. I '. ?;â g â¢â i' â ⢠!' i J. %\ MR. COX OF UTAH: I an not speaking for any advisory board, but I -viv, 'how*. ever, speaking for the Southern Utah Livestock Association which represents 80 to 100 livostock-mon and over 150,000 sheep. Our association has resolved against assessing any fee under tho liconso period, or until such tine as the livestock industry can carry tho load, Vte fool, and wo have been led to'believe and led to'understand by tho Department, that there would be no fees 'during tho license period. Wc understand that this law was not a revenue moasuro but a .moasuro to- reha
. I '. ?;â g â¢â i' â ⢠!' i J. %\ MR. COX OF UTAH: I an not speaking for any advisory board, but I -viv, 'how*. ever, speaking for the Southern Utah Livestock Association which represents 80 to 100 livostock-mon and over 150,000 sheep. Our association has resolved against assessing any fee under tho liconso period, or until such tine as the livestock industry can carry tho load, Vte fool, and wo have been led to'believe and led to'understand by tho Department, that there would be no fees 'during tho license period. Wc understand that this law was not a revenue moasuro but a .moasuro to- rehabilitate tho rangos raid the livestock industry, and in the. lav; it has directed tho Secretary of tho Interior, at his discretion, to rofund in part or 'in whole any foes during certain emergencies, and certainly tho iive- stdck industry was'never in-more cf an emergency or a bad position'financially than wo are today4 The only difforonoc is wo think some of us can see a littlo daylight, â . \ ⢠; ' Thore is plonty of precedent why tho Government, why tho Department should carry this load at this time. They have 'gono out the Reclamation Department just as an Example â and spent millions 'for dans to- reclaim a few hundred thousand acres of land for irrigation purposes. Certainly they should spend some money to rehabilitate the public lands. Further, they aro spending money to rehabilitate and bolster up or subsidize, if you please, other business, and wo aro ontitlod at this time to be rehabilitated. Wo aro back of the law down that way a hundred percent', and we think it is good, and we are back of the Department â but thoso are our sentiments regarding "tho foes. MR. CARPENTER: Gentlemen, on account of tho time, I will havo to intorupt this interesting discussion; but it isnot ended. Let me summarizo it by say- ing that it is very evident hero that we vail not'be able [to take up tho'subject of foes and roach any reasonable' conclusions until
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