Show JONfA V R r COMBINING ALL CONSERVATION Addresses ase Utah w Wool Growers at Vernal Ga Gathering hering g YE NL n July 16 A Ap AP c cation that h Introduce Intro a bill billat billat at the tho opening of the thc regular session session ses ses- sion of or Of congress congress' next December to combIne all government conserva conservation t tion on one department Vas yas vas given hero today by I Don B. B Colton of ot Utah Tie The chairman of oC tho thio house public J lands i committee committee- e addressing th the Utah Wool Growers Growers' association association- ni said ald Personally Ibelle e that all nil gov- gov conservation activities should be under one department It lt seems to io Sorest forest service ervice park S L and ind the control and conservation of or the tho dp maln main resources es ail l be supervised super super- r. r by on one one head ad 4 In the past this has been Vigorously vigorously vig Vig- opposed b by certain departmental depart departmental mental b. officials I 1 believe hov- hov ever V Vl l. l that sentiment is changing and that that the desire and plans of or the present nd administration n. n for conservation con con- con con- and will ref rc suit In the 1 uniting of all these agencies under on one department TO INTRODUCE BILL Tills This would avoid not only d du duplication and nd expense but will re result Ie suit sult in- in greater efficiency y I sh shall ll pr bably a bill providing for this at the beginning of ottlie the next reg regular Jar session In December i He advocated regulation of ot gras graz In Ing on p to pr prevent vent ove over overgrazing overgrazing grazing and the resulting tion of oC for forage or g and vegetation arid and loss loss' ot of fertility of or the tho soil soli through rapid erosion Fed Federal ral or state control control control con con- would prevent such a situation the speaker said ald y yOne One of of the the big problems n now confronting the western states is tho 0 Jack lack of t r revenue Cl ue to meet to meet the Uie growing demands of ot public ho he c c continued ed These demands de d mands In the main arc are are- legitimate but the r revenues revenues' are not Increasing Iii In Pl pt nto th thie demands Ef- Ef J forts should be made not a amere amore amore more mere orthe burdens burdens' bur dens dens' denser f- f taxation but but also to to- find ne new sources source of or revenue It has s that the federal goVernment c could auth authorize several stat states s to the grasIng grazing gras graz ing on n th the public domain and for forthe the w work rk of p policing ll that the r revenues venues derived from the fees tees charged might be bo turned over vcr to the schools of ot the This plan would b be in accord with the demandt demand t for ir moro more local self government and would avoid avold tho tho- tho creation br of addi addi- bureaus au In Sn Washington REVENUES SLIGHT It has much to commend Its itself There would no doubt be strong ob objection ob- ob n t to the minerals passing to the tho states stiteS Likewise there Would I be opposition to any mO movement t to tr transfer the forests but I I. I can aeb seo seon n no legitimate reasons against the states policing the public domain and if Ir r revenues v hues tan can an b be be derived d lv d the froni-the grazing gr fees without injury to the livestock to k Ind Industry these coult v well lI be turn turned d t our s schools 1 It is th e that t for a a. long a-long long time these revenues would be but bu they wo would ld Increase as tho the grazing privileges privileges' s' s became more valuable and every little helps |