Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-28

as To excite the wonder anu n nu,nai t.
linn Of the civilized world iie'u 10
no demand by the people thaV ln,s
nolirv aholl be reversed. me mn
hoard created by the last Legislature,
has nnssed n resolution which mas oeo''
nresented TO this body advising us 10
rene,,l the present net TO take All wy
Ionja of the market except 10 actun,
settlers. | be ieVe that the p1uu0
lands of the state ought to he SOU un
ly To actual settlers in quantities NV
exceeding GO acres, and that tne puI-
chaser should be compelled To i've up
ON and improve the land for ive years
before he can procure titie' ~ W. . ,ha
pass such n law at thus session W ~
legislature, II will make 1t impossi1t ~,
In future for any corporation OF Any in ~
diytlual to procure large nou'vs w
land aud fence up Immense pastu,eS,
I voted against the land bill passed W
the last legislature, because IL Wns
proposed to sell more than one seu'ion
to one person. voted against IL W
cause / believe that under the proVls-
ions of that hill IL was still possible lor
persons who had tho money 10 pur,,
chase and inclose large bodies OF lAli'i
10 do SO. Tryou sell the land to actual
settlers only and compel them to liveoh
it for a term of five years, IL VIII be I'M
possible in the future to acquire large
bodies of land and fence II IN pastures
unless you provide that IL may he
leased in unlimited quantities, 80 .iar
as ann individually concerned, 40
not care whether we ever lease one
acre of this land. | do not believe that
any inau or set OF men ought TO have
the control of these ,nds simply be-
cause il piings q little money into the
public treasury. do not believe llat
it is good policy for Us to erect barriers
against the further advance OF ciNlil1a-
ton by leasing these lands IN large
quantities TO corporations or indlvldu-
ais who may be able to fence them,
While it might bring paltry sun
to tho treasury OF the school fund, IL
will prevent the settlement of that
country; prevent the influx of wealth
and population; prevent the accretiDn
in value of school lands; prevent the
growth of towns and cities, and devel-
opmcnt of vast area OF the state
cap idle of sustaining dense popula-
ton, aud thus prevent the flow into
the treasury by legitimate taxation of
ten times the amount hat would be
received for these leases Look at
{ 'omanche, Brown, Coleman, Taylor,
Shackelford, Runnels,
Stephens and IA large number OF
other counties that have settled up and
become populous since the
land was placed upon the market in
Il IN 10 nntt,nl II
was this that brought population and
wealth into these counties IL you will
pursue the same course you will create
more wealth, have more population
and more taxes paid in, in one year
from that region of the state than you
will get under the provisions OF this
bill in twenty years Is IL good poll
cy? Is 1t sound craftsmanship to fix
the border of this state where it now
is and keep it there? Ifil is, pass this
bill, and in connection with IL carry
out this policy of leasing lands in UNI
limited quantities and you will estab-
lish ii forever IL that for the benefit
of the people Of Texas or for the benefit
of the school fund? | think not. /
think the object should be to get set
tiers there, To improve the land, TO
pillow up the soil aud make it produce
crops OF ten and hundred times the
value of the grass that is now prod
duced upon il. Let us have these set.
tiers, these immigrants that are de-
10y the honorable senator
from Collin as serfs, and they will
make that great region bloom like a
garden. Take the county of Co.
ts,npalNn fnr it,utannn. NMIn,, 4 "A
there 10 make II my home in 1874 IL was
considered fit only for grazing purpO.
SEES. Last year it produced ten thou
sand bales OF cotton, two hundred
thousand bushels of wheat and three
hundred thousand bushels of corn
and yet they have more cattle, NOR,
horses, more sheep and more hog
now than they had then Every
other county along that border has
grown in the same proportion and
they will continue to grow If you will
only permit IL.
But If it be admitted that there il
reason for the passage of this reYolu
tionary measure Mt all, 1t only goe
half way. | would rather take the bill
of the senator from Falls, which il, ii
fact, herd law, than the one now I'm
der consideration. The proposition II
this bill Is, to extend the penalty TO
| fenco-cutting only To Enclosures arount
pastures. The farmer with his whea
field or his corn or his cotton .inclose,
Is To have no protection from Tia,
tence.cutters. Why did not the Sena
tor from Travis extend that provision
to the protection of this large class O
our people, aud make IL "a felony /,
cut fence whether IL was around cot
ton, corp, wheat or grass? II Is a,
unjust discrimination TO have tn
provision of the bill extern
only to fences around pastures. |
there Is any reason why such fenc
should be protected, the same reasoI
applies to lencesaround growing crop,
II the farmer desires TO have the excl
siVe control and possession of his Ian
ana have the crops that lie may rnls
upon 1t, IL Is now incumbent upon hin
to fence 1t. Why not apply the sam
rule? and IL there not greater reaso
why the rule should be applied to IN
man who owns uninclosed lands nm
who desires the exclusive use and be,
ellt OF the grass upon IL to fence Il In
why by the operation Of this bill Or,
tect The grass that Is produced withou
work, without toll, without Iabor,or q,
pense, and at the same time refuse /
protect the men who labor nearly N
entire year to produce crop? WI
compel 10 him To fence in TINT crop
order to have benefit from It, and ,
tiie same time protect the man I'm
crop That Is produced by nature witt
ou' any eexertion upon his part, an
secure 70 MIN the benefit of his gras
without ieneingy The three hundre
ana iorly-three thousand farming por
uintion scattered over the state. +,
whom the author of this bill h NO =,
licitous, should have the same privil
eyes ana the same protection MS Il,