Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-10
THE LEASE LAW.
Some Operations Indicating Its Iui,u.
ence on Settlement.

Some Operations Indicating Its Innu.
ence on Settlement.
Is 1t the Best Means to Attract Aetna,
Settlers?
Let Thinking Men Read and porasr
Facts and Figures.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, June 9.-The light is shin
ing In. People are beginning to call
for the previous question on the great
grass issue, and those who have ra.
sorted to the subterfuges of ridicule or
Misrepresentation to stave it Off realize
the futility of attempting to hood.
wink the intelligence of the country
by appealing to personal or class
| preiudices. Sober discussion has cop,-
menced, and the advocates of the lease
| system must either
FACE THE MUSIC
or make an unconditional surrender
The cry against the cattlemen
will be of no avail. In response comes
the deep-toned wall of the settler for n
hearing, and high up in the ranks of
the free-grass column he stands. plead
ing for chance to redeem himself
from poverty and the country from
the fell influence of big pastures.
The Cleburne Telegram, very con-
sentative and able journal, recognizes
the sum of the contest. 1t says:
So the whole argument, II brought IN n
point, depends upon the question whether
ment.
We do not believe that the leasing Of tho
lands 1fsubJ CT TO sale will have the east Ell.
feet upon the Influx of actual settlers II
must DC remembered that immigrants cnms
gradually and scat err over the whole state.
already settled where lands are privateIv
owned. 1t Is believed that II the lands he
leased the annual rental will not fall far short
} OF million dollars. surely the state cannot
be expected togive such n sum annually as n
bonus for the encouragement of Immigration.
The Telegram states the question
. fairly, which is more than can be said
of any other paper which advocates
the lease system. Will that system
debar settlement, and shall the rev.
enues which might be derived from
the school lands be given las bonus
for the encouragement of immigra.
tion?" A great many people seem to
think they are defending the land
!, board when they advocate leasing,
, and 1 presume the opinions
! of its members will be &C.
4 copied as good authority on this sub
!, ject. In conversation with them TIL
, GAZETTE correspondent elected these
expressions:
. Gov. Ireland: 1t is folly to say thai
: settlers will intrude upon q lease
r They will not do it,
: Comptroller Swain: i do not believ,
that the actual settler will go insid,
: the fence of the lessee. The influence
: would be too strong against him.
y Acknowledgement Templeton: /
n cannot be expected that the settler will
n go upon leased lands. In fact, it woul,
: almost be matter of impossiDility TO
If him to stay there.
= Treasurer Lubbock: Undoubtedl,
n the law should be changed
q No one believes that the settler will
l. go behind the wire fence inclosinl
Of another mans lease.
Mr.. Templeton also thinks it woul
II be better il no lands were leased in OF
st ganized counties, and even Barne
J, Gibbs, the great apostle of the leasin
s. system, is so impressed with IL
he "folly,n as Gov. Ireland would say,
hoping that the settler would 81
down upon lease that he wants
reserve 10000 acres Of school land i
every county to prevent tot
ostracism of that class. III
re Telegram, like many Others who acau
" esae in the lease system, clearly fails
Ia appreciate the situation in the Yves
III private land for the settler ignores I'll
u fact that the 35 900, 600 acres of scho
III lands are in alternate sections, II
" volving
SEVENTY FIVE MILLION ACRES
of territory in the solution of tn
~ question, including the larger portio
,ei of the unsettled West, much of 1t
II; rich, beautiful and fertile soil as ev,
III came from the mold of Providenc
Does the Telegram want to tut
this over to the pasture mt
and shut off settlement eve
tor yearly rental of nearly a millit
al dollars? If the state refuses to leas
ep the railroads and other owners of Il
90 alternating sections will be compell'
he to stop leasing, and commence Il
ne good work of settlement in order
os- realize on their properties. Eve
L. man who owns GAO acres of land w
'as resolve himself into an immigratit
w committee, because on the SeLtleIne
M of the adjacent territory depends Il
to value of his own. Men will not !
to supinely down, boarding up d
revenues thrown into their Golfers
the legislature of the state, satisfied
go on forever, gathering in four or Il
cents al acre, no matter how great q
IN injustice done the public at large, b
Pc will be forced, in self defense, to hal
IA out the latch.striDg to the actual 81
asst tier and welcome him with OPP
IN, arms.
We THE SEDUCTIVE INFLUENCES OF
A. BAR'L,
ly, however, are more than the Telegra
he can withstand. A million ye
ler blunts the force of reason, shades 7
eat result of experience, and seals its fai
,ur to the leasing system. Mind you.
calculates on leasing almost the emit
body of the school lands. b
did the Telegram ever stop !.
think that the actual sett
rth pays a greater direct revenue than
nd lessee? Ifhe purchases at the minimu
w. rate of $500 per acre, the 5 per Gel
IA interest which he Is charged yields
Sas annual rate of ten cents an acre.
two cents more than the rental OF
pasture man. Thus If the school Ian
were all sold the annual rental wol
be over $1,000, 600 q wear, instead