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Show - - No Justification Jnstificatioii JustificationFor JnstificatioiiFor For Grazing Fec Fee FeeIncreases FeeIncreases Increases SeenSenators Seen SeenSenators I ISenators Senators Ed C Johnson of ofColorado ofColorado ofColorado Colorado and 0 Mahoney of ofWyoming ofWyoming IWyoming ofIWyoming Wyoming and Representatives RepresentativesRobert RepresentativesRobert RepresentativesRobert Robert F Rockwellxpres Rockwell -xpres xpres < - expressedsimilar xpressed xpressedsimilar , > ed edsimilar similar opinions relative to pro proposed proposed proposed posed increases in fees for graz gras grazing grasing grazing ing livestock on the Public Do Domain Domain Domain main under the admlntstration administration admlntstrationprovided administrationprovided administrationprovided provided by the Taylor Grazmg Grazing GrazmgAct GrazingAct GrazingAct Act All expressed the thL tist vIews vIewsthat viewsthat viewsthat that increases were not JUStI JUStIfled justified justifled fled fied at thie time I The hearings opened a at t Grand Grand'Junction GrandJunction ' ' JunctIOn recently with repre representatives representatives representatives sentatives of the ltv liv livestock ltvstock -stock stock < - In Industry industry industry dustry from allsections all sections of Colo Colorado Cob Cobrado Colorado rado present to give testimonyPresent testimonyPresent testimony testimonyPresent Present for the hearing from fromMoffat ( fromMoffat rom romMoffat Moffat county were Norman NormanWinder , Winder president of the Na Nalional National National lional tional Wool Growers AssoCla Associa Association Association I tion Ralph R Reeve president presidentof of the Colorado Wool Growers Growersand Growersand I Iand and Louis Vismtainer Visintainer president presidentof of the Routt outt Moffat Wool presidentI Grow GrowI Growera Growers I era : sth s . soutt AssnHighlighting Assn AssnI I Highlighting the session was wasthe wast wasthe the t is a statement by Senator0 Senatoro Senator I o 0 Mahoney who presides that thatdurmg thatduring thatduring durmg during the several similar hear hearmgs heartngs hearings thelwest mgs tngs he has held thruout thel the thewest thewest west it has not yet developed developedthat developedthat developedthat that increased grazing fees are arejustified arejustified arejustified isI justified nor that Utat the present is isthe isthe isthe I the proper time to increase feesif ( fees ees eesIlf Ilf | if I it t is shown they should be bechanged bechanged bechanged changed ' , Continuing Contlllumg and in furtherI furtherance furtherance further I , ance of this statement Senator Senator0 o 0 senatorlo Mahoney stated that senatorl the theTaylor theTaylor theTaylor Taylor grazing act came mto into mtobeing intobeing intobeing being during a critical time in inthe inthe inthe the history of this nation that thatIn thatIn thatin In recent years there has been beenthe beenthe beenthe the war period of uncertainty uncertaintyand uncertaintyand uncertaintyand and and that we are now emergmg emerging emergmgmto emerginginto emerginginto mto into the postwar period which whichh whichis whichis h is , eqiicilly equdlly equally filled with uncertam uncertain uncertamtiCS uncertainties uncertainties uncertaintiesTestimony tiCS ties tiCSTt tiesTetimony Testimony Tetimony Tt > . , ' , tlmony centered entirely entirelyaround entirelyaround entirelyaround around the control of the public publicrange publicrange : range under III1c1Lr urokr the . terms of the I TayLor act and the question of offtees offees ofees fees Livestock growers express- express expressed expressed expressed - - ftees ed opposition to any increased increasedtees increasedfees increasedfees tees fees and a desire to have more moreI morecontrol morecontroi morecontrol control controi of the range throu through throughlivestock throughlivestock h hlivestock livestock representatives on the thevarious thevarious thevarious I various grazing grazmg boardsRobert boards boardsRobert , Robert F Rockwell ltockwell western westernColorado westernCoiorado westernColorado Colorado Coiorado representative in con congress congress congress gress and himself engaged in th thattle tht thecattle < - . -attle attle Lattle < - bu business mes $ in m irs Delta county countyjomed countyjoined countyjoined jomed joined with Senator enator 0 Mahoney Mahoneyin Mahoney1lI Mahoneyiii 1lI iii questioning the tht thc witnesses witnessesMore witnessesMore ! 1\4 1 4 More \ ore grower control Lontrol ontrol WdS was WdSI'ht wastAssed wasaUtbbed " ' , tAssed : ' d inroughout uuoughout usroughout tne toe hl.ar hlar hiar hl.arI hearing hearingcuring . I I'ht Iht 109 5 rig I I.Juring rigaiuring . curing .Juring Juring aiuring the testimony of the theseveral theseverai theseveral several severai Wllne.CS WllneCS wiuseses wnnes : . > es tnere tllLre tiiLre wah WUm wubmuch , ! much discussion of the Uw Use Uwon -on on ton tonstruction < - cont I l.tructJon ltructJon | iruction struction : . > by the forest servl service serviceauring serviceduring ce lUring auring < the war period prlod p -rlod rlod < - of strati stratiIblC stratihiC strati'fcic stratifcic IblC ' hiC roadh roads road ! > to increased produc productlOn producnon produciHon . tlOn non of metals timber coal coa 1 I I ' and other essential essentiai products productsC land C L . 