Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-27
ITSWER TO A CRANK
,,.-,,s Of Fsnce-cutting and
'' cruelty to Animals.
..u,n Of West Texas a Well.
/. 4 and Intelligent GLASS

fs. ABILENE, JNNH rto' E'' Aoo9'
~ ,,,or Of the Gazette
cent communication from this
~ Galveston News, a corre-
Va. n, signing himself N. A, T.,
t.sulripg in a long, rambling
5is ~. En- Of the grass question, goes
aaI Ais way to display his
~ and makes an uncalled-for
i \, ..dsrous attack upon the cattle
,west Texas. We care little for
a = ~ ss,ertions Of the correspond
u, sowipg that they are the out
y Q n a lack OF Information and
nd that untruth can have but
No ceIrht with reasoning minds,
"a ,hss been allowed the freedom
solunns Of the News and as
Ana y has a large circulation in
y .,ions OF the state where the
~ hostile to the cattle men,
&c fiat an answer should be
,st ,-ibeg for space in the columns
y y a,ZgPrB for the purpose.
Nd whoever the ingenious and
r. rseious crank may be, speaks
Il athese wandering Arabs who
4 ding West Texas with scala
vi tWhich are devastating the
n ike devOdring locustsn and
NJ cries out in his deluded wrath
Ian we do here when these
An wander all around and all
M ma with their scalswsg
II we build fences
wi Id cut them down and ruin us.
: the language of hundreds to me
ogy reat Western region y
w1 malignant and stupid anger on
~ OF a writer to a leading jour
ny y, imply intolerable. and possibly
OF ter got into the News by care
Instead Of the cat
IN of West Texas be-
~ se Arabs, as his deluslon
o,sal him to believe we, are just the
The Arabs are an ignorant
1rSss based people who subsist solely
Nv ling and on the products Of in
"a ible small herds which they
w., - yetthe painless deserts OF the
4ra They have no enterprise, and
same from generation to gem
all 4. II anything, they
- hierior to their forefathers,
S g-. ole from and murdered the cleRn
on liable voters of Asia ia the time
s,ls Jewish empire. The rsnchmen
81 Texas are mostly made up of
M Tell.t0do and highly intelligent
scs men from the older and cultured
On lies. They have been the pi-
q oaA Of civilization in these
srls and, Instead of obstructing
l.n b IS the correspondent claims,
hSTs opened the way for new
IN and 70 them more than to any
ora class OF men and to any other
~ y Is the present settled c0ndi'
Ind prosperity of West Texas
~ The cattlemen recognize 10 the
Prli extent the position in which
aHz are placed; they know
4N q large portion OF
Texas is susceptible of being
XXI 4 aud are perfectly willing Ia
lea Of such localities and move
-s- vest, when 1t ia PLAIN that
Is more profitable than herd
It's to their interest and TO the
iof the country for them to dc
they have never been the bull
Z obstTuCtionists that n. A. ~.
We do not keep the scslawag
hat he alluded to, but on the
~ it Is customary TO keep the
- Improving by securing blooded
q rom time TO time. Our stock
lot wander all around and all
sople, and n. a, T, aud the
Eastern soft crabs, who occasion
nuster up courage to come
here need not ge
NObody's fences arr
ously cut down and NOBODY
ped by the lawlessness Of the cat
and II n. A. II. contemplate
B. ing In the noble art of fence
ng ne can 90 ahead without
q y The assistance of state rangers
~ nlghly probable, however, tina
~ gentleman never did squar
" work In his life, and ia only to-
3 10 let The lOafing tTamps ahou
" OF Abilene persuade him tina
lar exercise in the ehape of fence
" Is useless performance GU
ne says people come to hin
uhdentialy tellhim these things
tany prosperous farmers aroun
II he win go to them instea
ing for them to come TO hin
4 lell a different statement
III " further, "these wanderin
M grumble at FIVE or six cents pc
-ylng u Is outrageous and ruiz
prtlOn. Why, when not stOclIeI
one acre of these lands wi
OF good hay worth $50. The
nd kick up because we wal
pay five or six cents per ton f
Y. Less than that, indeed, fC
Ill ~ cut hay from these land
'liee fumes a year
" nonsense is too ridiculous I
~ print, but perhaps anythin
- ss pen Of such crank can |
There is little land in a vii
!, .nywhere in West Texas TIN
b'N sopply more than fifth I
q hay to the acre u
M year. In answer to ii
RI satement, we will 50
k,A uensn are not in the habit
. ~ ", as he seems to think. W
slsI occupations, and leave exc
snsl nature entirely to the raw
Iiules imported from Mexico. \
slen caps the climax OF foolisl
" clsaedness by declaring thu
eAltlemen should be sent
ssIilentiary for cruelty
AZ ~ that they do not labor O