Show FOREST fiEST Am AIDS r i GREElEY SAYS S Thief o of Service Fat Favors PaA Fa- Fa t- t of A vors vOlS Opening k if Reserves 1 WASHINGTO-f. WASHINGTO April What 22 What the he government Is doing to fo o promote livestock grazing on public lands rl-as rl tv a detailed to the senate commit commit- on public I lands by W. W B Beeley U. U I iseley i lh chief chiet of r Ith the Stor forest t service I section Detection with the committees committee's Iteration of ot new statutes on the t. t Greeley placed emphasis on adopted to prevent acing and maintain the per- per ncy of ot the range His ills Y Tf developed that livestock men are In disagreement with bureau bureaus policy VI it tee e forest reserves Mr Greeley ft 1 hd had proved highly to tor t r 1 fa e stockmen He Tie asserted asserted that the k outfits which used them had hadt t II suffered the upsets of ot the in- in try ry nearly as much as those outer out- out 1 er national forests He lie said that year ten permits of ot his bureau y materially stabilized grazing t Shat the removal of ot the liml- liml upon pon the transfer of ot grazing lt t. t had been helpful Cooper t between i his bureau and the I men and local livestock asso- asso hUIS had been helpful he said ille ne use of or a part pact of ot the grazing grating for lor Improvement Imp of ot the ranges d also contributed to better to re- re jt The establishment of federal po- po courts to consider questions ng In forest reserve e Oration was suggested g b by Mr Groe- Groe r Jey who vho h said a federal teer 1 courts t ob- ob l to sue such capos capes being beiner brought tore them Tie Tic also urged grazing F fees baled baaed on the y value of forage offered the stockmen In the reserves re- re serves nerves but herd that the government government government govern govern- ment would make no Increase of ot present grazing fees rees In the ten- ten year contract made this year Members of ot the committee questioned questioned questioned ques ques- him him on the advisability of ot making the charges only enough nough to toja ja pay the actual expenses of admin admin- The witness Insisted that while the government should not make its fees tees as high as those charged by private landowners It should base them upon an appraisal of ot the value alue of ot the services ren ren- dered He defended the present fees tees as reasonable presenting comparison comparison comparison com com- parison to show that they wore were much lower than those charged b by nearby private landowners |