Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-15
The Land Question.

our readers doubtless feel very great
interest In the matter Of the school
lands Of Texas, and want prompt and
accurate information whenever the
legislature acts,
Since our last issue wa have been In
Austin carefully watching the indic,t-
tons, determined, If possible, to learn
what has been done and what IL like
~ to be done. We were quite pre-.
pared TO learn TINT little of practical
value had been accomplished, but were
disappointed and grieyed TO discover
that there was little prospect of any
thing of consequence being done dur
ing the present session of the legisla'
turc. When the session first com
menccd II was possible to have accom-
plishcd something before the lobby
had gotten To work. The land and
educational committees respectively, OF
the senate and house of representa-
tiSos were then ready, willing and
anxious to get together and act to-
gethcr In all matters affecting these
lands, and had they acted then
promptly, before now abill would have
been agreed upon and passed. But In
legislation M In the every dny affairs
of life, delays are dangerous often
and In this ease, we fenr delay has
proved fatal. IT gave the lobby time
In which to organize, and now there
are almost rs many different Views on
the subject as there are members of the
legislature. We did find one member
OF the house of representatives
who WIS modest enough TO say
4 thnt he didu't know amy.
thing about the subject, but he
! spoiled the effect Ul this con lcssion by
adding "and | care n burned sight
leaA. AZ u rule though all YOU hnve
10 do 10 get n lecture on this much vex'
cd subject is To ask the average lcgisla
| tor what h going To be done, or what
ought 10 be done. We honestly be-
licve that nine out ofevery ten of then
are cooked and PINNED and ready foi
n big speech about the school lands
and most of them either havepersonnI
bills 10 press or have well defined ina
diVldual views TINT "are Just the thing
and must be pushed We can dis
cover no indications of u spirit af con
! promise amy where and from this ",
argueno good results. The lobby I,
strong and aggressive and il on M
other point there IL agreement, they d,
! agree each one that every thing pro
| posed by any one else h all wrong,
! The uglicst disposition we discover |,
4 that manifested by men who are sup
| posed Ia represent northern and foreign
capital, These mon generally tell leg
| islntora that these lnndsarc well worth
from five to ten dollars per acre anc
I they hnVo even succeeded In Impress
Ing many with the notion that If tn,
minimum price on them IL fixed n,
Nuch figures they will loo readily sold
or course these men have no idH
lpfbuylng In conslderablequantities a(d
areonly seeking TO have theprices iixiT
40 high as 20 prevent Others nom doing
SO, especially To prevent tho"snall fry
as they term the smaller stoclmcn,
from purchasing. They will perhaps
"gobhle' up u key section here and
one there and thus secure control OF
large sections, but they have no more
idea of paying five or ten dollars PEI
acre for such lands in amy considerable
quantities than We have of buying the
city of New Work aud paying The cash
for lt, Under all the circumstances
therefore we cnp give our readers no
cheerful report at present OF tho pros.
pcct All that they eau do Is 20 keen
;helr eyes open and bercady 10 takoad.
vantage of anything that max per
chance be done We believe most of
them wants to secure land and we adj
wise them to do so, and oven II they
have 60 pay more than they think the
land Is nov worth. Stlll our advice Is
to- The 7hrdS Wool GroWer.