1'orsling 1orsling orsHng lorsilng ' director of the thebrazing therazing the.razing therazing brazing razing { . , service seTVICL servict entert-d entert d enten.d entend entered - . eX cx eXtt.nslvely cxttnsively exlensively tt.nslvely ttnslvely ttnsively . into these arguments argumentsshoWIng argumentsshowing argumentsshowing shoWIng that costs ( for or the con constructlOn construction construction structlOn struction of the tile roads were ap up approprldted uppropriated appropridted proprldted propriated directly dueLtiy dircUly by congress congressand congressand congressand and were not a part . of the re recelpts receipts receipts celpts ceipts from the grazing service serviceOn serviceOn On this construction work the thegrazing thegrazing grazIng service Wd Wdh was merely mrely mtrely m -rely rely < - the theconstruction theIconstruction Iconstructlon construction agency Indepen Independent independent independent dent of other phas phases phasts < - ! > of the graz grazing grazing grazing ing serviceMr service serviceI \ I Mr 1 < Jhorsling orslmg Forsling outlined the thepolicies thepolicies pollcles policies of the thL tht grazing gr.iZlng griZlng . serviceooth serviceuoth ooth as to long term permits for forthe forthe the grazing of livestock I1vestock and In Inother inother inother other matters of administration administrationlie administration1I administrationlit 1I lit < - stated that an approxlJ11ate approxtmate approximateand approxlJ11ateand approxtmateand and that this Hus isoills will isoill be bL s Increased increasedto to toover < - cover -over over rover dll dIl all p permittees pt.rmlttees ptrmlttees . rrnittees as rapIdly rapidlyas as is 1'0 10 ' pos possible possibic lblL Sir ltIr ft'Ir ftIr ' Forslingliter Forsling -liter liter tziter tziterS < - entertd literl l S d ti into tiitt-i tiitt i - cm dn all Lxt exteitded Lxtndul Xttiidti -ndul ndul < - ( dl distussion discussionof distussionof Lus lon lonof of th the hit < - fL fee itt < - system Y5tenl now flOW d1.Irged d1Irged tharged d1.IrgeddJld thargedand chargedcind . dJld and stated Iatd statcd Iat -d d < - plainly pl.unly plunly . that Hldt it is not notyd notytt notyet yd ytt settled .dtlul dtlul tttiti . ( in III 111 his own mind that thatlrJ thatlrlcr thatincreased lrJ -nas nas lrJnas lrlcr < - nasc1 asti -c1 c1 < - ( fees his fLL should hould bthdrged b be bt . -hdrged hdrged charged chargednor < - chargednor hdrgednor nor that thdt this is the propitIOus propitIOustun propitiousturn propitioustune tun turn < - , to 1I1 increase -rLdSe rLdSe 1I1rLdSe iiicrcase < - charges chdrt charks { . , S if they . are .Ire Ire found to tQ be De Ju justified tlfled st.ltoIlLnt stltoIlLnt stat . tiicnt called cdllLd calltd forth the thL tht state statemLnt statemtnt statement mLnt mtnt by SLndt Scnat Senat9r or r 0 Mahoney Mahoneythat Mahoneythat Mahoneythat that in m the hearings hearmgs held to date dateIt dateit dateit It has not yet b been ben bten -en en < - devdoped devtloped devdopedthat devtlopedthat developedthat that Incred increased ! > ed fees are an arc . JustifiedAmong justifiedAmong justified justifiedAmong Among those who attended attendedthe attendedthe attendedthe the sessions seSSIOJlS of the hearing were werem'1ny wereminy werem-iny werem iny m'1ny m1ny miny ' - government governmt.nt governmtnt governmcnt . men C L LForsllng LForsiing LForsling Forsllng Forsiing director U S grazing grazingservice grazingservice grazingservice service J II n H Leech chief of ofIdnds oflands oflands Idnds lands U S grazing service R H RB HB RB B Rose Hose nglonal rtgiorial regionalgrazier graZIer for Colorado U 11 H J J UurbacK Durback Burback regIOn regIOnal regional regional al grazier gra.llu grallu grazitr . for Utah T C Hav'l1 Havl1 Ilavell Hav'l1superVIsor Ilavellsupervisor Havellsupervisor ( ' superVIsor U S land offIce offIceN officeN N F Warrell regional field fieldLXamlner fieldexaminer LXamlner xamIner U S land office F FR FR FR R Stone Stont Stonc . superintendent Uintah Uinthh & Ouray agency U S Indian Indianservice Indianservice Indianservice service W L Dutton chief of ofIrange ofrange ofrange Irange range management forest ser service service service vice Washington Was4mgton John Spencer SpencerregIOnal Spencerregional Spencerregional regIOnal forester for Colorado Coloradoleash.rn ColoradoIcast Coloradoleastern leash.rn leashrn Icast . rn Wyoming South Suuth Dakota - - - - - Kansas and Nebraska E D DSandvig DSandvig Sandvig , assistant regional for forester forester forester ester , division of ot range manage management management management ment , D < ! Denver nver , E S Kelthly Keithly su suIlervisor suijervisor supervlsor Ilervisor ijervisor ? Pike National fonst forest fonstColorado forestColorado forestColorado Colorado Springs J V Leighon Leighonsuperisor Leighonsuperisor Lcighonsuperisor superisor White River N National Nationalforest Nationalforest attondl attondlforest forest Glenwood Springs F A ASnow ASnow ASnow Snow supervisor UncompahL Uncompahe UncompahLNational UncompaheNational UncompahoCNational . , National forest Delta Ray PL PLk Pcck Pccksupervisor Peeksupervisor -k k < - ksupervisor supervisor Grand Mesa N Nitionilforest ltion itiori 11 il 11forest ilforest forest Grand Junction and andMont andMont andMont Mont H Saunderson r.Inh rInh ratiko ratikoeconomist ran . , ( economist Denver Colorado ColoradoCraig ColoradoCraig ColoradoCraig Craig Empire Courier |