San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-03-03
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PUBLIC PRINTING.

| PUBLIC PRINTING. ,rI
The legislature now in session at
Austin can not give their attention 10
anything Of more vital Importance to
the people Of our state than the pass
age Of . law Regarding the pablo
printing. Il has been considered By
some that because the newspapers Of
the state have been 90 persistently
demanding such measure that the
main benefit TO be derived therefrom
would accrue TO those whose oooupa
ton and profession lie directly in that
channel. While no one will pretend
to deny the importance Of such o law
as source Of revenue TO newspaper
publishers, yet II is unfair to let such
argument weigh one moment against
the numerous arguments that have
been offered in behalf Of such law,
showing the benefit TO the public. It
should be remembered that the news.
papers of o state are ever first in i'd
vocating measures calculated TO pro-
mote the interests Of the people.
While it is but natural that news
paper publishers as well as other in
dividuals should look after their own
interest, yet in all matters involving
the welfare Of the people they can
generally be relied on as being free
from all selfish, personal motives; and
on all questions Of importance to the
well beng Of the government under
which they live, they are ever to be
found occupying the high ground
mapped out by sense Of duty and
subserviency to public veal.
The newspapers of Texas, therefore,
in behalf Of the people Of Texas, whose
interests they guard, are demanding
that law be passed by and under the
requirements which all sales of land
under execution, deed Of trust or forced
sale of any kind, shall be publishedin
the county paper having the largest
bon4 tide circulation for o sufficient
length of time to give all parties con
cerned due notice, a. well as to en-
able all who might be probable pur-
chasers to be in attendance on the
day of sale, thus affording an oppor.
tunity for fair and reasonable price to
be obtained. l6
Such law will result most bene
ficially to both debtor and creditor
The increase in price which the land
would bring by reason Of such I'D
vertisement would always more thar
repay the increased cost, and the lane
owners OF our state, Of whom such Z
great number are burdened with debt
encountered mortgages, would as {
rule be enabled to free themselves
from such Indebtedness by receiving
adequate prices for their lands wher
sold under the hammer. As it now
is, lands are sold every dny for debt
and after the costs are paid there re
mains but small sum to be credited
on the debt and the poor debtor il
nearly as much involved as he was
before. n
The law should require the publ
cation of all delinquent tax lists, &C
that men may be given chance tc
redeem their lands before sale made
for taxes, The present practice Of
posting notices on the court house
door and two other places in the coun
ty, to be torn down or defaced by the
first rain, is simply shameful. There
is no protection in it. On the con
trary, it is a farce that should no long
er be tolerated
The Hon. B. B. Paddock, q news
paper man of Fort Worth. represents
Tarrant county in the legislature, and
is, we are glad to note, chairman o.
the committee on public printing
He is q gentleman Of brilliant attain
ments and ranks high as journalist
both editorially and in the business
management Of his paper. the Demo
cyat. No man in the legislature Can
have a better understanding of the
Importance Of such law rs we have
been talking about, and we hope 6
hear from him soon on the subject
| CWeatherford Herald.