Show STATES ST AT ES PUBLIC LANDS hoId Those Adapted for Grazing be based to tc Stockmen J d NE SPEECH Ira 11 ICe tho lit al the Iho lorl fl Cone bem reque ts L the to pub I rth I h of Mr r C R RIhl 1 I thu Ihl city on oil the land landI I ri n The News New accord L It u 14 In n t I III te II I I f fI J I TIJI Tl I h lit Lile public IS j ritte lite t I Lt IIII ait aitS S I ng 1111 IL fl d I l I I b 3 I un an It ItI t ta a I rf I i Ill u ii h iiI 11 I II IU III t I II It t t I h hIll t tk k Ill Ik 1011 k t in n and nd Impi H HI t tt t I u r thI tb g i r 1 t LIlli 01 I S VU 11 I J r lIlI lIlIu u t II I ki rl j II I III I I tt ru I h Y lJ ai I I nut Ih 1 I h ul n t others j I tb u tb IutIn has hal bc n nI I I t I n fh ti 1 1111 In it Il 11 tl I 1 I f b ti Curt CurtI hiJ I I It t I tl l IS L L U ft r f ad t I tense anti and con oon Idt ii laUd an that there hu huI I i x 1 J I I i now 01 1 from Ofer oer r I runt runs Ihal to have haa I u would tend to pre lire prel II l Ir l tl iIse I 1 t kil h n know there II l an any truth III n 8 h t Uncle Sa Sann illS ex exI x xI I t h milt mat matt miltI t I S gS f r fd i and their are 1 b br r rt the thc III ii iber of Congre 1111 II I g Ui th at few fel years year the own t P I it l k Ic JuLve many lel e et t r t ant from the Ht J i tt t the g cr r I L I 1141 million acres than Ihan thanin un in be bc S 1 and the rentals being I 1 ar In many canes r than thanks ks s 9 will tic be able to Ila pay It If another I 1 1 ot of 1 Ic 1111 t v them I ris IUlI n Iring up for I tic 11 tat 1111 II a Hils any leas leasing Ing LQ be And If voted voled down It mean that th National Live Stock All Allt t r n a allowing to tor r ni g III a 11 t presenta ot of affairs Hill all to he be t tiry d r laws practically a r f on perjury 0 r F range rights which constantly ro roI R I J t L in 10 Ir I t i tit of 11 anil property properly crent creat I I th tN t n that the esL Is IsI I l al I s and the whole situation I t all the and In Int I t I Ig xv nr of Jf men nen Such a position will natural h fir f r nil alt who are ure to lo n a con cont I t t f present to reo ro I tr or light to a finish will C to b and It Is III wilt will tell A divided against Itself can not stand Tho Th questIon Is ot of great hr 11 rt and thu tho signs of at the times l radical lIC I action This cOnS can h is meetIng In a Stute whose never gave up their Inns to are arc ot of anybody else who never noer J th tb Ir r own ability to their own who never neu salt aliI to the world WI Vt possess Intelligence and enough to Protect life lito and a portion ot of our property but bul not nol nil all ot of It and who would resent as nn an Insult Insull tim tho SU suggestion I that they ought to turn lurn turnOver over to 10 the United and allow them to be d Sam owns exclusive ot of hIt Itla A M Maska aska and other distant about six hun hundred million acres about ot of which Is It Is that ot of the six hun hundred ird dred million arres arrel from tifty million to toone toone one hundred and 1 millIon con cnn be by y largely upon future construction ot of otIc Ic which Ills I t Is the of the states to undertake an and 1 tar tor which Is very little hope of lie as curing private capital It ever eVor ted led apPropriations must lIo be lIol o l Lured frim Congress t two 0 thirds of th tI lands rho fhe census ot of 1900 will show how tn ten acres Irrigation It Is estimated that of the one hun hundred dred and fifty millIon acres remaining subject l to 10 reclamation probably thirty an hl be at al n cost ot of 10 10 cr ne acre tl but It If ten million cnn can be reclaimed 1 at cost It will take loss than to double the tho Irrigated farms In the arid States At the tho rental rates rales secured by the mountaIn States Stales for tor their land granth under lease Il At present about of oC the remaIning grazIng lands would enough revenue In ton years to e cover the tha cost of at reclaiming thIs additional land necessary ar to double the tho number ot of Irrl