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Show - - Taylor Comments CommentsOnGrazm CommentsOn On OnGrazm Grazmg Grazing LAci LAciThe Act ActThe The Tavlor Taylor grazing ' act dhlllg daring dhlllgthe daringthe ctunngthe : the first five 3ears } ) ears of its ope1 opegdtion opegdtionhas operationhas ' tlon tlonhas has blought biougiut bi ought confidence in m the theentire theentire theentire entire social and economic struc structuie truc tructine ruc ructUle tuie tUle tine of the . west v.est vest the of ofits ofits in m opinion opmlon its " 44 . . , author , , ,4.1 4.1 41 , . " , _ . _ _ L ' " " _ _ "R R Rep ; ; & ! Ed T 1 ' Taylor ( D Cofo CIo C o ) dIs dIscussed discussed discussed cussed the act on its annner anniersp annnersar ; annierspin in the tI-e tI e tie - congressional IecoldThe secoidThe lecoid Iecold secoid lecoidThe The Taylor grazing grazmg act whIch whichI I am humbly proud to have ha\e ha e haie \ lmked linked lmked1th linked'a linkedwith \\1th 1th 'a a ' \ \ ith m mv name removed remoed remo\ remo remos \ ed from front prI pro prIvate provate pnvate vate settlement the major part of ofthe ofthe ofthe the public pUbllc domain he stated in inordel inordes Inordei ordel ordes that the natural resources resourceswealth resourceswealth wealth \ \ ealth of the \ west est might nught be revita revitahzed revltahzed lIzed hzed and the natural resources resourcesrescued resourcesrescued rescued from Imminent immsnent chaosDue chaosDue chaos chaosDue Due to the combination combmatIon of de destructlve destructive destructlve structlve structive elements that ' \ were 'o\ere 'o o ere eating eatinginto eatingInto eatinginto into the very heart of the western westerneconomy westerneconomy westerneconomy economy there was a very great greatneed greatneed greatneed need tor for a pro progm progftm m dema'1dmg dema1dmg dema'sding demasding dema'1dmgfedelal dema'sdingfedeial demandingfedeial ' ' fedelal fedeial attention to the pUblIc pUblIcIland publiclands publiclands Iland lands ! > > This act furnishes that - pro - gram gramThis This law ought to have been beenenacted beenenacted beenenacted enacted 20 years agoThe agoThe ago agoThe The veteran congressman told toldhIS toldhis toldhis hIS colleagues IVlsh I \ wish \Vlsh Vlsh all of you youmight youmight youmight might have the pleasure of seemg seeing seemgas seeingas seeingas as I ha\ ha have hae hase \ e seen the amazing amazmg change changethat changethat changethat that has come over the west as a aresult aresult aresult result of this grazing actIt actIt act actIt It has brought rene\\ rene renew renewed reneed \ ed confi confidence confidance conndence dence dance in the entire enllre social and andeconomIc andeconomic andeconomic economIc structure of the westFifty ' " west westFifty est estFIfty Fifty grazing grazmg districts are no\\ no now noOl nowoiganlzed nowoiganlzed \ \ Ol oiganlzed ganized Taylor said in m Anona Ari7ona AnonaCalifol11la Ari7onaCalifornia ArizonaCalifornia ? Califol11la California Colorado Idaho Mon Montana Montana Montana tana New Mexico Ne\ada Ne ada Neada \ Oregon OregonUtah OregonUtah OregonUtah Utah and W WI ) Wyoming WyomingThe onung onungThe onungThe The act under \ which hich the dls dis dlstrIcts districts distncts trIcts were formed contemplates contemplatesadminIStration contemplatesadministration contemplatesadministration adminIStration of public lands so sothat sothat sothat that the soil v . will l be protected from fromerosIon fromerosion fromerosion erosIon and \ water \ ater and other re resourc resources resources sourc sources s conserved while amply amplyJroVlding amplyproviding amplyproviding JroVlding providing : tor for use by the public of 0f ofthose 0fthose ofthose those natural lesources zesources in such a away away way \ ay that they will wilI be of the tile thegreatest tilegreatest thegreatest greatest benefit and help in irs stablI1z stabiliz stabi stabl stabiliz liz I1z ng economic conditions Ta Taylor Taylorsaid Tailorsaid lor lorsaid said |