Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-06


q; ,zrrrE md a few other papers oil the stN'e
are endeayoring TO force an issue in the com
ing election on the ireegrass question: ~ Is
n subject that should not be broosht '"'o q
state politics at this time, for the peoPie y,
tho state are satisfied TO let the matter rest
as Il now is but should the persistent efforts {
| of those whose mistaken policy IS 10 ag'ta'c [
| the question prevail, The efforts OF the larger
| portion of the representatives Ia lhe heA.
iegisla ture will undoubtedly be TO restr'c.
| the eucroach ments ms they are termed, oil
| cattlemeu on the public domain IL Is al
randy asserted tina. the lar ger portion OF the
| grass lands of the state are now occupied and
| con trolled by companies and syndicates OUT
| side of Texas and that the.benefits that may
| accrue to them In q peruniary way Wilde en-
| pended in building up Northern interests
| and Northeri states, and that Texas Will
| .oon have expended all these resources In
| advancing 9th err states than the Lone Star'
| and that in II few years the pubic CONAN
viii be but a barren wilderness, and the vast
amount, of wealth accumulated by these cat
tie kings Will go to enrich other iocaiites
than in Texas. The Herald is as much the
friend of the cattlemeu as any other paper In
the southwest but II deems a WISE conserva-
tive policy the best, and is willing to leave
well enough alone and not endeavor to stir |
nm strife that will in the end prove detrimen-
tai to the stock-growing interests oitne state
No arg uments can be advanced, no spec'a
pleas made that can change the course OF
| inevitable events Texas nvitesimmigrants
| from all sections of this country ana Europe
to come here, open up farms, build towns ana
; cities erect schools and churches and every
one. except the few who have large cattle In
terests rejoices In the arrival OF every person
who comes here to settle permanently ana
Ait, ,i,a nat n
= family, For these cas- )ns the cattlemen oil
Texas should deprecite the agitation OF
question at this time which must result in
4 their detrimeut. Let the subject drop at
= once Dallas Herald.
d THEG GAZETTE asks every opponentcf
e n public commons or free grass to read
the above, not once but dozen times.
The Herald is an advocate of the land
II lease system, and what it says will not
y be attributed to the influence OF free
g grass barons," cattle kings, Texas In
ie vestment companies or bullionaires.
III Every man, also, who is hunting for
l arguments in favor of free grass should
y read it.
y OF course we did not expect the Her.
aid to know that this land lease sys
tenn tUus an issue, and therefore pass by
its regret that 1.-THE GAZETTE and
ro other papers are trying to force an
issue.n 1t does not seem, from the
"a resolutions passed by several counties
~ mainly in the purely agricultural sec
20 tions that all the people of the st at
r., r. are satisfied to let the matter rest as /
W. is.n No doubt the politicians an
office.seekers are satisfied to do so, 70
a live, rafting, pregnant issue is hol
horror to the place hunter and politics
on trimmer.
1 to The question oil ~ha' .ne 'epfesen
rter atives in the next Legislature VIII c
was was the immediate provocatlon to
tier this "agitstion.n The people were to
the they had nothing to do with this ma
m ia ter-that it was ''mere mater
n of legislative detail.n But the dlspositi'
and of the public lands involves the qu'
ele. ton of the country's settlement, a.
hill the people are not all satisfied that
lease system will best promote tt
settlement. We repeat here what
sim Herald says, and THE GAZETTE al
-, 80 80 every man TO read 1t
roe IT 1t is already asserted that the larger port
doing OF the grass iahas OF Inc s'a'e afe NV y.
pital. pied anu contFolIeu ny com pah'ea "Hu -
Gates outside of Texas. and that the bene
then that may accrue 10 theh IN pecuhiafs
fight Will be expended III ou'luihS up ANo' "
minor. interests and Northerh s,a.es, anu ''.ao
Y do Will soon nave expended All ms ,,s
/ that an ,,,a, - Jaw Years the public don
speak will bs but a barren wilderness, and the
lease amount of wealth accumulated by THESE
tie kings will go to enrich other local
than In Texas.
g. Do Unjust be remembered that the ao
,..;or is from a newspaper which advocl
the land lease system, and that
;, HE Herald has never been accused OF
mo 40 ing the organ of the bullionaires.
~ ~ every man reread 1t, and ask hin
be the whe'"er puoio IN
IN tho pastures on leased lands Will
,.od l., surely promote and strengthen tia
!, ,,,o;ts cupation and control Of grass lant
,,as,,,, this state by companies and sy
,ond Gates outside of Texas" Let e
;, down lover of Texas, let every man
Grant honest'y desires .ne 'e..'en1'
Iio;g of Northwest Texas, thank the Ill
for SO strong presentation ofthe
of lease system. When all the
nificent country to the northwt
re gone inclosed by the wire fences of .
When panies and syndicates outsit
Q other Texas" and when the process
n there their beef product, raised insi
a speech fences on leased lands In Texas, II
ntiment northward to build up Northern
stions of ests and Northern cities, and wi
ariff. or barbed wire bTeastwork bars the
z. The westward Of the man with the
primary when the vast wealth accumulat
What these pasture princes will go to
over the other localities than Texas, VI
hey were section larger than the state of
e resolu. sylvania Ia converted into ne
us ques- Of wire, then will the folly OF oil
people in sane prejudice against cattlem
0 look to apparent. But 1t will be too late
IN The Encroaehmentg of the Cattl