Show I GRAZING VS FARMING President resident of National Wool Growers' Growers association raises s some me affect the prosperity of Utah I 5 I i Frank J J. Hag Hagenbarth president of the National Wool Growers Growers' Growers Growers' Growers Growers' Grow Grow- ers' ers assoc association ati n said some things during his address before the national convention this morning that sho should ld receive the closest of attention and study on the part of Several questions he raised are vital to the progress and prosperity pros pros- p parity lity of this state tate they should be carefully and impartially considered and acted upon with as much speed as proper investigation investigation investigation gation will permit President Hagenbarth bitterly attacked the bill pending beS before be- be S fore congress proposing to permit ten-acre ten entries on national f forests rests for the purpose of building summer homes With ten-acre ten homesteads s s scattered over the grazing area aret of a forest fOIest how in the name of common sense is the wool grower or the cattleman to maintain his flocks or herds 1 asked President President d dent nt Hagenbarth We might as as well be done with it and pass passa a law reading It shall hereafter be unlawful to graze any c cattle or sheep on the national forests as they are reserved for the purpose purpose pur pur- pose of affording summer outings for the idle rich rich continued I II I the speaker No one can doubt the seriousness of danger to this states state's prosperity if this condition exists Utah needs her wool industry industry industry indus indus- try she wants the men engaged in it to succeed Nothing unjust that will hamper their efforts should be allowed President Hagenbarth did not point out the evil without suggesting suggesting suggesting sug sug- gesting a r remedy It would be difficult to pick a flaw with the loi logic of his suggestions that follow A commission should be appointed which will make a a. proper classification classi classi- of or all unoccupied government domain domain- This area should bo ho segregated into sections most suitable for grazing and most suitable for agriculture Those sections so determined as being for the for the greatest i f good to the tho greatest number for grazing purposes should hould bo ho strictly ly set aside for tor grazing and no entries allowed thereon J Suitable long time timo leases should then be granted to stock growers S whereon it should not only be optional but compulsory that ho properly prop orly erly develop and use the tho same samo by the UtO building of fences and anti con- con 5 of reservoirs and ditches and such other othor Improvements as are aro arol l' l necessary to fully develop and protect tho the grazing area in question What affects the state affects the individual When Utah grows vs and prospers Salt Lake develops and increases in import- import v ance anee The int interests rests of all of us make it imperative that Utah's s soil il be made to produce the most for every acre I I S J It was the scientific efficiency of the Belgians making every foot of land yield the utmost of its yearly productive powers that made Belgium the most thickly populated c country in the world Ah An acre acre of land there was enough to support a family until the German machine brought ruin and desolation I Itt AMERICA Al BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF LAND WE MAKE rAKE NO SERIOUS EFFORTS TO GET THE THEl MOST POSSIBLE OUT OF THE SOIL What we in the West V e t need is an invasion by the Belgians If they had the same problem to settle that President Hagenbarth Hagenbarth Hagenbarth Hagen Hagen- barth has laid before Utah you TOU can rest assured the Belgians w would uld tackle it wi wisely ely and reach a businesslike conclusion THEY WERE DRIVEN BY NECESSITY TO ELIMINATE VASTE WASTE AND CONSERVE THEIR RESOURCES WE AMERICANS AMERI IERI CANS BLESSED WITH PLENTY HAVE BEEN EXTRAVAGANT EXTRAVAGANT EXTRA VA- VA GANT AND ABSOLUTELY DEVOID OF EFFICIENCY Now the national president of the wool grower growers tells us that we weare are wasting good grazing land in Utah tah by impractical farming 1 He says says' that the state is losing of dollars in ill annual i income income in in- come come b because the sheep and cattle are are deprived of their rightful places while the usurpers give us nothing in iii return for our losses S We Te are are not agreeing with the speaker at today's convention and d we are not disagreeing with him W We know V nothing about the facts on which he bases his arguments but we c can n see that if his facts are indisputable his logic is very sound S We have worked in brick yards we have labored on wet farms we have been a flunky in a drug store but we n never v r yet tackled dry farming fanning Neither have we ever handled hand a rl a pair of sheep shears or followed the flocks over mountain and valley vaHey except on fishing excursions Therefore we claim o to ability to judge wisely the case submitted by Mr 11 Hagenbarth But it doesn't doest tak take a wise vise man to realize that when a person of Mr 11 Hagenbarth Hagenbarth's s importance tells us that dry farming farning is ruining the wool industry and abd not bringing good returns itself it is time for forthe forthe forthe the state to look into the facts Referring to question of- of grazing of-grazing grazing vs agriculture President H Hagenbarth said in his spee speech h v Unfortunately many of the tho rall ranges es suitable for lambing or cattle I C grazing and for fall faU grazing for both cattle and sheep arc are partially I adapted to agriculture and are aro becoming tho the abiding place paco of what is known as the dry farmers Many of these lands are unquestionably S more adapted to live livo stock than they are to fanning farming They Ho ito in frost belts belto where crops arc aro only certain one ono year out of three and where tho seasons are too short for legitimate farming Ten homesteaders scattered over one oe of ot these areas with their dogs and other impediments S with an investment at a a maximum of ot 1000 each will drive off cattle and anti sheep aggregating an investment of ot twenty times as much and of 1 much greater value and necessity to the community ty On the tho other hand A. A f areas that are more suitable for legitimate farming than f for r the grazing S of live livo stock should be unhesitatingly opened to settlement The Ibo practice of or allowing homesteaders on forest reserves by theS tho the S S same token should be bo prohibited If tho the rule Tho The greatest good to r the greatest number umber be strictly enforced in ill the application of our land policy then thU this question will wUl literally solve itself after proper classification fr t 1 cation catto is made We would like to h hear har ar from the other side now that we have haveS S been peen given in such plain language the wool growers growers' growers growers' growers growers' grow- grow ers' ers view of the situation Mr Hagenbarth's speech is well worth reading Every person per per- son Bon who feels that Utah's interests are his inter interests should go over it carefully and do his share in bringing about the proper adjustments C But by all means every Utahn who is in iii the least gloomy and fearful of Utah's prosperity next year should read at least the closing paragraphs of that speech reproduced in th this this' s issue They TheyS are a sure sure cure of pessimism Mr Hagenbarth sees PROSPERITY PROSPER PROSPER- S ITY in capital letters ahead for this states state's next year I I |