The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-13


Col. Barry has written very able let. |
tor ON the free grass question, but too
long to give it entire. Among other
things he says:
you all claim to he opposed to mo-
nopolies; then why will you cast your
votes for those wanting TO repeal the
law when a repeal i'm toto would
build up other mouopolies out of our
school land, i'm uur state, by the side of
which the scottish lords pasture OF four
counties would not be- a decent truck
patch. Have not George Loving, of the
Fort Worth Gazette, and other crafty
emissgries picked aud preyed upon our
school lands enough? Go to Parker,
Palo Pinto, Young and Jack
there II loving did not buv
their cattle ut low down figures, in some
Instances ltum agents of cuil jrpu whose
| parents had sacrificed thoir ives on the
| then frontier, then alukrupted on them
and soon after went to buying up the
school lands at 80 cents, and sold the
same to the money LORDS at England M
| - and 81 per aero. We all felt proud of
| his success, and, the buying and selling
| was honest trading, ye, mink il very
| UNJUST, to say the least of X, for the Ca
! Hetle To tag free grass on to the lease law
! to induce the people to vote away their
own and their chldron's substance and
| place IT IA the pockets Of milllOuHirCs,
only for the sake OF his getting another
bite.himself.
! | favored the lease law as it now
stands ON our statute book, MS IL was
the best that could be done with SO many
men with as many varied ideas as To-
what was best. The law as IL now stands
adds a handsome revenue to the school
iund, saves u like amount of tax money
from coming directly out OF your peck
cts, and secures To the actual settler
only the right to purchase. As | have
often SAID, II is all TO mako, nothing To
lose, and no honest man hurt hy the
tease law. Thon why will you cast your
votes for men who want it repealed,
thereby destroying portion of our
school fund, thereby ieopardi2ing the
thirty odd millions of acres of public
school lands, by placing them back on
the market for the monied monupolists
TO buy up at 80 cents per acre, which
would be done at the land Office before
you of this district would hear of its re-
: peal. very well know that there are
millions of money waiting for the action
OF the nineteenth legislature torepeal It?
why do know itH Because they have
| A'oNA ANNNA AlANAA REPRESENTATIVES, Nv pun
nc resolution from TAYLOR county, de.
{ claring they would support no man un-
loss no iaVors the repeal, and placing
the school lands back ON the market nj
not moro than 81 per acre. Yes, they
want tor nothing, and If YOU vote for
mon 10 repeal it, they will, IN 81 manner,
got 1t for nothing. Have YOU so soon
! forgotten the abuse you heaped upon
IN" oO-cent act under Rob
ertS' administration, that built
, up the great land mOnopolirs now exist.
J ing, 10y rohbing the school fund? These
milltunairos can afford To hire an ennis.
Sary to canvass each county in the state
q at asalary OF $1,000 each, and pay every
1 representative and senator in The nine
4 toenth legislature $4,000 each To got the
lease law repealed, and then clear a
, profit OF SjQ,ON,00O for themselves, All al
n the expense of the poor children vet un.
born. Count It up for yourselves.
Thirty live millions OF acres at " and 81
per aero, thrown back on the market M
. 90 cents per acre, Subtract the amount
Z. at 30 cents from the amount at ". so pei
4 acre, and YOU will see the enormou,
amount that induces them and thei
n emissaries TO come before YOU with lie
< IN thoir mouths, tagging on free grass {,
p induce you TO 90 to the ballot haN ano
. vote yourselves and your children
poorer ana themselves richer.