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Show STOCK RAISERS SHOULD ONITE Salt Lake, .Ian. 24. ' The sheep and cattle men of the United States must combine not only to offset foreign competition in sending beef and mutton mut-ton to the United States, but also to obtain better rates from the govern-men govern-men for the grazing of cattle and sheep unon he public domain' said former Governor Frank R. Gooding of Idaho prior to his departure last night for his home in Gooding, Ida. Mr. Gooding takes the position that congress con-gress has opened the country to the markets of the world and that in order or-der to compete with the cattle and sheep raisers of Australia and r?en fina the federal government must enable en-able the grower to lessen the cost of production of cattle and sheep. ' For years there has been a feud lu t ween the cattle and sheep men of this country," said Mr. Gooding "but tho time has now come for them to get tocether and unite for their on salvation The removal of the tariff from foreign moats and their entrance into this country without being in-sppried in-sppried before the cattle are Blaugh tered has caused great alarm among both sheep and cattle producers. From Australia there is alreadv being imported im-ported to the seaports o; our western coast beef and mutton. This meat Is produced upon the great ranges of Australia at a comparatively small cost and the Australians have been able to undersell American meats. ' Gne Of the greal things which both the sheep and cattl mn must combat com-bat is the tariff We -hould have at least a tariff that would protect us In the difference in h5 cost of production pro-duction if not in the cost of feeders, in the cost of grazers unon the rai ges of the west. Another thing which must be fought is permitting foreign countries to send meat to this eoun-tr eoun-tr without having It Inspected at tlm originating point The stamp 'U. S. Inspected and Passed' is plnred n the moat and then it is sold for home-billed home-billed moat The cattle and sheep men of the west must get together and remedy this. ' As tho time Is comm.; when the public domain outsido of the forost reserves is to be placed under the supervision of the federal government it behooves the cattlo and sheop men who use these ranges to get together and see that a law Is passed which will combine supervlsi m with justice. I do not think that the Iever bill, the Gronna bill and tho Mondoll bill, pending heforo congress at this time, contain sufficient protection for the users of the ranges ord there must be an entirely new bill passed by congress wherein the diffeient local conditions are taken into account. I believe that the outsi lo ranges should be placed under the supervision of the department of agriculture and un der officials of the department of for estry, who have charge of the grazh'j; on forest reserves at this time The-are The-are familiar with the live stock industry indus-try and the local advisory board.i which we now have in all grazing slatns will aid in proper superl?ion "The woolgrowers will oppose any high charges for grazing and will object ob-ject to placing the ranges upon a commercial basis," oo |