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March 22, 9 HON BINGER HERMANN, Commissioner of General Land Office, Washington, D. C. Dear Slr:- Your letter, addressed
to Mr. Muir and myself as Presidont and Vive-President of the Sierra Club, received. On behalf of all public spirited citizens
of California, interostod in the preservation of the forests, I desire to thank you for your action and the interest you have
taken in the matter. I send your letter to Mr. Muir by this mail, and have no doubt that he joins with me in this expression
of thanks. It is extremely hard to get our people to actively inlest themselves in anything not immediately involving their
personal interests, and therefore the owners of shoop in this State have heretofore met with little resistance in their enoroaohments
upon the public domain. There are really no two sides to the question presented as to whether, in our arid olimato, the pasturing
of shoop in the forests of the mountains is injurious. The mischief done is so apparent that such folderol as is contained
in the lottor from Mr. L. J. Miller, referred to by you, has become a common argument among those who desire to food their
stock at tho public expense. Men who ought to be above urging suoh a reason havo gravely argued the point with me. Nobody,
however, but a party in interest, will advocate any suoh notion. 06194