The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-23
Not "a Healthy sign.

The fence -cu ting ~ q general llwlessnesj
in Texas 10 u constant dtiermtit 10 iinui-
grafton o. The .ter class; but we fancy
that ia " paople Will recognize IL as an evil
that Blush syndicate, representing
So, OOO, coo, has been prevented by the re-
cent troubles rom buying up many thou
sand acres in III { stute. II has become the
fashion tor tor' ign cspitnls,s to Geek IN
yestments in ihis country. Whcn thty 90
ANYTHING /, develop u country in legiti
mate way they on hit 10 receive encourage
men,; but The bonanza method or farming
on tho prairie lauds Of the Northwest, ana
the stock rsnching as IL IL practlcec IN tho
gOuth western slateF, 90 not come upuer
this head. The system OF turning several
square miles OF prairie INTO
great wheat ranch, with no homes,
no family lie, no ohurches
and no schools, is worse for the country
than lettips the pfairie feed antelope ana
buffalo. The soil is being exhaue,ed; the
profits ore passing to the account on some
Weaithy nonresident, who spends MS
money In New Tx orabrosd; no improve
mon are made on the ranch except those
in the way # abor-saving machinery; no
towns are built and no fort mRdo to en-
courage immigrs on. In hne, country
after ten wears If lonan2l wheat farming 10
AZ much OF wilderness Us lar rs clvli'za-
ton is concerned Ms wnen the painted SAY
ace roamed over H. bu ting for his winter
stock of mfa,. In Nebraska and DAKOTA
eeyeral syndicates OF foreign capitalists ID ave
bought vast domains on which they are
raising grain Tor the European market. A.
few shanties for the ranch bands an1 barn
for the stock comprise the inprove-
ments on such place, which is elmost
completely deserted during The winter
months. Even the form hands have very
little interest in the work as they are herd
ed like cattle, and when the neces'ibv tor
their work is over they are summary dis
charged.
the great stock ranches OF Texas, New
Mexico, Kansas and Wyoming. Tie ten
or twenty thousand acre range IL sur
rounded with barbed wire ienco. The
cattle are put in charge OF herdefs, VINO
camp out like the lodian or the iron 'lers'
man. Any improvements by small STOCK
men are irowned upon by me larGe owners,
as IL tends to cfamp their free range over
the country when the grass dries up in .
poor season. Oniy tho best appointed
ranches are fenced, and this innoyaiisn
has led u the recent fence cutting
trouble. The old system was TO range
over the ttste and hold the yearly
roundup. Such patriarchal methods are
not adapted 10 building up a count y, and
several good observers, notably. Frank
Wilkeson, have shown how WAS, sfll OF life
10 the present style OF cattle raisi u through
out the west. The profits are large in .
ROOQ 6e06On, UeCduoo tuo priCS VI brot ~
High; but o bad year sweeps away nll the
margin of gain. while the great loss O
stock by exposure and lack OF feed q. crit
zeal periods OF tue year still further reduces
what ought 10 The worst season to be .
handsome increa.e. Ia fact, the present
style OF stock raisi ng In the west Is as prini-
tive aud wssteful as the old method o
cotton raising on southern pl tntations be
fore the war. l. violates every principle Q
economy, and IL ~ certainly revolving in ri
cruelty to DUMB brutes. Cattle ranching
ON q small scale ought to present many o.
the came features IS agriculture at th'
East. 1t oug.t 10 be carried on without
waite of animsl lie aud without the neces
sity for lawless,ess and border rnfiianism
Such ranching would help stats or terri
tory, whereas the pres ent system Is TO-
often curse to anv section.
Hence We tniak Texas has suffered m
real loss BY the failure OF this British syn
dictate to buy M Q ough land to make OF
ordinary-s zed state. And we fancy tina
&C would he vastly to the interest OF an.
state to check the passion among large cor
porations for acquiring huge blocks OF Liant
and converting them into the means
producing raw material for the Old World
The United States Is growing repidl
enough withou slim ulating Il in this an
wholesome fsshion.-fSsn Francisco Chror
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