| Show OffiCIAlS AGREE UPON STANFIELD f r MODIFIED HIll BILL J Fear ear r That Misguided Sentiment Senj Sentiment Sen- Sen j Would Harm Grazing Prompted Act WASHINGTON w March 19 Fear Fear ear a misguided public sentiment East on conservation might result res Ht In putting putting- over o a bill to prevent prevent pre- pre vent ent all aU grazing on the forest re reserves reserves re- re serves of the West est has bi brought ought about t out a sudden agreement between Secretary of Agriculture Jardine Secretary Secretary Work Vork of the department tf Gf ff Interior Chief Forester Greeley and the senate public land commit commit- tee They have decided upon a Stanfield Brazing bill bi which will be given right ht of way with promise of ot carry carTy passage passa rol Most important of all however the new newbill newbill bill Is expected to embody those rights rig for which the cattle and anc have contended and will come as a distinct victory for Western Western West Vest ern ln stock Interests Furthermore the committee and Secretary of or Interior Work Vork are now in virtual agreement on that phase of the bill regula regulating grazing on the public domain And all aU this comes about after atter the conclusion of exhaustive hearings and after Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- l Jardine and Secretary 1 york Work ork had each ch in turn expressed the most violent disapproval of many phases of the preliminary draft of the bill introduced in January TESTIMONY AIDED Unquestionably this getting to together together together to- to gether was largely the outcome of late testimony before the public lands committee which showed that man many radical conservationists of ot the East were demanding that there be beno beno beno no grazing permitted In the national nation nation- al forests This disclosure brought horne the extremes to which this element was prepared to go In the name of ot conservation It was the intent of that element so the testimony disclosed to take adv advantage of or the present situation in congress and push through a law barring all livestock from the I national forests This demand as much muchas as anything els else c demonstrated ed to Secretary Jardine and Colonel Colonel Colonel Colo Colo- nel Greeley the wisdom of putting through a bill recognizing in law v for the first time the right to graze on national forest range and in large measure defining the conditions conditions con con- on which that range e shall be used Colonel Greeley with whom many stockmen took Issue during the hearings in to the West Nest last summer has in the words of one senator gone further to meet the desires of the livestock Industry industry industry Indus indus- try than even he had promised and representatives of th the livestock Interests of the West Vest now In Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington are outspoken o In their commendation commendation commendation com com- of Colonel Greeley for the then stand n he has taken WORDING OF BILL While the terms of the bill as agreed reed upon upon will not apt be made public public pub pub- lic He until Secretary Jardines Jardine's report Is received it may be said th the bill will Recognize in law the right of grazing in national forests authorize author author- ize grazing permits to run ten years and so far as practicable to be granted on an ar area basis Preference of renewal given to present reductions reduction's In number of livestock to be made as necessary for new settlers reductions reductions reductions not notto to exceed 10 per cent In inI I ten years Present grazing fees to continue for ten years with Ith reasonable fees to be charged thereafter Boards of appeals consisting of two hero stockmen two representatives of the forest service and a fifth to tobe tobe tobe I be selected by the four to pass upon and carry carryall all questions questions' to the secretary of agriculture for final decision The right of transfer of grazing permits Is recognized when that transfer goes with the transfer of the livestock and dependent property property property prop prop- erty of the stockman heading a permit Senator Stanfield expects his committee with practical unanimity ity to report leport the grazing bill to the senate within a. a a wee week Ie It Is his expectation that nat national onal forest grazing and regulation of grazing g on the public domain will be combined combined combined com com- in one bill as originally proposed pro pro- posed |
