Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-28
levy tax upon its neignoors for ~.
prof 9. Paying tribu for fifty year

under natural law; l. hiss grown apact -
and It's growth shsu sndur-, IL is peop,
sTe ruled by two m.xims that retct
deeper th.n legislative enactment, sno
the opera ion of 1cicn cannot De l!m,teC
by artificial resiFsi.1, sud but Little has
tered by art fcisi snmu US.
First, no single crop will mske q people
pr speTous Il cotton held "a monopoly
ucter conditions that made otaer crops
impossible or under sllu.enents rha
msoe other crops exceptional is denim
ion would DE cesDo.iam. Waeuever the
grf cd for q money crop un balances the
vii dom OF hustenary TIE mcasy crop Is q
Gu Sc. When il stimulates the general
ect DomY q tie farm II Is the prof Of
farming. II an unprosperous snip o:
C'Ioltna, when asked the cause Of p over
II, he peonie say "tooscco. for It Is our
OF crop" In Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
the re lest American county by
the census, wren asked the Cause
OF their prosperity, they say "to
bscco, for 1t is the golden Crowd
Of divers fed sgrcuIure The soil
tina produces cotton invites the grabs
and gras es, the orchsri and the vine
Cover, RI, cotton, wheat and barry
thrive IN The same enclosure. The pescb,
the apple, the apricot, the S.bsrlsn crab
In the same orchard. Herds and f)cks
graz. ten mo lths very year in IN .adoIs
over which winter is bu psssing breath,
aud In which sprIng aud autumn meet in
summers heart. Sugar cs1e and oats,
rice a1d po.stoes are ex,remss tbs: come
together under cur skies. To RI Sc cotton
and send it's prirceiy revenue to the west
for supplies aud to the exst for usury,
would be mt-fortuue II soil and
climate iorcsd such q curse. When both
invite Independence, to remain in slavery
ID = crime. To mortgage our farms IN
Bo-ton for money with which to buy msat
AMI bread finn western cribs sad smoke
houses Is folly uuspesksble. r )ice
that Texas Is less open to this charge than
others OF the cotton states. With her
$4,000, 900 bushels CT grain and her To-,
100000 head Of stock she is rapidly learn
i1g that divers nd agriculture meshs
prosperity. Ipdeed, the south is rapidly
le.rllng che same lesson, and learned
through years Of DEBT and dependence
1t viii never be forgotten. The best
thing Gsorgls has done IN twenty years
was to raise her oss cr1p in one season
from 2. 900 900 20 100000 bushels with
Jus losing & Dale Of her cotton. 1. Is
more for the south that ehe has increased
her crop Of corp-thst best Of grains, Of
which Sumuel J. Tilden said ~, will be
the staple food Il the future and men
will De Gtrop ger and better when that DAY
comee"-by IS 600, o00 bushels this yesr
than to hsvs won pivotal battle
in me lste VA. Ia tlis' 'Cne item
she keeps s. home this year gum
equ.l 10 the entire cotton crop Ct the
state, that Last Yesr went to the west.
This is the read 10 prcspf rity. 1t is the
way to mSEl n IS ard sturdiless Of char
scle-. When every farmer in the south
shall cot b cad from his own fl Ids and
meat from his own pssturee, disturbed
by no creditors and ensl.vsd by no deot.
sa2 sit amid bis taemtag gardens ana
orchards aud yice?ards sad dsiries aud
barnyarts, pitching his crops Ia bis owe
wisdom ard growing them in iDdcpea
dence, N ng cotton his Cls.o surplus
snd seilin. IL IN his oWl time and MS
chosen market and not at mas
ter's bidding, getting his psy
10 cash ard not II rec9ipted mort
gsss thst discharge his debt, but does
not restore his freedom, then shall be
breaking the fu'laess OF cur day. Great
ls king cotton! But to lie s. his feet
while the usuter and grain rsiser bind Us
In subj ecdor, is to invite the contemp! Of
man and this reproach Ct G d. But to
stand up before him, sud SIN our cribs
and smokehouses wrest from him the
magma charts of our independence and to
es a5lish In his name an ample and
divers f I'd agriculture that, shall honor
him while il enTicle, US, this ia to carry
US as far IN the wsyAot happiness aud in
dependence IS the Earmer, working in the
IN lest wisdom snd ia the richsst fislds,
tsa curry amp people. Applsu:e
Bat agriculture aloae, az mstGer how
rich or varied Its re5e u &C "a cannot estsb
lish or m Sinss!n people 8 prosperity
There is e lesson in this thst Texss. even
With her smszirg total Of SlS7, 000,0 II
fsrm prooucls, miy learn with pref.
Nd commonwealth ever cims to great
ness By protESipg raw material. Less
ctl this DE pos 10 Q in the fu:uf8 than in
the psgs. The c Jmstock lode IS the rich-
es. spo: en- earth, aud yes the miner,
gaspiDg for breath 1900 feet below the
earth's su,face get bare tx stence to carry
out Of the spleudor whoa they dig from
the earth. Il goes to csrry the commerce
and uphold the isdustry Of distant lands,
CT which the men who produce 1. get but
dim report. Handy more is the souto
pHohted when stripping tina harvest OF
her cotton flsl6s or stripping her teemiDg
hiila, or hvelipg her superb forests, she
sends the raw material 10 augment the
wealth snd power CT distant commune
ties Applause !
Nj Grady then give some Interesting
statistics concerning the miterial inter
ests OF the south and the causes that
would Iesd her to greater prosperity. He
said three-fourths OF the values OF tie
country we're contained in ons-eix.eeuth
its sres, condition due to the fact thst
the other Portions had been forced for
years to psy tribute 70 Its upouildiug by
the tariff sYsten-"s system on which the
Hon R ,eer @. Mills, tina. lion CT the
tribe Of Judah, has st last laid mis- mighty
paw, and under the Indignant touch OF
shich il trembles to Its csnter." M.
Grady then closed as follow:
have few words for the youpg men
OF Texas. Ian glad that csn speak to
them. All m,r, and especially young
men, lock back tor their Inspiration to
what is best In their traditions. Their
mop5 - ccss Spartan sentiment in he
roic mould, and sustained Spartan arms
ior more taan 81 century. Thsrmopyla
had survivors to tell the story Of Its de-
feat, the Alamo hsd none. Though vo &C.
less. It shall speak. From It's dumb walls
liberty cried out to Texas, IS God called
from the cloud unto Moses. Bowls aud
rrsvls, though dead,s.ill live Their voices
rang above the din OF G 1llad aud the |
glory # San Jsclnto, and they watched
with the Texas veterans who rel Diced 6.
the birth OF Texas Independence. 1t Is |
the spiri. Of the Alkmo that moved above |