The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-31

UNHu NhiurS amounting 10 0Ntf
wHO owssTnE sroCkY
The census report shows the vnlnc OF
farm stock In 1880 was 800, 307 0,O.
The com ptrcilef's report shows the Whole
value OF cattle In the state Ia 1888 was VS.
317 0pO. 30 IA. cattle values o' our farmer
gho had 10 sustain their stock witht u'
'chool land srass we're double that OF ihe
rsnchmen.
WHAT MoRrY
The value 81 ToSa. fern products
MAS. ia ls't sccording 10 tic ..,,o, ooo
W. raised eol,on that year worth. 49,. o. 7is 90
In all ............ .,.............. ii32 % 600
Or, Ia other words, our farmers made from
The sweat OF their brows, In one year, IN
Texas fields. more than three time, the
value of all the ranch stock In the state.
The farmer had some burdens.
Tha, year IS79 he spent in build ,,c-o,o,
ing fenc-, .,...,....,. ...:,..,,'t sO'ooo1
and no layss, ID In agricultural i'm ,o.
pltmenN 's',,.,,,,''''s''''''' WV, "
Total ''''s-o 'No.'
Vast ss the product OF our farmers were,
the farmer and farm laborer syeraped IN
wages snd profits but twenty-five soliais
= month.
AREA OF AVAILABLE PAsruRAoE
ia Texas IL 10000. 900 OF acres, while the
entire area of the state Is lGI,T3)0VO acres.
We have cattle, M ules aud horses, accord
lug 20 the comptroller's report, ABOUT COO,
900 or, as you see. about thirty acres oil
available pssturage to the head. =
fARMERs TAXED FOR fskE GRASS. 4
Now, sir, these 343, 200 farmers labor IN
the field to pay over million dollars y.
taxes TO educate the white and deiEo cn!d
rem IN Texas, While 1000 ire, grass sock
Rien are enriched without paying one col.
| 4 NM 81 selnnl
land on which they Craze. such OPet
handed plumber OF farmers, ENCOURAGED
aud permitted by law, has never
been witnessed since William the Conquerer
divided out tue Il ig,ish farms among sue
Norman barons. That school land, even al
cents per acre, would bring 81 ,2O,uO per
year, enough TO educate, with other ayaiia-
ole funds, without taxation, every chllu ~
| Texas. | have seen the deIlsive omle
when Senator Johnson, sometimes Co 30
Rutabaga Johnson, the only farmer am ng
us, would rice in his place and warn you
| that these school lsuds should be made 10
| weld d rental now, that the farming c.aes
might be relieved. Let me tell You, rude
OF speech ss he is, In all that pertains to
patriotism. he Is the peer OF any OF you,
and bis unheeded warnings will yet poster
us. You tell me mat under existing law,
| these school lands will be leased; but how
and when? At the present rate under the
law II would take about sixty ycare,
and your land board which
seems to make laws as well
as execute It,, will be bound to lease 10 The
best bidder. and not in limited quantities,
which will Increase the evil and place these
land corporations. Mark my prediction,
when you have buried my bill you will
| pass some high sounding measure hat will
| give preference in leasing to the man VINO
already has school section In his pasture
a. II priority in theft should invest hiu
with superior rights, and you Will put tb'
lands t. the highest bidder and enable
concentrated capital 10 strange competl
ton.
You know that there Is not q constable
or maglstrat g la lhs fits ..our counties OF tb'
Panhandle; and now, max my prediction
II this bill is defeated you muy make !
penalty for grsz,ng on school lands, bu
will refuse 10 Create any tribunals TO enforce
your La Ia that vast territory, covered a.
over with cattle. Lay not the tla',erinI
uuc.ion to your Souls that THIS dodge o
the iree-srazer will pass muster, or tina
your DO icy can bc approved.
WHERE FsNcE CUTTING STARTED.
Sir, the weather prophet, wnrn he lore
elisa storm, first finds on from his Il goa
station where the atmospheric pressure II
grealeet. Let Us initiate his example, arc
scan the polite al horizon. Close along th'
! edge OF the uUorganizi counties north o.
/ ua Ibis fence cutting mischief III 81 started
! for there t1c pressure WAS greatest. The
/ farmer, making mis- twenty live dollars 9
month ii ads the range around his home
destroye al by the wandering stockuen who
owngd 10 grass. He Is a hester hut his
little nest, with his white -heaied babies are
ns dear TO him AS yours can be 10 you
| This country WAS made and has been de
U a.. "a a ktfF
across the border iuto the Panhandle ht
discovered q new race OF men sDglnging up
who without labor 6r5 cnrlcbing them
/ selves on unrented land, solemnly dfdcti-
ed TO educate the children otall. Yes sir. 9
new breed ofmen called KING cattle kings
| | told you ab u. n trem IN other dag
/ Mr.. Dn,Keli, o! my lowe, auth0r'z d me
/ to say ina eleven year ago he owned 500
bead OF Gait e, and now i worth SSO00D0,
every dollar OF which was made from CAT
| tie raised on free school land, and that he
never was called on 10 pay o1s dollar ut
taxes. | tod you that he was good man,
and not to he blamed, for the fault lay Mt
oar doo-s Senator Davis wanted - know
why he did not give some OF IL to the poor.
Well, he gives by rule, just 80 600 year to
! toe poor, more money tnsn the Senator
ever made in one year by his practice or
otherwise. This is no. all; as the
hester look, INTO that broad waste
| covered with mesquite grass, he
seeg the DRIFT fierce OF the Matidor
company, . corporation with Its 800 native
and foreign stockhold rs, and knows that
the grass that should educate bis children
| IL enriching uea In foreign lands, while he
must labor tor taxes 10 educate the children
OF all. He sees under the operation of
partial laws, q breed OF pam pered spscu.
lators enriched by tho state, and the deep
gull between the rich aud tho poor widen
ing and deepening every day. No tide OF
emigration can ever evade those vast pos
sessions usurped by corporations and ind;-
vidua,s; for the stiffness oil death IS upon
the plains, broken only bv the 10 wing Of the
cattle, and all the land is partitioned by
the arbitrary boundanes set up by these
nod, rn Labans and Jacobs. No fence cnt.
ting on these plains, for those kings make
their pastures safe by the free riders OF the
prairie. who are as expert with the pistol
as with tue lasso. Sir, this picture is not
overdrawn. and even fool can understand
how small farmer goHded by his
surroundings, finds himself work
ing at the nippers by the side
OF the free.grass herdsman, on the wire
fence around the pasture o. some rich
neighbor. / have no excuse Tor him; there
Is no excuse Tor him woo violates law.
Along the lire OF the organized
counties OF ihe border the cloud
and it has spread until now the diluded
hester is siriIin hands with the herdsmen
over hsf the state In destroying property,
never dreaming that he Is Supplying the
torch 10 the very framework OF society.
PsEssuRE IN THE SENATE.
Let us pause moment TO zee alec where
the pressure that threatens 10 strand this
bill comes FROM In the senste. Cast your
eve along tn. edge Of the frontier from Red
10, a do NJ nj HnA
the 8, nator from Cooke Senator Dsvis) the
senator from Dallas (ssnstor Gibbs), the
senator from Parker (Senstor Shannonl
the senator from Ess,lsnd Senator Fem.
inp), and the senator from Bexar Senator
Hous,on). In Giinesyil'e, Weasnerford,
Dallas sEd San Antonio, where these SEN
aiors live, these cattle snd land corpora