Show fOREST FREST LAND Li 1 Proposed Changes Put Before Sub-Committee Sub at Hearing SALT LAKE LAJE Aug 24 The The sen lIen senate senate ate subcommittee on public lands i I this morning opened the first of a series of meetings s four members of the tho subcommittee be being be- be beIng being ing present I Tho The subcommittee had before beCore it ita ita a statement prepared by b stock stock- stockmen's stockmen's I mens men's representatives from eleven cleven western states regarding proposed changes chan In handling of ot tho na nay national nil nil-I forest grazing ranges The chief change urged is that dis dis- disputes disputes l between holder holders of grazing rights rl and the government may be bo betaken taken to the federal district courts Other points recommended are are- BASIS That by law Is a II recognition recognition recognition I tion definition and anil protection ot of rights to grazing upon national for for- ford d n nn an That such rights be based upon established priority and preference at the time ot of the tho enactment of or orthe the law That such rights right's shall be bc definite and transferable without penalty with provision for egress and in ingress In- In gress grese from and to ranges and sub sub- subject subject subject to provisions necessary J for tor the protection of other resources of the national forest That holders of such tights rights Ii shall be responsible for Cor wilful damage dam dam- age ago done by them to resources l dam I of the forest That the exercise of oC such right shall be such as will insure l' the beneficial use of the grazing structure 81 structure ruc- ruc ture as considered from the standpoint stand stand- standpoint point of general business welfare and equitable protection to communities communities to the small farmer to the wild life lite and to recreational fa facilities fa- fa ties ABOVE O E r That no charge basis shall be effective in such law which results In Investment nt values in the privately owned de de- dependent dependent properties of oC the holders hold rs of such S rights 8 and that t provision I be made for returning r I whatever are collected for grazing to the state It was also the consensus us of opinion as voiced In the report that the 1 repot report t the evaluation of forage upon the na na- national national na- na national forest ranges langes made by the service with a view of determining If It present charges were proper propel was based baselt upon unsound economic principles and therefore there torI should not be adopted This repot report still Is under consideration by y the tho sec sec- secretary secretary rotary of agriculture Colonel W. W fit B B. Greeley Greel had hlad of oC the forest service cp urged that thit the tho stockmen avoid avol 1 the attitude altitude of oft get x-ct- getting t ting hold of public resources with with- without without proper return to the public OX ON DOMAINS DOMAIN nO rAI Regarding the public domain the stockmen were unable to agree aglee excepting In a I general way and Wyoming held out altogether Points favored arc are Definite con con- control control I Irol by operator charge basis it lint will not reduce the value of oC private at holdings priority ant ana use ulle in grant grant- granting grantIng ing log rights local option In states st tes op op- opposed opposed opposed posed to the general plans as con con- contained contained in I the proposed sot set SI of oJ laws con I |