The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-30

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n, not doing 81. Up TO M, second day 81
this month tho lspds could neither ue
bought nor Leased, and yet y Is boldly 80, |
serted that the stockmen or Texas WI
n, ither buy nor lease, but u n al assertion
without proof an assertion Ia me very
teeth Of the Law which hns
s s1SST'o So PI'''" sSi.inly '''" doe, not
become u. 10 say that the peop VIII not
leas. and will not huy them unless forced w
do so. until We have given them talr OPP
portunity under Just AMI imnutial law
10 either ease or bay them, II has been
stated by senators Ia favor ~ this bill, and
IN fact by all thu senators ON holh hhes o'
mi. uues ion, that the great pastures which
have been fenced Throughout, the state was
one OF the causes Of fence.cuiung, wa. one
OF the grievances oi " ich this class Of law
bre ikefs complain. IL that true2 Is that
one NJ the causes that has produced all OF
{ ais disturbance In the stste2 Is Is not, IN
fact the main cause aud II so, Will II re-
IN I'VE the cause II the lands ARE placed upon
the msrket for lease In unlimited qusntl
ties a? Under the operation OF this bill
they would he com pelled 10 either sacrifice
their stock or TO lease large bodies OF land,
II they are forced TO lease these lands, and
some OF them are able to lease ~ many AZ
three, four or five counties, Will they not
lease n aud fence In larger pastures than
ances then be greater than ever IL these
Ian 1s are placed upon the market Tor lease
in unlimited quantities, will not the whole
OF western Texas be fenced into few large
pastures7 II the people clamor against the
pastures we already have, VIII IL not ada
iuel TO the ilame, will noG they complain
still more " whole counties are to be fenced
mp under he operation OF this force biiiI'
4. that the way u remove the cause OF
fence cuttng2 But the great necessity for
the passage OF this bill accord
ing 10 the preamble, is for the
support and maintenance OF the pubic Tree
school. | must say that this IS the hrst
time IN the history OF legislation IN TINS
state vhen | have found tue senator from
Travis and the senator from Collin up n
/ the side Of public schools. Las; s'ssiuI
when II wa. proposed to submit consiitu'
! tiOnal amendment by which the legislature
could levy tax sufficient 10 support tue
| rub ic free schools Tor six months IN inc
/ wear both of these senators voted mo, "
and the senator rom Collin, IN his areu,,
mpnt In opposition tn tree schools, sal !
/ then, ms he has said TODAY, that the safe
had as much righ: 10 tax him to
cothe the children OF 9th r people Us
| they had 70 tex him TO educate them. NOW
the proposition is by leasing these lands to
raise revenue OF twelve hundred
Thousand dollars. can show the senator
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/ Worth and III Paso along the line OF the
| Texas & Pacific railway some sixty or
ssven,y-fve miles In width bv one hun
dred and atty in length, Of white sand hills.
without grass ard without water. ! can
! also take him to the counties OF III faso,
| Preside aud Pscos. and show him at least
| ope-third Of the school lands that are nifty
ana one hundred miles from water; and
would thank him to inform me how this
vast domain Is to he leased Mt four cents
per acre. But II IL had water, II IT was
| placed upon he IN arkst, IL would, no DOUBT,
be leased, aud soon be fenced iu perhaps
the whole OF FL Pqso county would b.
turned into great pasture, so large
That man would require y locomotive
and a railroad to go through 1t. And yet
they propose TO force people 20 lease and
fence In these lands as n remedy Tor renee
cutting, | say force them to fence becau,e
| II you once lease IL TO large stockmen IN
quantities sufficient to craze large nerds OF
cattle TREY will fence IL in order 10 have
the benefit OF their leases. ! am opposed
to TIE bill because IL revolutionizes the
pslicy of the state from its earliest exis'
t.nce TO tn. present dav, because IL revoiu'
tonnes the bab 10 and customs OF our peo-
pie by which they have been governed and
ander which they have prospsred rs no
other people have. 1t is not oniy revoln'
tionary in its character, II - not only con-
trary to the policy OF the state, but 1t
~ contrary 10 the policy pursued, by
the United States sovernmei at
ffom It's earliest time IN desl-
ing with its public lands. Toe public
lands have been reserved for actual sell
I tiers. and under the influence OF the be-
| nign policy OF that law We have seen greit
states like Missouri, Illinois, Inoiana, Kan
sas, Kentucky. Tennessee and many others
added To the Union with an immense popu'
| iation and immense wealth. We have seen
under the operation OF similar law IN
| fexas while the disposition oil the lhnds
was confined TO actual letters the taxable
values Increase from two hundred hun
eight millions of taxable values in 1871 10
five huudrad and TWEEN y"ive millions 10
/ 1883 We have seen the population OF th-
STATE increase from eight hundred thousand
in 1870 TO near seventeen hundred thous
and in 1850. We have seen
the frontier pushed hlck and forty
that are now fast becoming
popuous W. have seen great railroad
system developed end population pouring
in our northern borders, capital invested IN
land and all classes OF property IN Texas 10
such All extent as to excite ire wonder and
aimira'i IN OF the civilized world. The re Is
no demand by the people that this policy
shall be reversed. The land board, created
by The last legislature, has passed resol u
ton which has been presented TO this body
advising us to repeal the present act to
take all the lands Off the market except ia
actual settlers in quantities not exceeding
$40 acres, and that the purchaser
should be compelled to live upon
and improve the land for five years
before he can procure title. II We can pass
anch a Ia at this session OF the legislature
IL will make it impossible in future Tor any
CORPORATION or any individual 10 procure
large bodies OF land and fence up immense
pastures. | voted against the land oil
passed at the last legislature, because II
was proposed TO sell more than one section
TO one person. voted az iinst it because
believe that under the provisions OF that
bill il was still possible for persons who had
the money TO purchase and incloss large
bodies Of land to do so. II you sell the land
t. actual settlers only and compel them 10
live on II for term OF hve years. u VIII De
impossible In the future to acquire large
bodies OF land and fence in pas ures
unless you provide that it may be
leased 10 unlimited quantities. 81 lar
a. | am individually concerned, l do
not care whether We ever lease one
acre OF this land. / do not re isve that
any man or set OF m n ought to have con-
troll OF these lands simply becau cit brings
little money into the public treasury.
/ do not believe that IL Is good policy for ui
to crest bar riers against the further advance
Of civinza,ion by leasing these lands IN
large quantities to corporations or individ
uais VINO m " be able TO fence them. While
1t might bring q paltry sum to the treas
ury OF the school fund, IL will prevent the
settlement of that country; prevent the IN
lux of wealth and population; prevent the
accrction In value OF school lands; prevent
the growth of towns and cities. and devel-
opment OF vast area of the state capable
OF sustaining q sense population, and Thus
prevent the flow into tho treasury
n
times the amount that would be
received Tor these lessee. Look at Conan.
che. Broxn. Cole nan. Taylor, E,stland,
Shsckelford. Rl nneis, Stephens and q
large number OF ther counties that have
settled up and become populous since the
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