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

u eel NJ only iof kthAihs pufpoecs' Lsst
year IL produced ten Thousand bales OF
,otton, two hundred thousand bushels Of
wheat aud three hundred thousand bushels |
" corn, aud yet they have more cattle,
more horses, more sheep aud moro hogs |
nov than they had then. Every other |
county along the border has grown in the |
,ame proportion and they will continue TO |
grow II you will only permit II.
Hut II IL be admitted that there ls reason
for the massage ef this revolutionary meas.
lfe at all, IL only goes half way, lwouli
rather take the bill OF the senator from
Falls which Il, In fact, herd law, than
Tho ono now under consideration. The
In this bill Is to extend the
penalty for Ience.cuttlag 20 Enclosures
around pasture. The farmer with his
whrat held or his cora or mis- cotton Ia 10
nave no protection from the fence cutters,
Why did not the senator from Travis ex'
tend that provision 10 the protection OF this
large class Of our people, and make II
felony 10 Gu. fence whether IL was aroand
cotton, corn, wheat or grssT IL 10 an
unjust discrimination 10 have the
OF the bill extend
only to fences around pastures. IL
there IL any reason why such fenCe
should be protected, the same reason mp.
plies 10 fences around growing crops. II
the farmer desires TO have the exclusive
control and possession OF his land ana have
the crops that he may rails. upon IL, II is
now Incumbent upon him TO ience u. Whv
not apply the same ruler And is there not
greater reason why the rule should bo APP
piled to the man who owns nninclosed
lands and who desires the exclusive use and
benefit OF the grass upon IL TO fence 1t inY
Why, by the operation OF this bill, protect
the grass that Is produced without work.
without toll, without labor or expense, and
at the same time refuse to protect the men
who labor nearly an entire year
to produce cropY why compel
him TO fence in that crop IN
order to have a benefit from It,, aud at the
produced by nature without any eNertion
upon his part and to secure to him the ban
eft of his grass without fencing. The
three hun fred and forty-three thousand
farming population scattered over the state
for whom tho author OF this bill rs 50 So
lcitous, should have the same privileges
and protection rs the pasture men. IL any
man has uninclosed lands In the state OF
.cxa, that he does not wish Other people TO
us. or Ia Il he does not wish the SOCK oil
otner men to grass upon, lee him ike the
farmer enclose II, aud then let the sta!e
proisct him in keeping such enclosure:
II we undertake to pass Law, one Of the
main considerations ", or ought 10 ne, eau
IL DE enforced? This hill lays down the rule
that no man shall be permitted to turn
loose on uninclosed land more than twenty
five head of cattle, unless he owns unen.
closed lands 90 a Al TO ten acres for each mead
of cattle he turns loose. IL is plsin that be.
fore you can punish mau lJr the violation
OF this law, you must ascertain by some
means the number OF ca'tlr ne mas ana also
the number OF acres OF land. ! have lived
upon the frontier OF Texa' among the
steckmen for the last ten years, and my OBJ
seryation is that when q man turns loosa
upon the prairie rs many as one
thousand head OF cattle. that he never
knows afterwards how many ne
has; he can only estimate 1t. man with
five Thousand or more head OF cattle turned
loose upon the range, with fifteen q TWEEN.
ty hands busily engaged all the wear ound
does not know himself and cannot ascer.
tain the exact number of cattle In any
given brand, and II he were to undertake.
60 gather and count them, II would be i'm
possible for him to do so in any one year.
Many stocks OF cattle In that country range
over four, five aud six counties and some
In the winter time one hundred and fitty
aud two hunuiei miles. This bill creates
ten com missioners Of pastursge, and gives
TO each OF them Jurisdiction co-extehsive
with the limits OF the safe, and provides
that they shall transac, the pub
lie business at such times and places az the
interest and convenience Ct the people may
error may cause to be detailed state troops
TO act az canstabulsry force under the di-
reclion Of the commissioners OF pesturSge;
that they shall be accompanied 0y these
troops when they 20 in unorsanized or
sparcely settled counties to inspect the
manner cattle are grazed therein. IL fur
Their proviies that each commissioner OF
pasturag- before pers )naly inspecting as
he Is authorized to dol tho manner in
which rrazlug OF cattle Is conducted in any
county, shall examine or cause to be ex-
nniined the records of marhs, brands, con-
yeyances and eases In the county, or in
the county to which it Is attached FOR judi
cial purposes, and 10 make or causs 10 be
maze sufficient copies and abstracts
of brands aud marks. titleE, corveyances
and leases therefrom, which shall In proper
cases be- regarded by hun n violence in
making examinations OF parties arrested
for violation of this act. Who can estimate
the cost OF procuring these abstracts OF
titles Ia the if.rent counties OF this state
snd also the abstract or marks and brnnds2
Il would take many large volumes 10 hold
them, and in some counties. II not all,
months and years 10 prepare them. Can
YOU imagine what an immense number OF
records and books and abstracts would be
gathered In one pile when the commissioner
of pasturage had complied with the pro-
visions OF this acl2 And can you estimate
the DAYS anu months anu years
, of tot, the expenditure of money
and the labor in making up
nd preparing these abstracts? And can
you imagine how ridiculous these mmis.
sioners OF pasturage will appear when they
start with this train.iosd of hooks to the I'M
organized counties Of this state to inspect
the number OF cattle that any person may
have turned loose upon the prairiep II they
we're to go to any OF the large ranches in
Texas to day, 1t would take all those ten
ommiss'oners and everv man the state
would be able to employ TO send with them
ten or twelve months to gather In every
head Of cattle. They would have TO inspect
each animal to ascertain what Its mark and
brand was, and start through this musty
pile of records of marks and brands TO ascer.
tain who II belonged to, Just imagine how
m UGH time IL would consume to 20 through
that one herd. Then they would have to 20
through all the leases aud convcyances OF
the particular county in which the the.cat-
tie were located, to ascertain how many
acres oil uninclosed land the party had, the
deeds would not give the information, and
| it would be necessary to employ surveyor
| to have the lands OF each individual sur
yeyed In ord n to ascertain how much was
| inclosed and how much was not How
m UGH time and how much money do you
suppose this would consume? III these
cattlemen with all Of their employees, with
all OF their equipniuets, stimulated by their
| own interests, cannot round up In less Than
twelve months or two years all the cattle
they may own, how do you ex pect the gra' 8
com M ssloneis to do Il for them? A msn
may have one brani in one county, aud
another man in another county may have
the same brand. When the grass commis-
sioner should discover an animal in his
brand, how Is he to determine, by what
means can he determine. which OF the two
\ kA hahn
had inspected an animal In herd OF five
thousand, how would he know when he
reached the same animal again, and at
what season of the year would he under.
take 10 roundup and count all the cattle in
the countryi There are fifty-four unorgan.
lied counties and only ten commissioners
Of psstursg'. l suppose II would be nee