Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-05

!, nave remained; some settlers that wer
i supposed to be permanently located
hsye gone, and others are going; eom
have settled On the land and refused t
70, wala others that have fled have lie
tae.r lsnd go bsck to TIE state. Evel
wsre It possioie 10 settle the public 60
main, aao the soil proved ever SO pro
ductiVe, the Urge sums OF money tina
i must aopually ba sen. cut Of the country
in the Wey Of tEXss and interest, Wouli
Keep the people poor. TIE amount O
money sent GU. is more than the smoun
IN sctusl circulation spd the settler
must sell their personal property at mucl
less thai its value, tor place 1t unde
mortgage to tie money losnsrs who vii
come from other paris, to profit on tn,
needs OF the people. Ih1 legislation tina
we ask will greatly relieve the people IL
this direction, as many OF them will bl
able to pay for their lanes at the end G
the residence period. II Is well k0oWl
fact, proven over aud ever ag1in, from
the Atlantic - the Pacific, In every neF
lcouatry that mas been settled, thit 1t /!
] s0Out sll that new country is worth Il
settle and improve il. We believe tha
the strength ard glory OF state depend!
| upon the number and prosperity Of III
| peoplr, aud not upon the tx.ent OF It'll
! EninhaDited public domain, or the as
ness Of it's revenues. Thertflre, the flis
act Of statesmen is 10 produce those Law!
| hist Will encourage and hold immigfa.
tion.
We ere locking to the N1rih fer the
people to settle these lands. These peo-
pie are familiar with the liberal tenn.
oil hot Fnf 40
Locating CT Inc public domsp, and they
readily Gee the contrast aud the difference
between the federal land laws and those
of the state CT TeXis. There are yet large
sud unSccupied territories that are open
for these settlers under the liberal terms
OK the federal government, and also lsrge
Iadisn RESERVATIONS THAI are expected tc
be opened. 81 long as this is the case
the slsse 81 Ttxta csruot expect these
settlers 10 locate On ber lands which sEe
badly hempered By discouregirg hne
laws.
We msy deceive ourselves, and 4 few
u0su9peCIiDg individuals, but we csnrot
delUde the snTeHd men who ere ss4kin
ihvestmeIta for taeir N lney, or a cchAtS
where iheg csn locst: prosperous homes
Therefore, the two oil !cts sopghfY0r, II.
the preseE. land lRw, mus fail; that is,
the county will remain unsettled, saE
the free school and asylum funds wilEfe-
ceiva no great additions from the pur-
chase money and the interest lccruip g
from the sale OF these lAnts. Should
you succeed in obtaining for us, the leg
isletion fer " lea we ask, We believe the
public domain can readily be settled up
by class OF people whose numbers and
wealth will be CT far more advantage to
tee state thar can ever arise from the
present land law.
AS settlers, We h1vs come into the state
with the hope OF lettering our conditions.
AZ are willing to do cur part towards
overcoming the DS:u,al CD tructions tina,
are In the way. IL taking up our cis,z n
ship in the state Of Texae, we have no de-
lions, but take pride In being citizens
Of the
MATCaLEss LONE STAR STATE,
knd We desire to be met with friendly
rece ptioD, and have laws thtt will encour.
see and assist US and not be hostile or
ind fsrent 10 our success.
While We are asking ra iicsl changes in
the land laws, We desire TO see the msin
features CT the law remain as they now
sre. R ccgu Eng In them, laws that are
wholesome ard suited to the conditions
Ct the country. The class. f cation Cf the
lands into agricultural and grazing, Is IN
d0ubtedly 3 wise measure, but the CLASH
dcstion into wAtered and dry, Is without.
oss.s or reason, CT d the extra price asked
on account OF the water, is as absurd and
unreasonable as it would be 10 charge for
the sunshine and pure air. The witered
lands are the least valuable for agricult.
ursl purposes, being broken or sandy.
We have no objections to the long
s'me and rate Of lntres.. providing the
law be changed, go that the purchaser
will be, in . measure sucured in the
money ne pays for the lands and the i'm
proyements thereon, and is not threst-
ened with compete ruin, on the failure
10 meet theSAugust interest. Flvs per
cent on the purchase money, ia cheap
cate OF intrest, and, at the sSms time,
makes safe Investment and good returns
ior the berefi. fer the funds for which
these lands are sold. We endorse the
smount of lands that CAN De taken under
the law, az eminently fl! and prop II, and
as suiting the climatic conditions of the
country. The successful men will be
those who will connect the raising of
stock with their farming and make stock
farming the bssis Il their operations.
We! Ixve ntlo0iectn to the iolesse law, as
we recognize the iustness OF those paying
for the grass, who derive benefit from
il, and we zee in 1t means of protecting
the stock farmer from those who would
turn loose without right Or reason, vast
numbers Of cattle on thei range. Cattle,
men should bs allowed TO lease in large
bodice, those lands that are IN grazing
districts, ard the stock,farmer ia q
limited wsy, thoee grtzlng sections and
unoccnpied agricultural lands in the
agricultural districts.
We have presented, In &c plain and
brief manner ~ possible, our needs and
the reasons tie eff r, and now depend
upon your skill and Influence to snspe
them into proper legislation; and for
this, we, your petitioners, will ever pray