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Show HOOVER'S STAND ON PUBLIC GRAZING Appointment of Special Commission Com-mission to Study Question Suggested by President The much discussed question of the disposition of the public domain do-main and the , regulation of its use for grazing has entered a new phase which seems certain to result re-sult in important action within the next year or two, says the September Septem-ber issue of the National Wool Grower. Grow-er. Continuing, this magazine says: President Hoover has proposed the creation of a special commission to study all angles of the public land question and to make recommendations recommenda-tions as to what should be done, whether by federal legislation or executive action. The president makes tentative suggestion that the surface rights of the unreserved government gov-ernment lands be transferred to the various states wherein it lies. The idea of transferring the public pub-lic lands to the state, while advanced ad-vanced by the president only as a tentative suggestion, has aroused wide interest and discussion, both in eastern and western states. Until recently such an action has been too improbable to merit consideration. considera-tion. But the president's plan seems to be to bring the public land states into some form of agreement as to what is best to do. This agreement would be arrived at through an initial in-itial study and report by the special spe-cial commission. Stockmen of some states have expressed ex-pressed preference for regulation of grazing upon the public domain by the federal government as compared to state regulation under the ownership own-ership of the state. Stockmen who have experienced difficulty in grazing graz-ing their flocks and herd outside of the states in which they are resident resi-dent are apprehensive as to what might occur under exclusive administration admin-istration by the states. From the I standpoint of officials of state gov- ernments the large problem seems to lie in the possible source of revenue reve-nue for reclamation and road building build-ing in case federal funds are discontinued dis-continued as would happen in the event of the withdrawal of the federal fed-eral government. It is pointed out that the expense involved would overbalance ov-erbalance the prospective revenue unless transfer should also include the right to oil and mineral deposits de-posits and to forest and timber lands. Ownership of the lands by those using them would offer the surest and most economical means of mair.tainir.s the greatest feed pro-ducutj pro-ducutj capacity and of restor.n; ' such where necessary, but it would I be some years before r.ew revenue ' could bo expected to bo co'.loctod from the livestock business and transfers would need to re.rard the present extent location and ownership owner-ship cf other lands that support the cattle and sheep that are upon the covorr.mor.t land durir.tr only a part , cf the yc.ir. |