Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-09
JOHN HOWARD SAYS
DON'T LOSE SLEEP OVER The
ALIEN LAND LAW.
It's All Right and viii Result in Great
Good to Texas"

| There are some who seem 20 think that
! the alien land law Will seriously affect the
| best interest of Texas" sid John Howal5
| to Z GAZETTE representative yesterday. .
I 1T is my humble oUiuien" said Howard,
! that the law when put IN ferre Will ha n
! just the reverse effect thahmauy now PEE
dict Yes sir, / candidly believe it vii
result in GOOD for al TexaSAi 40 ieU bt
( some feT men gill be hurt fna8ciIlly for
the time being bat the great majority Will
De benefited 81
'.In what way aaa how" was asked.
simply because thss hrge tracts OF land
now owned by a few individuals and com
panies Will be turned Ioose'to actual settlers
/ at reasonable and fair prices. msteaao be-
ing held fQf years in solid bndies-AcrowIng
nothing LIT native grass, wee3s and few
Yes. -, believe the men that own the
land WILLIE benefited by being compelled to
turn it loose, which they will when they
can't get loans on it. Half his land gold TO
farmers and improved would make the re-
naming half wOrthn 10 the owners than
ali of it is worth today
bright you are. WISH the land in cult
walton there would be IE2trouble about the
farms ana cities grOwiGg:SFGet the men in
the country and YOU can't Eeep capitalists
and manufacturers cut of the towns
Another thing thar / think helps keep
cheap money from coming TO Texas" con
timed Howard, ''fssoar homestead law. l
think it should be nlpIiheL sOIne little.
believe in protection fer thefarnier as much
as my man can, but there should be some
limit to it
What would you suggest
81 would make the limit notovef$5OO0, all
over that sum 10 be subject tO5the paying Of
lust claims This wOuId-if done--aSsist
very much in giving us cheap money. Yes,
IS 1t IS now, many take advantage of the
law and those who are honest and willing
10 pay are compelled 10 pay high rate Of
interest.
Another thing, think would help Us"
said John, land that IS, to assess the large
land owners higher on their land. As L
rule these land kings get 8Eseheap, while
the man who makes improvements has to
foot the bills-fact is our rule or law-cau
II what you will-actualiy fines 4 man for
making improvements and encourages the
man with the large tract of unimproved
land to continue doing nothing but raise
the price of his land as the poer man or
man Of small means make the Improve
mentS.
This is all wrong in my opinion, and
should be changed or reversed By our
county commissioners. -
When the large land owner has to- paw
something for holding the land-whioh Is
right he shoutde-he viii soon be willing 10
dispose of a Portion OF it at reasonable
prices"
Yes. you are orrect again. The Dublin
land and impro VemenSeempary of Dublin,
Tex, is on the right tra5sAs.. Their hobby is
to turn the land loose at fatE prices on easy
terms and at low rate of Interest, and
they are going to succeed, and look for and
hope to see others adopt their plan. 1t Is
people and cheap money we want IN Texas
and the way to get both Is to turn the big
pastures loose aud have babies instead of
calves in the country"
"Erath county! Yes, il has d population
OF about 1900, and we want to double that
a9d;build up Dublin, and we are going to
DO it bvAgiSing the actual settler the best of
fAe bargafEsa. we hays sgRnatssxill suit him.
FurthermoreSwe4wfT refund him, his Fail
road fare to. ps4lp if his purchas5amounts
to stBeor oTer'
No. sir DublinEis only ninett miles
from Fort Worth, aufssit has d fine agri-
cultural country to back it, and th5busi-
ness men of the town spate neither trouble
or expense when it comes to working for
their county and town.
Yes, sir. Dublin is on tffesRi Grande
railroad, the best built road insTexas. sDid
you know that Dublin ~ the best point for
business between Fort Worth and Brown
wOodl Fact, I assure you.' Z
Yes, the Texas Central crosses the Rio
Grande at Dublin. So you see, we haze two
roads, and good prospect fsrctne third !
road. Yes, road to the coal mines, but
come around some other time, and Evil !
tell you about this and other good things in |
store for Dublin, and Erath county.n