Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-02

would mean overstocked home pms
lures, filled with hRlf-starved animals.
As our representatives, we sincerely
believe you would honor yourselves
and benefit your constituents 10y ad-
vocating bold, liberal, comprehensive
policy that will tend TO make market
FOR the productions of your own dis
tIicte, and beautiful homes, school
houses and churches, In sight Of each
other, all over the western portion OF
our great state, aud all occupied 10y
brave, intelligent, moral, law-abiding
people, whose children will be TO the
manor raised and beyond the posi-
bility Of doubt will make as loyal,
brave, intelligent and good citizens as
any who may immigTate 10 our state
Ia the distant future.
With an undivided mind and voice,
we again express our hope that the leg
islatuIe will refuse to adopt a narrow
minded policy calculated to discourage
and prey ent persons with few thous-
aud dollars and DESTROYS 10 own few
hundred head Of stock, from acquiring
at the states price, by presumption and
several year'siactual residence, IN fee
simple, land enough TO keep them on,
as we do not believe that more than
one-fourth part Of the lands we wish TO
acquire viii ever respond generously
in fruits, vegetables and cereals, for
the labor bestowed upon them In
| their cultivation. Therefore our great
eat hopes are dependent upon the
productions OF our flocks and herds
well taken care OF.
We will further state that we have
read and considered Senator HoustOn's
bill of January TO- 1885, providing for
the making OF presumption purchases
| by actual settlers OF our public benefit
| lands from the state, but that we are
unable to discover nberallty enough
in IL to make II beneficial
| TO actual settlers or con-
ducive 70 the speedy settlement
OF our Western frontier, but on the
contrary, we believe its tendeny
would be like that OF the recent policy
and ruling Of our state land board, 10
prevent every citizen who has been
blessed with energy and ability, or
| fortunate enough 10 have acquired a
few thousand dollars more than would
| be necessary 10 fence, improve and
stock, with from seyenty-dve TO one
| hundred animals, one section Of West
ern Texas grazing land, from
ever going 10 the frontier unless
he first c0erced himself into
an unwilling submission 20 buy
| lands now held 81 high rates by speo-
ulators corporations, ETC., for cash, OF
/ part cash aud upon short terms OF
! credit at high rates Of interest; and we
| further believe that a large mBlOrity
OF people, whose circumstances are
! limited. would be, under Senator
Houston's bill, as they now are under
the rulings OF the land board, deferred
from locating on the frontier through
the want OF proper surroundings, and
therefore we believe that II the SEN
Rtor's bill should become a law, or
II the present policy and rulings
OF the land board are continued
without modification for the better,
by law, until the legislature adjourns,
the great cattle syndicRtes, land-hoid-
ing speculators and corporations Ofthe
West will have gained another victory,
rivaling their many triumphB Of the
past. and which will dedicate hun
dreds and thousands OF sections 10 pur-
chased or leased solitudes that now
might be dedicated to civilization and
general prosperity.
We have also read and considered
Gov. Ireland's message Of January IA,
1885, and we are sorry that we are
COMPELLED TO say that we canEot
| find anything In IL pertaining 10
selling aud leasing our public domain
and public benefit lands, Of practical
nature calculated 10 encourage the
settlement Of our frontier. as our ex-
perienee, with some OF as extending
back many years, IN the pursuits OF
agriculture and Of handling live stock
on all kinds. all over the frontier,
from the grazing grounds Of Texas TO
British America, leads as fully 10 the