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Show m HIGH GRAZING I FEES ARE HELPFUL I Secretary of Agriculture M:ik M H Statement of Olrccts oi H New Department Rule. H trlYEfl HIS REASONS M FOR THE INCREASE M States That Charges Will Eventually M He Based on the Value of the Forage Available. (Salt Lake Tribune.) H With the high cost of living, or of R. even existing, in eastern cen'ei of H population the national problem of the H hour, every clement that enters I H the raising and production of food, H and particularly of meats, is hi H keenly scrutinized by the federal gOV H ernment and ulso by the producers H themselves. H The 25 per cent, flat arbitrary in- M crease by the United States depart- ment of Agriculture on graiiv fees H for cattle and sheep in the national H forests, with announced Intention that H further Increase might b ted, H has aroused both Interest and comn H favorable and adverse i" Utl b H The state pets a liberal pe of the receipts of tho foi U revenue on grazing operations, ' 'I H as on the sale of timber, Thi is apportioned among the cpuntli of H the state for school and road pu H in proportion to the nr i of ih est H reserve in the respective si For H this reason county commissioners and M district si hool boards favor the in- H crease berause of the direct beneficial H results to their interests. H To Benefit the People. M The cattlemen, throueh T. W. Tom- H linson, secretary of the American Na- M tional Livestock association, have H taken the matter up with David F. M Houston, secretary of agriculture, at p' Washington, and, in vl"W of the np- 8 oeal now being made for federal In- p tervention to handle the food crista, pB it is expected that the attitude of the 8 c ictary of agriculture in rail irn' the pHJ "ost of feeding beef and mutton on the pEJ hoof on government laud mav bo pEE brought into question. The position of BE! the secretary of agriculture, SS BX pEE pressed in his reply to Secretary Tom- pflfl linson, is as follows: BJ "The purposo of the national for BEJ is to improve and protect th" fon BEE for the purpose of securing favorable pfln onditions of stream flow and to fir- pflj dsh a continuous supply of timber for pflfl the use of the peopl". The corse flbpj Ion of the national forest resources Bflfl ihould alwavs be given first EH lideration and their use regulat ' In H the way which will be for the b H interests of the people. H "The timber, grating, v war H and other resource. I whl d flflfl for commercial purposes should be BEl charged fur at a rate whl :h i hair fair value. If a cl T- flflj ftcient to cover the I flflj 'ion were made all the profit !' IH ommercial use of the natioi H would go to a comparatively r w In- ppj dividuals, instead of to all flflj to whom they belone find who are en- BflJ titled to share in their 1 r IH "This principle applies to B This principle applls H Ituation, and the charg foi flflj -ihould be based upon the real f the forage upon tin i H angel, as determined Ic ful H y of all the fat not by B ompotltivo bids, as required in timl BJ flflj "Whether or not tie f I. flflj at present represent u fait of flBJ the forage Is the que b HBJ cided. The facts befoi BflJ Indicate that the present chai B net represent the full value of JE Ing privileges on the natloi fljfl This is conceded by the EflJ There is, however, a diffsi c of ..pin- BE ion as to the real value. Tl Bfl men reprei titing somo S tend that the present cha flflj seats the full value of the n M the stockmen of other oi I B Ie that the grasing ii v rth pfl Mian ih now char: B I, bul flfl the proposed Increase of l 0 p M would be in excess of it real B For the fiscal yeai ily I, fl 1916, Utah received for road I M school purposes fiom revel I national forests in its b I H ooo. This represent 86 per cenl H the collections it is expected that H $30,000 will be realised tho fB fiscal yiar to end July 1, 1017. J9 |