tl farina n rill II and 1 Sam have the land with the water supply to lo dIspose atto ell ellor or to give Again at the Iho average Price at the now sell theIr grazing ands It require the sale suiI ot of leu lesi than tao Ine hundred million aH acres or ot of the remainIng lands ludl to doubli the ted firms farm III 5 Ut nearly a quarter ot of a billion deBase dolta could be froni the ale saie of the public land lendi J ip nut not thu a valuable tr fri to scrip over The public land 1110 floW l aI In mi u on 00 a bail bul 01 o nearly t I million dollars dollan a year lei dC U 26 per cent ot of the state school ire are under I lease ue at all au now because thO ire are disconnected and the adjoining lind are liro In the open pasture we III ar about It If under control th Ita III could realIse double the present from frum the hindu th y now own State taxes could rould be reduced 16 1 per cent nt to U I per clint IU ill over the West Wul are wail wak lb uP and Ind t the hI that only about 20 10 per cent ot of the IRn area rea of tb the arid I noW new to taxation II I becoming known Some people of the lite cut at of at the river nYer are to see Me that thet theY also ha have some In Inthe Ih the public land Jt It II saId Id the nt high price ot of beef hu has some connection with the put abuses abul ot of the Western Velem lends of the val valIe Ie tel are discussing expansion the thees days aut on land acro across the Pacific but at home bome They thInk It If the pop or of tb the arid States II I doubled their buln business ii will expand lian Leny farmers under Irritation aye tern tad that storage reservoirs are to make lute lure the cro crepe from Ian now IrrIgated I 1 hey fever ap by and u as Vest f r UI of press pren fur for uch th ate are reminded that It I Is only hit be turned III tO 10 pay ay In part at let least fur ur II Ii Ii VOIk 1 h k alers n of organised labor Ibor are III ahead and they Nay 11 the only luIk ue nII t In eIght or the terrible t rial whIch will be felt feltS S 1 hIli itt a the next tl ot o depressIon Cl Cg th Ih next nellt period ot of depression 4 nil n s III U the will be from rom the of the lands land Are ie Wi w to la ea the they are wrung wrong Th nut neat National Irrigation con krSA ill III be held In an and l Ih Ihor tbs or of the hl o press will have havet to t J I f after that 1 h i Iel r lar tary of n leasIng and In sup support pUrl port III hi his says NY J I hay looked carefully into the conditions of at the ranges in III mst ot of the States Wt west l ot of Ih the river The department ot of has con In most mOlt ot of these thele States with nathe and led grass Iraa ell Cs the experiment stations IndivIduals and un on the direct management ot of Its III on Injudicious grazing has great Iy 1 ImpaIred the capacity ot of the rang range to produce meats Is Careful that III many cases can the do nut not suPport more inure titan unit ludt the till they dId tIll ten years ago 1110 Thesis ranges have been liln The greases graue eaten bare ant pUlled milled out ou b by the roots lure formerlY grass Iral CUI ported n a large number ot of there II 1 now left lett but bUl a desert ot of rho PrincIpal reason for tor Ihl lila contil tiun lIun ur of the Ihl ranges Is undoubtedly that thal no single lingle hu has an interest In my any one karL JIrl of at the publIc domain The object ot of the hock master Is to secure all the grass r Possible Irrespective lit th the It may hO on the I condition of the ThousandS I ot oC sheep that can not grazing on the are all being tAken Into the tue In I ot of the mountain 11 It would seem m wi Wise At to Inaugurate a snore Inore sensIble policy regarding these thle I publIc grazing lands They should be tented rented to IndIviduals In III large lerg areas and for tor a 1 long iong longtime time to Induce the Ifill lessees to gIve at attention to II their Improvement The title should remain In the States so flO that the homesteader mIght have an opportunity under such