ut the enormous rftElnr
business uu Do lands within
fhr forests handled iluur with th,
forest Problems huH produced result
whiHh argue against auN change
luer mot tho acknowledged rfIhIlIt,
ut forest administration teach I lDHsuf
That ~, can tttr advantage uf Dol
solving thr problems eft control ui thi
d. publ. domain" To-day. tho stock.
mfu usiuE Uttuu forest range VIII,
would recommend J return tu tho cob,
conditions uf ~unrvrult'yd u-v wuul,
be- U wu avis Hundreds ut tsHuDIt
tons uf -tu,kmvu 900 uN,r tuU Unite,
States through their advisory BOARD
ore ElNIur tu the forest service con
strurtN, assistance Doc tn, solution col
problems which tur mHuHryw'u
, presents
Iu isu5 There v.f, boo terms of cat
Ue tnruriur sheep Geo Q cow $780,
600 head HI Hfuuh s. uanE uu th.
ranges within th' national iutF-ts ID
lHts. eleven N,Irs later. There w,f'
5000. 600. goo increase ct O. percent
lu 1905 th, acreage u,ylvd Geo iur
nish forage tu nur VOW was a,t acre.
On 1915 uur COW sub-,sIyd on 80
acres 1h,s, results are ~ great iW
p]urtanec iu showing what can %, dom
tn increase rrlyiur capacity thruuFI
regulated nee hN opening up area
hitherto inaccessible Go stock ur uu
available because ct lack uf water Do
improved methods of htudliug stool
un the raurg through a., Dnnairur
ton uf drIft fences. definite sbltln|
UlpnH. etc
am not bringing this up to nuos
anyone hut iu shot that twenty year
iro there existed a situation uu Ga
national forest IuEcH which Va
. closely akin Co that found ON th
ianEDs Of the uuIpprupriniod publ
domain today and DO We believe
prnfitinE from valuable experience
We have the opportunity Co du b
right now The forage Of our RAM
lands Is hlsiclliy u rosourc ut lars
value. Through I"upvr use % can D
made q osourer D Doe depended "a
permanently and o. 90 ipCrcuFe }
value, In this respect "a N ~ VIII
offers from the forest resource ,
this country The only difference he
tween the two b. the time u takes
produce a crop
Everyone would agree that "a
lnnds. wherever located. should 7
devoted To their most valuable uH
We know that within the public d'
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