The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-01

legislation and comprehensive statesman
ship, put tho rich and tho
poor, when they come 10 Texas
Tor tho purpose Of settling homes and ae'
qulring citizenship, on an equal footing
Hut ngaln, W. ara opposed 70 u reversal OF
tho present policy on this subject VIZ hfp
10 adopt that recommended by hoyefher
Roberts, because Of hogreat financial loss "
would occasion. II will DO observed lhhl
tho Governor says that tho lands aIo sold ana
tho notes bear ten per cent, interest Now
the land h permanent, lx and cannot DO
moved, and the interest II being In excess Of
that which Is usually phlh
on tho safest investments, therefor rs such
cannot be improved. Now, suppose this
recommendation Ia adopted md the lands are
sold, what IA tho reaulN Why mo
money Is paid into the treasury, lhe lioGrd
OF Education 10 called togelhet ana y ~
W 'led IN o per cont, bonds ~ VIII DO
remembered, M tho matter stands, mat "
bears 10 per cent, and IRON u character inc
instrument Ia permanent then why ehAhgp
permanent instrument 10 ono thhl may
nucluato, aud lose on the change Just 100 per
cent. IN revenue from that aouroof THESE
aro rchool landN they nre paying under ne
present law, when sold, l0per cent why
should that law be changed md this loss H.,
ourredy Tho answer Is not apparent, u
slatosmanship consists In tho application OF
the principles Of common sense 70 INC
affairs of State. II would DO doing violence
10 reason 10 say NJ n business transaction "
was best and hence II 10 that In looking for
an explanation wa are forced 10 tho Ono that
tho Recommendation Ia made In accordance
with tho wel-known hostility Of Governor
Roberts 10 the free school System OF
tho State. In regard TO The Suggestion
about tho timber being cut oil tho lnnd, That
amounts simply 10 nothing IN companion
with the issue involved, but II " does, lot
tho law be enforced and tho timber will not
bo cut
DIgcRInISATEs AGAINST THE POOR
The Legislature Is invited 40 pass n law
authorizing the Mlo of these lands In any
quantities TO suit purchasers" This means
a section Of Gao ncres, with tho privilege OF
buying NJ much more M the purchaser may
desire Now, suppose IL is n cattle king who
wants pasture for herds TINT ARE TO be counted
by the tens of thousands, and no gOcs into
tho market and buys hundred sections, and
there Is nothing TO prevent HIM. Can " DO
said TINT tho poor man, DESTROYS OF settling
for the purpose of becoming pioneer, IL IN
any sense n competitor Certainly not But
Il may be asked why should wo want the
poor man TO buy. The answer simplyis, be-
cause this country TO be prosperous must be-
populated, and populated, too, with just that
class of emigrants, AS n question of pohti-
cal economy, IL Is ndispulAblc, that the agri'
cultural region most productive Is always
that one In which small farms abound we
have but TO point TO tho rapid recuperatlon
of France after the Franco-Prussiun war, as
evidenced by the prompt payment of tho sii'
pend TO tho German empire Or Institute
comparison in our own State, between
North and Northwest Texas with It's small
farms, and South Texas with It's fertile bot
tom.lanl plantations, to find n complete
demonstration of this proposition, Dallas
count, Is far ahead of Wharton In the value
and variety of its productions; yet the lands
of the former, fertile though they are, cannot
be compared to the eXhaustlcss soils of
Bernard and old Caney" One Is II pop
ulous county, the other is not; and IN the
light ofthesc facts, wo feel that the small buy
or is rather TO be encouraged than the largo
one that he certainly ought not to be DIS
couraged and yet tho adoption OF this policy
would amount TO u prohibition.
FAvoRs THE RICH
Either individuals or corporations have
here offered fruitful source Of speculation
which cannot rebound to tho good Of the
State. We have seen that men Of wealth
can buy nd lbitum, and what is true of in
dividuals isequally so of corporations, Now,
should the cap talist looking TO new field
of investment seek it in Texas, VIII t is TO
prevent his becoming the owner of tens of
thousands ofacres of this 80, 900 which be-
longs to theState? Nothing And in view of
the famed fertility ofthe soil, is itnot probable
that such results must ere long ensucY In
fact has it not already transpired, and have
not individuals bought largely in this State,
and realized thousand fold upon their invest
mentsY Your correspondent remembers just
one striking exemplidcation of this position.
A distinguished citizen Of sister State,
number of years ago, bought largely of
Texas lands, and up to few years past has
simply held them, A year or two ago
tenth of these lands were put upon tho mar
ket and sold TOR forty per cent. more than
the whole cost him. Now, why cannot the
State realize AS handsomely as the individ
ual? Can she not better afford to wait? Is
she not more able to do so? Can sho not
hold her lands at less costY Can she not
ran 10 them more chesplyY In word, in
every respect holding and exercising MS she
does the right of limited domain over her
property, is she not in n far more favorable
position in reference thereto than the indi-
vidual possibly can be? Most assuredly;
and Just as far better off as the sovereign is
above the subject. Let us then not sell our
lands, but if we do let us avoid changing IN
investment of ten per cent. for one paying
five pc cent, thereby ''robbing leter to pay
Paul"
PREVENTS SETTLEMENT OF FRONTIER.
The opportunity, under statute passed in
conformity with the recommendation under
consideration, would certainly be afforded to
purchase without limitation. Along the
frontier there are many unorganized coun-
ties, fitted for both arabic and pasture pur-
poses. A railrosd company or a private
corporation, or even an individual,
desiring to invest, would have
the privilege of becoming the owner
of an entire county. What would DO the
RESULT Organization would be defeated, and
property that should be productive to the
State in the payment of revenue, from taxa
ton, would BIO almost valueless; for, owned
bv the one individual, whether natural or
artificial, and held as an investment it could
and would not be as productive BY thous.
and fold rs it would be if in response to
tillage and the toll of the husbandmen, it
Welded that harvest of cereals for which the