conditIons u as would no interfere with the renting to lo make settlements able The fhe rents arising from these leases might very er well lie be gIven Rhen to 10 the States for such urh uses lse us ns the they mIght deem either olther for pur purposes poses or tot tOI Irrigation work A very ery considerable amount of money would coins ever every year train these IIA leaea e with which the States could begin expert In III the R of building Iams daml and holding the tho R agaInst time of need I My object t In III mucking this Ie recommendatIon Is 18 that the lessee and the ot of agrIculture III en entel tel tam in to cooperatIve looking to tn the ot of the tho grating 1111 lands Will tills call the secretary ot of sIllier either III a liar or fl a toni The secretary of Interior referring to 10 possIbilitIes of the arid says salI That this vast Ul acreage capable of nf anal comfortably hi lug under a proper system ot of Irn Irrigation lion tion a 1 population ot of t least fifty mull lion people should remain practIcally a 1 derIt I P not In harmony hArmon with the of the tho age or In keeping with the of the future Ie 11 not that a 1 I 1011 h wa of saying that the business men ot of the Well et are not nol using to the best advantage th thc td gave them kut bul are Allow lug 1 their to b ock the II or It And II I h he nut dead right Hut But more tush ot of a change anS 1111 flu Ie he not noted In of the registers aol of Ih liis land In III time tilt si III I States ima ha IOOr pIcking Their CIS ces do not nol PI pay and they Ihy a are beginning to lo see I the out o of till It If the razing grazing are aM leased the United SIll land will pay better clerks anti special agents wilt be needed In and th the eaI J polItIcians r usually on hand to serve theIr amid as 18 opportunities nr tot t me II ot r Congress they in n turn IIi Ili bt Ing to lu theIr R D wilt VIII them The Th fat hU pUblic land states have hae lease of more land than they ow II tuny ito he used its nn an lI ru nl In favor ot of ad additional ct leasing by the tho general n a arhe rhe ral fai t ma Ihn an have heretofore all I leAng I he cUse CIUS tI tb ra 1110 plans does doel not lIot r e tr that thal they would PIP IP II Ce P III II hS all or that It If time the gut ed they could coul not lIot g t up U a 1011 hemP ernp which would ant a ot 11 concerned The n so o strunG strong to Ihu I pOL Worth whIle to 10 Inure mort than thun the question Stock Stockmen men II afraid ot of It They say lIay Ih the time lands they nf now hll have tr purpose t only anti there I Is lit that the rest relt would lie be hall any other basis that State II It would not act eIther Intelligently on d ng for tor con construction and tho of time the States suli n Ott Ote to l and cart care for t r sor Ar even Ir If they were werl constructed h p lie aid There ha II b presented In aJ Ler or of plans for lor dl 11 r ret l h government Sti tu II S ht hi II st At n are ure objecting as being blanks blank emes for longtime I uV States Shue regard II hs ot of th mi II condItions existing In tt Ih lit NOli Nt as a au an TIt Its In nil that thal has been Is IH I I Ible for tor stockmen to get and any III be generally rat ral try nr er nt least satisfy aUty the r k 80 lint and suggest a lOti loal a regIsters and reo re 11 rs rM of If TI Slates land lan ottice to tn do Ii th Ih 1111 II idan n to 10 tO Kny an hn the secretary of the int i or l I Ihl a that n a majority ot of th j lh county It to tk tak IL r contention is 18 cor correct reel that Ir p Improves Improve the manges plan Illan soon lIoon SPread conditions are rl ir r ji b adJusted Th fh I be classified hy by r for tor each State The rhe I dill 1 r be lilacs In sprule IoA ld ng groups to lo he 10 I R fur or short hort t terms ib b the best besl Uie ue or of th lanI h f purposes It ll at b tie Od or delayed shU ho O cr tracts selected 1 tn in or of the people fi im tl t I on for ur each lach see ec ot Of lease all on land gOl nl forra tg to be five