Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-09

OF the settler and stockman upon the
ttate are equal 20 far as they are con-
ceined II Is different With the state
The state does not give the settler n
preference over the man who II not q
settler because he has "A right 10 de-
mnnd H. but because
TIE STATE is MORE INTERESTED
in Que than the other Tho one Mt
once bcc0mee a citizen. II iving an In
terest i'm the soil he feels more inter.
est Ia the prosperity OF the country.
He pays taxes, makes him Il home
does his part in the development of
the country, and forms nucleus
around which others may gath
err. AS long as the state
hns an acre Of unsOld land che can af'
ford to offer such man Inducements.
but the stockman, who IL not "a settler,
who In many Instances dos not live
IA the 6tate, who does not seek the
permanent development but only the
temporary use Of the soil
FOR HIS OWN PROFIT SOLELY,
such man " not sought after, but
only tolerated, by the state. The state
Beedu people worse than the people
need the lands. And for this reason
he WAS what has been called "free-
grassn man. not because he wanted the
cattle King 10 grow rich on the land
without paying for II, not for the set
tier, Tor his own sake, but for the stAte
He would he glad to have the law
so framed, II po,Bitle, rs 10 make
the stoekmnn who Ii not q
! pettIer nay FOR the grass, aud
let the settler have Il free. But "a tina,
could not be done, rather than lease
the land and mske The state punish
itself by retarding the settlement Of
the country, In order 70 get few dol
lass out of the cattlemen, he believed
IL was the true policy, as the less OF
two evils, to let the rsnge he free to AL
THE STATE WOULD IBE THE GAMER
! by 1t la every way. While she might
| not not yet as great reward all at
once, the reward would be much great
err ia tho long run; the unsold land
would enhances ia value, as the conn-
| try settled up and the taxable values
| would Increase. To prove that settle.
ment wss the true policy, be showed
| that the belt of counties fforl
Travis county 10 the Red Tiy-
"a rendered for taxation as
many cattle alone as the same number
| Of picked counties in the stock region
| OF the same Hizg, Desi1eS TenntilDB TWO
! hundred fold more taxes upon other
property. Thus the people In all that
/ vast and thickly settled REGION, COM
psratIvely speaking, from Travis ~
Crayson county, cati support us thou
sands OF people, aud furnish au nggre
gate revenue 70 the state greater by far
than the state could derive from the
same number Of Western counties Of
the snme size. both from taxation and
from the lease. IL was In vain for the
gentleman 10 report 10 the house
THAT EXPLODED notion
that the Wts. IL unit ~ agriculture
That was another suggestion OF the en-
envy. Nobody talks that way now
bat the stockmen, who wants 20 keel
the farmer out Of his range. Ihat u
what was once said about all Of Tekh
west OF Dallas, but "a population hd
yaDced, reasons have improved. u ]
well known that most Of Texas soil j
fertile and only needs sufficient rain
fall 10 be productive lis . fact tha
/ seasons have been better throughon
the whole West for the last year or wv
than ia the interior OF the state. 10
sides II isa great fallacy " suppos
that good grazing land will lot prf
) dnee small grain When land gets 3
poor II will not do that, II u too poor !
I lease.