Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-14


foRr WoRrH, Xxx, May l2. --kdi,or
GAzETrKi senator Maxey stated III a
discussion OF lshor bin Ia congress,
that the demand for agricultural laborers
Ia IeNas very far exceeded the supply.
IN hast Texas thcrs nre thousands OF
acres OF good land, cleared but living idle
for want OF hands, IN heavily timbered
region, with good drinking water and
many vacant bnildings, | suppose this
coalition Of things exists TO greater or
less extent throughout the South. II &c
the North the supply Of labor IL SO
nuen greater than TIM demand and :
thousands are starving for want Of en-.
ployment, why could not some OF them
come South where there Ia a demand for
industrious workmeng Farmers, II "a
true, could not give very high wages,
thanks chiefly 10 tho present high tariff,
but employees could earn support could
have the advantage OF living Ia cheaper
climate, and the chance Of owning land
themselves, which they could avail Them
selves OF Y they had any vim.
Too many are disposed 20 congrcgate
In large cities, seeming to prefer living
there IN poverty 20 engaging Ia teamwork
Ia the country, whore they would be sure
Il industrious, OF obtaining the
anarchists, dynamitors, communists and
all other such excreaconces of /. foreign
population, who are disposed TO be con.
trolled by the laws neither OF God nor
man, preierthe low saloons, sluma and
pestllentisl dons Of big city, whore they
can shoot police officers, senselessly de-
stroy property, raid druggists shops and
| get drunk aud poisoned on social pota-
| tons OF coluhicum These could not
forogo the privilege Of marching IN gay
PROFESSIONS under the red dag, the star.
spangled banner being behind the times;
or OF idllng away their time IN beer
ealoons, and discussing the rights OF
man with fuddlod Importance, while
perhaps In many Instances their families
~ home are with lardors ns bare as
Mother lubbard's cupboard wish not
| 20 be understood as saying aught against
labor movements, l.aborersare becoming
a great power In the land, and they are
now receiving more respectful coneld-
Grafton than ever before. Labor cOmbis
nations are right, aud often can control
turbulent employees when nothing else
will. am speaking OF men whose law
less and fanatical acts injure the cause OF
la0ori who are not nc 10 be citizens OF
republic whore people 10 great extent
govern themselves, but should be SUBJ
! iects OF some foreign desputism with an
army large enough TO restrain such law
less and turbulent characters Their
means are midnight plots, dynamite
and the incendiary torch. N they could
accomplish their ends we know the con-
sequences the country would resemble
pandemonlumj we would have reason 10
expect that all the great Industries which
required years to DO built mp would be-
Frustrated, neighbor would war with
noighbor tho land would be llt up with
the devastating flames OF burning homes
aud illled with carnage and mourningi
people for protection would be compelled
TO pay court 10 some American Robes
pierre or some one OF the Jessie James
order. Such state Of affairs might 70.
suit, n Americans born and reared In the
grandost republic that ever existed, and
also II good naturallzed citizens, should
be influenced by these fanatics, who, al
though reared under European despot
ism, arrogate TO themselves the Office Of
teaching Americans something new In
regard 10 the rights OF man.
We do not want any such characters
In Texas, whore they would find but few
congenlal spirits, and where, as Houston
said, the fool-klllcr would be bnnkrupted
for want Of business, G.. NJ ID.