| Show GARTER KS PUBLIC LAW LAII POLICY Senator Based His Onslaught on Ground That President Had Been Misinformed NO PARTY POLITICS INVOLVED Open nn Known Twenty went Years Fast Becoming n a Tiling Of tho limo Past Helena Jan Jon 15 The policy of or tile the national administration with wih refer reference reer once ence to public publio lands was again attack attacked ed cd today In the convention of arthe he the Na National N Honal Wool Growers association hero hare Senator Thomas H Carter Cater of ot Montana being the time spokesman through on an In In Intermediary Intermediary he ho being bing unable to be hi t present Ho 10 based his hil utterances not upon any political beliefs but bil rather that time tho president had been misinform misinformed ed cd mind Imd that conditions had changed greatly since ha lie was a I resident of this state Gov Go Bryant B Book of af Wyoming also a u y v no t I Island I I stand was as In the tho nature of ot a plea Ilea for forthe ar arthe the tho seWer settler Ho lie said he lie was WM vigorous vigorously ly opposed to the tho th Burkett bill bi and ex ox expressed pressed ii n decided decide preference for tor rule rulo by b laws rather ruther than rules rles and amid regula tans Ho lie le urged delegates to write their representatives In Congress to 10 e the tho measures and said that In Inthe Inthe the Interest of tho west treat and an I home lionie that political parties should be forced to take a stand on the ques question QuestIon question tion J W v Fulton Fulon of or Helena spoke on tho time great groat possibilities of tha thu Angora Angom goat goal Industry and Hu ito iu rapid strides while J II I Bearrup of or Albuquerque urged a cooperative woolen mill mi Tho The London auction ways o of disposing of ot wools was a advocated ad by F 1 J Primrose of ot Phila Philadelphia Philadelphia delphia He Be quoted figures showing that the annual production of ef the tho as associations 1 members amounted to 10 33 protected and declared deCard It t should ba be te This afternoon time the delegates were In attendance at the tho sheep show here at which a 1 U largo lago number o of af exhibits have hn been baen ml made e embracing known Krado rado and breed SENATOR CARTERS SPEECH Senator Carter said The Tho Te leasing of ot the public congo does daes not present n mm Involving party politics p In any oY ensO whatever The subject never nover tons ems as been considered in inthe tho the national council of any an party In Inconsequence consequence do 10 not feel any sense of ot party part restraint when I elect to ta take toko tao Issue with time tho announced policy ot Of President Roosevelt In favor ot of lens leas leasIng Ing lag the tho domain or granting per permits mils mits to Individuals or associations desirous of pasturing stock on an the tho un appropriated States Stales public land of the tho tie United According to my view lew time the president has been c led Into Inlo an II er or erroneous conception of ot tins tha relations ot of o the tho government to the people le engaged In d thu now new states of ot tho the west rime Tho cram eror may mn bo ho traced to tho time confuted confused d Idea that an nn analogy exists be between tween Iween public land suitable only for tor homestead settlement and und timbered limbered lands valuable for forest and production The Tho president Impressed with the tho Idea that th the ranges being being do by those thase who occupied them that tM t settlers letHer C helm eln oppressed a by nomadic herdsmen that commotion and bloodshed marked tho tha contentions ot of o rival claimants claImant on time the range ranee approved I policy pol C proposed by b the tho chief fores foros forester ter te but bul expressly disclaimed revenue rising raising as a primary purpose In his letter loter of ot Fob Feb 11 1907 to ta Senator War Warren Warren Warren ren time tha president said that the tha graz grazing lag ing fee should bo be a a small amal one ano ut lit l first and 1111 Unit tInY uny surplus should iso go 11 to thu th state or territory whore tho the tea tc were collected And Amid there thore would be no sur eur surplus plus IIII lw as this the I object was to lo supply an al un tail unlimited limited demand for lOr expanse morley money Ho le lb favored local control of ot the run o In Inc conjunction c with federal authority and und asserted that responsibility should not be bc b so s defined lello that thu no rio one ana could bo be beheld hold held responsible which meant that in Inthis this thu last the om co or agent of at the tho federal C exer supreme Herein rests the vicious feature of ot the proposed policy It I will wil bo be observed cd ed that all ni proposals mado have havo 1110 con can contemplated lease or permit leaving heaving the tho determination of ot the tho method to bo be b em cam employed to the tho of time tho govern government ment nail and I 1 think it Il Is 11 i fair to la say that Judging by hy the forestry policy the tha p par r mil mit system would predominate Under that thal s stel every ever stock owner outside of oC forest reservations would ba be bl placed In precisely the tho th name position a I stock stockowner owner Inside of forest faret reservations r In II other olho word an agent of ot the time i govern government ment from rain wha whose e decision there thoro would ba ho no appeal except to tho the un un dor whose who o directions he proceeded would determine arbitrarily who J Jund und and Ind Who should not Hot enjoy range privileges privileges leges and time the conditions under which such uch privileges might he be enjoyed elJo ed Time The activities of at the tho entire country mid and the tIme destinies of ot every would aul bo tie bi made lado subject to time the lh dictum of ot tho the sPecial agent No mans tock stock business can call CIU expand beyond limits without special permission In Inthe the lime national capital time The open range ralo aa us known to lo tub the president 20 0 odd years ago is II fast tURl becoming u It I timing thing of if t tho the past luIl In II tho time very vary or near neur future time tha large lurge herds end flocks will wi eli all al been subdivided and will wi be conducted by bythe b bIll bythe the Ill ranchers rancher and Ill farmers Senator Carters to the tha bill bil us ns outlined In his hid hil latter bettor provides Unit any 11 person I ron company compU or association l engaged In hay hn grain or outer inner rood moo mur on un Oi cul CUI cultivated tt or meadow lurid humid contiguous to lo toor toor or 01 In lii time tho lh vicinity of ot public of tile the Untied States may subject to certain conditions enciso 80 10 turea of land for every Cr acre lu imi 11 private ownership hlll actually devoll to tho limo production of feed teed for tor livestock For tho the privilege lessee Is II to lo pay not nol more moru thou than thul cents conte tin 11 nero CN b lint Half nf of I tho are ore to be bo used 1801 to defray expenses cs of ot n ami amut all tho the remainder I Is lo Ir be bo Paid tn to the tho state slum BInor or nr located territory lu iii II which the tho lund lands time ate |
