| Show CAREY AGAINST LEASING I ExSenator From Wyoming Presents Negative Argument I ExUnited Slates Senator Joseph M V Carey of Wyoming was now Introduced to speak for the negative side 1 of the < question and was given a hearty welcome wel-come lie said In part V I am cur prised that Col Irish said so much that I can assent to most heartily This question will not down I will have lobe lo-be met by those In the livestock busl ncs in our Western States and Territories Terri-tories The public domain is territory with which the United States has not parted title to west of Urn MissourI river The qucstlonofpublic lands Is 0 vital one for a great majority of our lands in the West except in three States Is still owned by the United States The speaker then showed that tho greater part of the public domain Is 1 atlll open for free grazing and then < thel brought down the house by saying I am opposed to the leasing of these lands I am opposed to the cession of lands to the States without restrictions restric-tions Applause And he held that the restrictions should be such that the lands shall be bettered Nearly GO percent per-cent of the total acreage remain still open and If the illegal fencing is removed re-moved there would be enough kind for all cattle In the domain JIbe United States has acquired land by cession by purchase by 1 conquest and by discovery dis-covery the speaker said There has been little effort to make public land I profitable to the Government these lands have not been a source of pofit and tha policy has been to parcel these lands among small holders and for the United States at this late day to become n landholder would be something some-thing only lately Imagined The Idea has been to leave the publics lands free until taken up by the settler I Bee no reason why this custom should be obstructed ilavs unfavorable to this should be changed looking to the betterment bet-terment of the lands The Government i should hold no property for which It has no present or prospective use This policy has not brought dollars and I conls to the Government but the re I suiting oeneiiis nave been much better making the wilderness more readily I subdued What object is there In leasIng leas-Ing the public domain Revenue The Government docs not need It from such a source V The speaker went on to say that the miner and the herdsman were the true pioneers and the settler followed them In the settlement of a new country there are great difficulties to encounter I especially In the enforcement of law and people have to protect themselves When the ranges are crowded somebody some-body suffers but who would favor a law to regulate how many people should go Into certain lines of business busi-ness I would result In monopoly and restrict freedom In trade Trade trde Trde regulates regu-lates itself The Senator went on to show how six or seven years ago cattle cat-tle were a drug on the market aifd the sheep began to take more prominence and there are now In the country more sheep than there was ever before and the Increase is likely to continue until there Is 1 slump In the sheep Industry Leasing would restrict ownership and many would have to go out of the business I there Is to be leasing at all divide the land up into tracts and lease these tracts to the highest bidder bid-der How few would be accommodated and how many would be left out In the cold and Washington experiences bearing out this made the audience laugh and applaud Leasing would cause confusion hardship and loss I lands are to bo segregated and fenced would the I settler be able to enter and settle without difficulty Necessity knows no law and I hope as long as there Is a public domain that the land will not be closed to men desiring to comp West and grow up with the country coun-try Applause The speaker held there should be no restriction placed on the disposal of public lands and was thankful that there no crown lands here or a landlord system Applause I defy Col Irish or anyone else lo tell me he will find prosperity where land I lordism prevails to degree 10Jsm prevais any Applause Ap-plause We have learned too much of I Irish landlordism to want It Introduced In this country The speaker showed that private ownership beautified a I country and gives tie United States a great advantage over other nations s We want men to have homes and we want herdowners to pay taxes The vast army of settlers coming cannot be stopped Senator Carey closed his address with statistics showing tho rapid growth of Western populations and delivered n brief eulogy on tho cowboy which elicited applause He said he had never seen men In any class In u community more true to their sense of duty than the cowboy and none more than they had done more to make the West habitable Applause Ap-plause r |
