The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31

arm stock in 1880 vas iG1,jH 90
The oomptrolle,'sr report shows The whole
value OF c,til. IN the state ia iss, wa. $50
.ho had "a sustain their stock without
,cnooI land grass were double that OF this
r,nobmsn.
WHAT M,RR
rhe y.lue of T, IA. fam products
was, ia ls7l according 10 the
esnsu' ,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,, o., ..,,,,,,f6l 2ol ooo
We raised cotton that Year worsh''''' ~ 'lsO Vo
,.u ,1o No
~" u" 49,, So ''''',,' - -,
Or, In other words, our FARMERS male rom
,hu sweat OF .heir brows' ~ ohe yrs. ~
rsss ns,ds' more man s,oct IN ina s,a,s '"'
The farmer had some burdens
Tha. year us79l he spent 10 build.
ing fence, ,,,,,:,,,,,,,,,,, ,,;,,,,,s 6'ooOi
AMI he invested IN AGRICULTURAL im' ooo,,oc
p'eheh"''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''' eVot ~
To,., .sia 67dS,
- $50 49, ,... -.
VAST 90 'ne p'ouue' y, ouI '". mn,.,sS ~
tne ,nimer anu ."m 'auo,v ,, ~ Joi,.,.
wsEes NJ" pfo"'' ou' '"e"''"'
"on'h.
AREA w ANAttAnhh r"s''
In Texas IS 10000 600 OF acres, while the
entire area OF the state Is l0I,I35,OOO acres.
We have cattle, mules and horses, accord
ing to the comptroller report, aoout quo.
900, or, as you see, about thirty acres oil
available pasturage to the head.
PARMERs TAXED FOR FREE GRASS.
Now, sir, these 3i3 600 farmers labor In
the field TO pay over million dollars 10
taxes to educate the white and negro child
rem in Texas, while II, 900 iret-srass stock
men are enriched without paying one dol.
la. rent tor the S0,OO,OOO acres OF schoo!
land Wh,nh fhav Snrh OnRn
handed plumber OF farmers, encouraged
and permitted by law, has never
been witnessed since William the ConqusreT
divided out the E1glish farms am Ing the
Norman barons. That school land, even at
4 cents per acre, would bring 81, 30 900 per
ysar, enough 70 educate, with otnsr ayaiia-
BILE funds, without taxation, every child In
Texas. l have. seen the derisive smile
when Senator johnson, sometimes called
Rutabaga johnson, the only farmer among
us, would rise in his place and warn you
yield a rental now, that The farming class
might BIS relieved. Let me tell you, rude
Of speech ss he is, In all that pertains "a
patriotism, he Is the peer OF any OF you
and his UNDECIDED warnings will yet poster
Ia. You tel me that under existing law,
these school lands Will be leased; but now
and when? At the present rate under the
law 1t would take about sixty years
and your land board which
seems TO- make AZ laws as wei wei.
which will increase the evil and place thes,
lands, II ever leased, in the long purses o
land corporations. Mark my prediction
when you have buried my bill you vii
pass some high sounding measure hat vii
give preference in leasing to the man wht
already has a school section in ais pasture
as II priority in theft should invest hin
with superior rights, and you will put thu
lands ia the highest bidder and enabl,
concentrated capital to strangle compel!
tioo.
or magis;rs'e in The tiity.four counties of thu
Panhandle; and now, max my prediction
IL this bill is defeated you may make
penalty for grezlng on school lands. blu
will refuse To create any tribunals to enforc'
your Law in that vast territory. covered al
over with cattle. Lay not the hatteriDi
JUNCTION to your souls that this dodge o
the free-arazer will pass muster, or tina
your 90 icy can be approved.
WHERE FENCE CUTTING STARTED.
Sir, the weather, prophet. wnen he fore
station where the atmospheric pressure il
greatest. Let Us initiate his example, aul
scau the political horizon. Close along tn,
edge OF the nnorganizsd counties north O
us this fence cutting mischief first started
for there tae pressure WAS greatest. Tn,
farmer, making his twenty re dollars
month, finds the range around his hon,
destroyed by the wandering stocknen whit
owned no grass. He is a nester but hi
little nest, with his Whlte'headed babies, arr
rs dear 10 MIN rs yours can De 10 you
This country was made ana mas been de
Tended by these same nestsre., Locking
across the border into the Panhandle h'
discovered new race ofmen sDringing up