Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
"Ihe Chair Recognizes u. =.

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To the Editor of the Gazette. %" 'us
IL is seldom that a politin, ,.,,,..
In this state opens SHOWN, .
solicitude for "the man xiIS 4.
as this one is doing, and "a .soo.s
his few milch cowssand so,i ~
being deprived Of free er,s, ~, ~
ton OF the Legislature and I a.. y ~ y
maintains. In other words. X. =
have free grass, but those ~ -
ing out with loud voice am u, II n
men with the hoe,n neItbs, a 81,
men with the hoe,'' 90 ~ I. u
search has gone, desire tbs so y
ance of free grass;' MANY nv IVY S;s!
evils are traceable to that ssms \
sive cry. "The men viz tbs
having settled in part 1 neirb III
with their farms, aud unable Z X
their outlying grass, and bslItyIr
their minds that having bousb q
for, and paid the annual ur \
their lands, and the sald lsuds
subject to stray or depredale On
others properly, should not b. n
PEELED to fence the same, bu, sbouiI
permitted to enjoy all the sdyant7
and benefits accruing from The n
but free grass says although we
no more than we can use
selves that Tom Jones
his rambles through the country
drop 1000 head Of cattle on our !,
followed by l,500 belonging to
Smith, and hold them there until
eat off the grass, as bare as an 4
and then they can "pull their lfsi
for pastures new to repeat the
ee.grass Misunderstanding ''lhe
with the hoe" to subsist his COWS
work horses upon what he has Il
with his hoe during the summt
let them die. II no other reason
given why free grass shoul
abolished, that alone should fo
damn it; free grass as exempHh
a farming community, Is wrou
morals, unsound in policy. upju
principle, pernicious In pra
wanton in waste, and legslired
der, and "the man with the
knows 1t.
Why in the name Of common
and decency should the man
the hoen be compelled for The la
acquires to pay, in interest
annual tax, more than the
man is required to p!
his lease? or Why
the stockman ''kick' at having
equally as "the man with the !,
when the stockman claims y
acre of grass is more valuable 70
acre of crop. Or why should .
man desire to keep his stock uIe
fruits of another mans 100
There is an element Of weakD
the free-grass platform, that 70
uate the system they must strtn
and this little plank will 90 !.
it free beef and we will clasp
over the grassy chasm and ssAl
band of brothers. Either That
for your grass. If you have no
Indictment to offer actual ss s'i
have predatory bands q caa 4 !,
upon their range to eat them
them don't como. II 70. =.
better inducements 70 ons J,
raisers than that they can
cattle upon the actual settler
until they eat it out, tell lhs T.
come i; and II anyone wn9
here already .and not =, os ~
paving a tIifling cost 70, ~
tenance, tell them tney , ",
to null their freight to h s,
Mexico, Idaho OF TO the ds s,.,s
a and y" we have no use for them
I 1esse alone: lei the school
made productive by tas .. NV
thew are needed for ss. e,.S
they will soon be oeoa q !,
raisers, and If not occuP y I. Z 4
will not lose any more w.
frep-grass system. n.
e~1 tttha man with Wy
mand Of the NinetesnIl 4.
ample protection agslnst x y
being deprecated upon ~ ,I
hands Of cattle own .:h n.
stock. As "the man WIN " :. y" NJ
paid and does pay for H., INV III
lat H II be assured 70 him -,
h., known ~ Characteristic s. Z
your opponents, ! hope s,s' ~
his place in your paper y
If s,ifiicient importance 4
~ Resnectfully,