TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES 



BY RESOLUTION OF THIS ASSOCIATION, IT WAS ORDERED THAT 

 THIS ADDRESS OF MR. POTTER'S BE TRANSMITTED TO CONGRESS, 

 "WITH THE STATEMENT THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED 

 THEREIN, RELATIVE TO GRAZING IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS, IS 

 IN COMPLETE ACCORD WITH OUR KNOWLEDGE, AND THAT THE 

 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRAZING IN THE NATIONAL FOR- 

 ESTS AND THE PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT THEREOF MEET WITH OUR 

 ENDORSEMENT." 



IT IS BECAUSE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS TO THE ENTIRE 

 COUNTRY, AS WELL AS TO THE STOCKMEN, FLOWING FROM THE FED- 

 ERAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS SUCH AS ELIMI- 

 NATION OF RANGE DISPUTES, CONSERVATION OF GRASSES, INCREASED 

 CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE RANGE, AND THE GENERAL SATISFAC- 

 TION OF THE GREAT MAJORITY CONCERNED THAT THIS ASSOCIA- 

 TION STRONGLY URGES SIMILAR CONTROL OF THE SEMI-ARID, UNAP- 

 PROPRIATED, PUBLIC GRAZING LANDS, BY LEASE OR OTHERWISE, UN- 

 DER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OR 

 THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, AS PROVIDED IN H. R. BILL NO. 

 19857, NOW PENDING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS IN 

 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SUCH FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION 

 OF THE SO-CALLED OPEN RANGE WOULD, WE CONFIDENTLY ASSERT, 

 LARGELY INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF LIVE STOCK IN THE WEST. 

 WE INVITE ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, UNANI- 

 MOUSLY ADOPTED BY THIS ASSOCIATION AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING 

 AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA, JANUARY 15, 1913, WHERE EVERY IMPORTANT 

 LIVE-STOCK ASSOCIATION OF THE WEST WAS REPRESENTED. WE 

 ALSO INVITE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO THE EXTRACT FROM THE 

 ANNUAL ADDRESS OF HENRY A. JASTRO, PRESIDENT OF THIS ASSOCI- 

 ATION, ON THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT. 



RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AMERICAN NATIONAL LIVE STOCK 

 ASSOCIATION. 



T. W. TOMLINSON, 



SECRETARY. 



