The border vidette., 1925-11-07
CAMERON TO INTRODUCE ae,LL

The new congress will be ask.
ed to save Americas great live
stock industry from complete
destruction" by the extension of
immediate federal aid, it was au
nounced by Senator Cameron,
sponsor of the recent senatorial
Investigations into the conditions
OF public lands in the west, &C
cording to word received here
today by THE BORDER VIDETTE
With the cattle industry vir
tually bankrupt and facing fur
ther losses, Cameron declared,
congress must either provide
adequate relief or watch meat
prices soar to unheard Of heights,
Linked to the relief for the
cattle industry, Cameron said,
legislation will be- proposed to
revise the public land laws and
give eleven western states q
share in the proceeds of the
public domain.
The states which would be be
nefited are Washington, Oregon,
California, Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado, Utah, Nevada, W. yom
ing, Idaho and Montana, ia
which is located 81 per cent of
all public lands.
Cameron announced he would
sponsor legislation calling for:
1. A complete revision Of pub.
lie land laws by which the states
will share in all federal income
from the natural resources on
public lands.
2. A provision prohibiting ex.
tension Of the national park sys.
tenn.
3. A program intended to
promote the development.of ma
tural resources in the public do
main.
For the benefit OF the cattle
industry, Cameron will sponsor
legislation providing:
1. An amendment to the in
termediary credit bank act to
provide easier credits for the
livestock industry. -.
p Authorization of grazing
leases for minimum period of
ten years by which livestock
owners can contract with the
government to Craze their herds
in national forests.
8. Provision for q judicial re
view. including appeals to the
federal courts on all disputes be
tween cattlemen and the fores-
try service.
4. Granting of permits to cat
tlemen to maintain drift" fences
on the public domain.
This Legislation will be based
on the results of q score of hear.
ings held throughout the cattle
country last summer by asub
committee of the senate public
lands committee, Cameron said.
His relief proposals, he added.
will have the committees sup.
port.
The plan to give western states
q share in the proceeds obtained
from public lands is necessary.
Cameron explained, because 81
per cent of the total area in the
IL states named lie within fed.
eral domains and are not subject
to state taxes.
In Nevada. he added, the gov.
ernment owns "a per cent of the
states total area, while IN Utah
81 per cent of the whole state is.
owned by the government. I
Such conditions, Cameron de.
clared, have given these states
bankrupting tax burdens.
In its investigation the com.
mittee found that of the 430, 0O0,.
600 acres of public lands, $780,.
O00, 900 acres are withdrawn from
settlement, either because of
mineral resources or as national
forests, and 185, 600. 600 acres are
desert grazing lands open for
homestead entry.
In that portion Withdrawn from
homestead entry Cameron added.
the committee found 40, ,OO0, COO
acres which included the most
valuable resources in the west,
with water power sites, giant
timber ranges. oil fields. coal,
marble and other mineral de.
posits.
The committees findings, with
special reference to the cattle
industry. will be submitted to
congress as soon as it convenes.
Willis Fl. Hirsch. arrested Mon.
T.