Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-18
,FpEAL THE LEASELAW.
pconle Of western Texas Ask the
7 SsxtLegI.iature 70 Repeal the
Lease Law.
,fan Forced 60 sell His Cattle
y ssnse there is no Range, Must
now Atk for Aid.
ooLonApo. a., oal. Is. lsss

COLORADO, TEX, Dci. 10, ESQ,
Il. pdltor OF The Gazette
w IN should the next Legislature dor
zeal the lease law.
Tho has been benefited by the lease
~" Foreigners, capitalists OF Texas
a ,he Northern and Eastern states.
rexas treasury but very little, less
49, than II might have been without
4 lease law.
!. rso has been injured by the lease law3
d ne,sops who bave been trying to ao-
ne W. homes IN Western Texas. The
hs men. as there was no range left
Y. ior their cattle, were compelled
snl IN tbejr cattls for very little money,
scn ne last two or three years, to
,tgi,sts who had means 10 lease thou
~ -, acres OF the land In Western
uuo aud wire.ionce IL, which, with the
Asht was the main cause of the suffer-
those poor people who reside be-
"a Colorado and Fort Worth and both
~ ana south OF that line,
rsno this summer and fall; be.
!, they had rot been compelled
.aI, or Give away their cattle two aud
S.rears ago on account of the lease
NV would now have their cattle
n ,hs increase OF them to support them
,a.as with. One of the cattle kings in
W. siter he had 'froze out" all Of the
70 men who had small number OF cat
4 near him, refused TO pay his lease-law
NJ 10 the state, and one OF his reasons
ssn for SO doing was that the lease law
unconstitutional; and the state
oa him, aud 1t Ia an even
,ns that the jury that tries that case
!. KIM and verdict in his favor. Butif the
!. does not so find there is no doubt
ls, be will appeal that case, and 1t is
~ =, nrobahle that our supreme court will
Xxx on that appeal that the lease law
N void because it is unconstitutional,
~ sttorney- general holds that the lease
n n Il constitutional, and says that oul
IA legislature will approve the actions
me lsnd board. Even thai
HI not make Il constitutional
Inra his wire fencing was done
& a N rauchrnan employed from twenty &c
- j. coSboys to manage his cattle. Now
rauohmen employ only four or five
bwboys for that purpose. Ana all OF tn'
~ "A nclmen VINO have small amount o.
7RpItsl, hare all of their money invested
# airs fences. This summer and fall th'
81 81 rsnchmen turned their cattle out o
n n an nssiures to range where they conl(
q a pf,ss, which injured poor men wh'
AL been compelled 10 lease a small mum
Of acres OF land in Western Texas
n a who had not been able to wire-fence IL
breigpers who have millions OF dollar
8yested In cattle ranches in Western
vas do not paw poll tax to the stete
"A The moor people, citizens OF western
Yas, who have been gobbled up" b.
.reipn and home Incorporated cattl
!. ,,mpauies. pay most all of the taxes
.6en by giving up their mich COWS 10
.at purpose. The retail merchants /
.festern Texas are bankrupting, or clos
Ii nm their business when they can, be
&use they have but very little trade now
nv few customers, four-flfths OF tn
hwhoys and laborerS having left thi
n Auntry
y Wnl The cattle-kings and people
hstern Texas consent to repeal OF tn
base law, and give the people who al
I,ifying TO settle up this country chanc
live ana build homes for themselve
M acquire Homestead If 1t had nc
#eeu for the lease-law, the persons
Nestern Texas three and four years az
6hohad from 100 to 800 head of cattle
k.AOuld now have cultivated homestead
I a bd also from 90 to 5000 head of catt
81 the natural increase of them, an
HDuli be well able TO support the
antilles; while now, as ii is, these PEI
BE petition the people OF Eastern Texs
ID other states to furnish them wi
D mething to eat, and seed wheat
Il liant
= We pray you, lesse-law makers, to r
y bal It, and give Western Texas Peep
Showing to live, even II the cattle-kini
4 a biect 10 it. j. BURTON.
M r.