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Show FUNCTION OF U.S. FOREST SERVCE Discussed by E. S. Gosoey at American- National Livestock Convention. Los Angeles, Jan. 27. The Amerl-. Amerl-. can National Livestock association j convened , this morning for its second j day's session with a good prospect j that hefore adjournment the perennial i fight between the cattlemen and shcep- men over the subject of grazing and range control would break out before i final adjournment. The cattlemen and such of the other stockmen as favor federal control are largely in tho majority ma-jority and their views will doubtless i prevail, but It Is not expected that It ! will be without a warm contest, i At the opening session today Pres-' Pres-' ldcnt Jastro announced the appolnt-j appolnt-j ment of the committee on resolutions, as follows: I J. SI. Carey, Wyoming; D. P. Heard, ! Arizona; George Webster, New Mexico; Mex-ico; B. Mossman, South Dakota; J. H. j'P. Davis. Texas; W. D. Johnson. Missouri; Mis-souri; J. V. Vickers. California; C. B. J Rhodes, Colorado; M. J. Gray, Idaho; ; Conrad Price. Montana; H. F. Blown, Minnesota. Dr. O. E. Dvson of Chicago spoke on the subject of "Bovine Tuberculosis." Dr. Dyson said that tuberculosis was now appearing among the improved ; breeds of c&ttlo direct from the range and that the dangers of spread of the scourge was growing greater, causing an economic loss of millions of dollars annually through condemnation of carcasses car-casses by t'r.e United States meat inspection. in-spection. "The foct that the amount cf the range was gra-iua'Sy decreasing added to tl.c menace. The sptnUcr :v.rd the use of the tuberculin test !u livestock as an In-fn'.r.Ve In-fn'.r.Ve moms cf determining the presence pres-ence of the disease. He alluded to the inconsistency of laws which prohibited the shipment of diseased meats but in not reulat- lng the shipment of mill: and butter ' products. Dr. Dyson urged the strict segre-' segre-' gation of diseased cattle. 1 1 Dr. Dyson was followed by I. T. j Prvor, president of the Cattle Rals-; Rals-; ers' Association of Texas. His ad-, dress was devoted to "The Benefits Derived From Livestock Organization and Co-operation." E. S. Gosney, president of the Arizona Ari-zona Wool Growers' association addressed ad-dressed tho convention. His address, In part was as follows: "The Judicial Function of Forest Service,' I shall treat this subject with special reference to the grazing problem, though the same principles apply to other questions arising from time to time In tho protection and the proper 'management of the national forest. "It is probably a fact that the grazing graz-ing question affects more acutely the Interests of a large number of citizens than any other class of problems presented pre-sented to this department. Here and there, all over the western country, you will find men who have their accumulations ac-cumulations of a lifetime invested in a few cattle or sheep and a little ranch or water right, made valuablo by the fact that it Is surrounded by or accessible acces-sible to public land suitablo for graz-1 graz-1 ing, and by the further fact that the custom of the country, recognized by the highest court of our land from time immemorial, permitted the free and I unrestricted grazing of the surrounding surround-ing lands. There is no vested rights I in a range, no right the government is bound to recognize, yet there is a ' right that must be guarded with the j greatest care and judgment, or In this i Innovation of range control you will plant the seed of rebellion in the breasts of some of the best citizens of the country. "It becomes a most difficult question to determine with oven-handed Justice to all concerned, what restrictions are necessary to preserve the range and protect the relative rights of the users of public domain. Forest service, in 1 Its administration, must cope with all ' these questions. It executes Its own decrees and there Is no provision for appeals to the courts." Mr. Gosney pointed out that, under the present rules, forest officials can dominate the situation and discriminate discrimi-nate in favor of certain elements of grazing privileges and against others. "These conditions have existed in certain western forests to such a I marked degree' said Mr. Gosney, 1 "that the local forest official, through j his friends and supporters, actually dictated the policy of the lUestock association. as-sociation. Good 'men have come to me and told me of range abuses, at the same time begging me not to divulge di-vulge the source of my Information." Mr. Gosney said the association hould ask for an act of congress authorizing au-thorizing the appointment of special Inspectors, who should have tho power to summon witnesses and tako testimony tes-timony under oath, and should recommend rec-ommend some form of an appellate council or board to whom all proposed rules and regulations must be submit- Itcd before they are put into operation. |