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completely ignored the existence of the grazing industries 

 and agriculture, and made no attempt to provide for the 

 legitimate wants of either I Now, in view of the very great 

 importance of those industries, the presence in both Senate 

 and House of numerous "cattle and sheep men/' and the 

 very great influence of the cattle men and sheep men in 

 Congress, it seems strange that this powerful force was not 

 recognized and provided for in the Perkins' bill, and in all 

 others. 



The sheep and cattle men are, and long have been, strong 

 enough to defeat decisively any and all measures of game 

 conservation which they regard as unfair or injurious to 

 them. We dreaded both their prejudices and their power; 

 but very soon we found that, like most other Americans, all 

 they ask is reasonable consideration and a square deal. To- 

 day in New Mexico we witness the novel spectacle of the 

 sheep and cattle men's associations squarely on record in fa- 

 vor of having the whole of a certain national forest made 

 into a game sanctuary instead of the half of it only, as orig- 

 inally proposed by the New Mexico Sportsmen's Association ! 



The way both in Congress and out of Congress being en- 

 tirely clear and open, in the winter of 1915 the Campaign- 

 ing Trustee of the Permanent Fund decided to put forth an 

 effort to evolve a workable plan for the making of game 

 sanctuaries in national forests and at least attempt to carry 

 it into effect. The prize to be won was so great, and so far- 

 reaching in its effect, that any sacrifice that might have to 

 be made for it would be justified. 



It was resolved to formulate a business-like, just and rea- 

 sonable plan, in support of which all the friends of wild 

 life could unite. After preliminary conferences with Chief 

 Forester Henry S. Graves, and Forest Supervisor Smith 

 Riley, of Denver, a plan embodying ten propositions was 

 drawn up by the Campaigning Trustee. On March 4, 1915, 

 in Washington, that plan was submitted to a conference 

 consisting of Chief Forester Henry S. Graves; Albert F. 

 Potter, Associate Forester (in charge of Grazing) ; W. C. 



