Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-21

cormorants whose tetncles VIII D,
tivhtened Inv The enactment OF nero
law n was a mighty keen head
which commenced the herd law move
n,cnt with a deal for the "children' 8
grass but shrewdness IS ilo' sni ~,
enough, wit not witty enough, W uI's
the iniquities OF q herd law SYSTEM n,' o1
meath bunch OF erass, ' ia
| though II comes iro'n ~, ~
chlldren's lands. 1he persolia'i.s
of its advocates cannot he cpVerom up
In winding.sheet oil grass my
loom up to public view as rlcii ca..,e-
men of the Southwest, owning couli'
ties after counties unuer wire iehoo,
land grabbers, aud railroads, put never
poor man, u representative on tne
common people What has such ~,
one TO gain by herd law, anyway
1t only limits his base oil operations
and cOnfers not single SOL
taiy benefit in return. rms
question OF the cni'uien
grass cuts no figure In the case at an,
because In the first place he pays nul
little taxes anyway, ana, seconuly,
the school lands are being leased as
rapidly MS possible anyway. IL Is only
n matter of a year or two Wheh rev
enue will be derived from every loot,
and MIR. Terrell, himself, could not
offer more. As for
THE GREAT CORPORATIONS,
they have everything to gain and
nothing to lose by herd
law. Certainly any system, which
demands that they shall own land cor
responding to the number of their cat
tie cannot effect them injuriously be-
cause the rapid development of the
state aud the great influx of popula-
ton has already rendered that n ne
cessity. Everyone familiar with the
stock business knows that they are
buying up ranches by the wholesale,
and thai n revolution Is being accom-
pllshed among livestock interests with
out the aid ofa herd law. Even be-
fore the busy brain of Mr.. Terrell Ind |
dallled with herd law, the pressure
of business necessities was evolving |
for them u peaceful solution of the free |
grass question. All that there is to |
them in The herd law, per Sc, Is fence |
or no fence. Hence they have practi-
caly nothing to lose. But on the
other hand what n vast |
field for speculation would be |
opened up to them, what II grand |
to scoop up the live stock |
If every unfortunate farmer or tenant, |
who was unable to find quarters for his
beasts. The rich cattlenen and large !
and owners would be
MASTERS OF THE SITUATION,
md the landless poor would be Mt their
mercy, compelled TO accept any terms
hat might he protlerod. Here Is n
,retty picture for you, and ii is the
iod's truth, every word of it.
Mr.. Terrell made little calculation
II which he showed that the stock
nen of Texas against the farmers were
s 1900 against $50, 600. Now | have
een making some figures of my own,
nd | must confess the results are
tartling | find that the farmers of
'eXas arc the siockmeG, and that the
rCater the agricultural development of
section the larger the stock interests.
his is not random statement
either is ii made on approximation.
aking the map of Texas ! divide il
ITO two sections, calling all west of
le 9Sth meridian and south of Goth
npreesor latitude the stock country,
'cordlng to the general acceptation of
ne term, and giving the balance to the
griculturlsts. IL contains uinety-tiye
aggregating GI,50O square
lilies or II little over one-third of the
ate. Now mark the result. Here
&C myligures