var anti from one hitt nl y 10 cents per low lotS to 10 r oars of adversity ns as II RII as ts 11 the people of the W Pt e he In III the private owner or of Ir II Pub J he tr fr Ira nl and sales of If 1111 I a at l nl at air prices an I ii 11 I In 0 Ii 01 i I the win wInt winI t I r IIII I hr Can only exist I Iy Hit lg t 1 dl trl t hull 1 t In iii InnA C nA R C S II h sheep owners form th II bs I generally mt n a license airing 8 rood roads to II I to 10 railroad situ hll bo arranged b by nl aut hell fIre re dIfferent In the Ihl thet III t 1 f 4 ot of each eRch tl l should be sub j t t t I ry at any tin tf If th or legislature III IIII It TI I tI e t further In InI J I Ii rl hll lil flOt bl be In line with witha Ie a I I OJ covered II III by byI I t I I Im p n t to 10 homestead II I rt It ij a n mute t mineral entries hut but butt t In I ItI he amended to corer I lit mu oIt lf s The receIpts rr each ho II 1 kin kept I r Ih its I he ahl I t I th nU thus o e t t I 1011 tn tile the remaining two to t ho bo used std for tor for Ir II rg i 1 II to be conducted d b by the United states al survey ury and iii as additional for or t e om corn ot of Iii l surveys and the construction of oC IrrigatIon reservoIrs within the hate a 11 nearlY of nt the Itle lAnd In lilah Idaho Montana and I is the nten exten Ion elan fir of such leasing would ner 1 If slower than In other Stal States thus giving ample time Ume tilT far the lIr adjustment to nIl new t the plan I suggest ot of the Isaac leuI Inon money y going Into time county treasuries will all tax taxpayers pa payers paThe The completion ot of land IUrY will be ot of great to Ih the of nt the State and time or of raining men will bp be with u TILl Irrigation IUrI surreys will II give n I reports needed now hy by who le irrigation investments CoVerIng as by tle up Ull and reclaim stimuli mc hasten the of the n arid which t tte te e cheap Ila tiar to for winter Ia needed Time CO ot of will fill mAke sore ure the crops crop on hun hundreds of fJ ot of ae acres now under Ing canal systems pen to large areas areal under new to e pensive for private to and afford tto UI thus solvIng l and conflIcts conflict As AI liar of Ih lie plan I propose CIlI reo ms ports port of land t of surveys applications t f r J I action on such tt and the distribution ot of IIA leak would be d and MId for as part of the Incident tO I the opera or of tl the leasing whIch I would have to le hp created nth general i land Would nolt nob the publicity which hl h would bl be 1 by 11 lion ot of facts all as tItle Ihl safe fe rota the feared train till the man alan 11 Is It not nol reasonable lb 0 sUp aUl aUlIO sUppose IO pose that R a appointed ii this rail Carl formulate end and push to success a leasing to 10 suit th n necessItIes ot iii the Ut ale UtAn aleAn An emergency n fits file men lOin who I Keel Into Inlo n a yi 11 s dIstrict and braves th tha I terrors of wIth whim hI his Attie amid I sheep t Is Dill as much mUth ot of a III log up developing the and andI I to iii a respect III as the 1111 settler tier who un to 10 a and Ind tries to raise grain but the ot Of fights interests now hays blu told And retold po 10 often that a prejudIce ima hA been created In the lOin minds ot of the Ibe which insist not be overlooked A few yell years r ago tint the forest reserves were open to 10 III all A fw few Interest l lIt pd It In the subject and with out mit very much agitation suddenly something dropped that ThAI hi lies not lImited and you OU have been put to some trouble and to seure relief end are still suck luck log the hind teat Ilal You were wre asleep at atthe 1 the wrong ronK time It you sleep now willIe the land question II I acted Upon of that thaI ait tn I pay heavy I Iral Isaac ral rates or grasina privileges other otherwise wise will It will 1101 be 1 the ot of Ih the people olp who cell call attention to pa ent conditions the handling of which will h hi to your our own advantage a and nil will bring the stock |