Show J COW cow I COUNTIES IA WILL PROFIT SAYS BAKER Forest Official Talks On Good That Vi Will AVill Accrue Front Increased Grazing Grating rn ing Fe Fecs cs l f r 0 Money one oncy for fo Schools J The prop proposed sed Increase in ill gr gran grazing z bg fees fees on national forests s' s will only place the district on p paying Ying basis hasis sand ud a ait augment the apportioned to various counties for schools and n roads i raid aid F. F S S. S Baker Daker of the servi service ce In a a speech h at Ogden Mr Baker Daker pointed out out that Hiat even with the propos proposed d. d increase of f approximately ap ap approximately approximately ap- ap proximately SO 30 Jer ner cent In iu grazing fees the stoc stockmen men will only pay an anan anan an additional 3 per cent of the total to total total to- to tal cost cost of running their stock for forthe forthe the year The speaker said that when the national for forests were first created the grazing reel reas were placed placed paced pac pac- ed very low but have gr gradually in increased increased in- in crea creased ed to what the rore ry department department depart depart- ment deems the commercial value alue of the forests If the fees are no increased the receipts of the Intermountain forestry dis district will wll remain at about a year but if the they Y Yare are increased according to the present present present pres pres- ent rates the receipts will be a year Mr Baker said This means that more money will come to the counties of Utah and other states f for r roads schools and other purposes The counties counties' get g t 25 per percent percent percent cent of the income from the fore forests ts tsin in lieu of I. I taxes Mr Baker explain explain- ed The counties counties' which need money for roads and schools are the ones that pr profit fit from the increase In grazing rates These ar are what we we often often call calt- cow co counties for in these counties es the forestry service has greater areas than In In such counties as Weber Weber- and Salty Salt L ko counties I 1 I Mr Baker pleaded that grazing fees should be raised to their commercial commercial com com- com j mercial val values es because timber coal gas gas' phosphate phosphate- and other natural resources have been disposed of at their commer commercial lal yalu values s. s l |