Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-06

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| piness and civilization Of each The law
was never intended to DO so foolish 4 thing
! as TO prevent foreigners from buying and
selling and exchanging products with our
! people
But the sole aim and object of the law is
to prevent aliens and persons not citizens
of the United States from owning the land
and real and permanent property of this
country. as should be the case in every
state of this Union for many reasons.
If the foreigner is permitted to own
permanent and real property in this cOun-
try. he draws from the natural resources of
this country and sweeps into the Golfers Of
Europe the rents and profits without any
return for the benefits he
receives and we furnish him. His country
| thus drawing upon the foundation sources
OF our prosperity, independence. susten-
ance and happiness, weakens our chances in
the battle for existence, makes this coun-
try weaker and poorer, and the alien and
his country stronger and richer.
Already foreigners living in Europe are
daily, from the newspaper reports, becom-
ing the owners of our factories, brewerieS,
railroads, mines, harbors, etc, and vast
areas of our lands, and III many instances
in Texas, thousands of acres. including
whole counties in places, are owned by for
eigners, kept off of the market for high
and speculative prices, preventing settle
ment and Improvement of same by resident
Americans. but holding it for the profits
and enhanced value that the labor and eff
forts OF Texas citizens will give it by i'm
proving the adjoining lands, then sell it
Cthe land) for SIS or so per acre that cost
them from 20 cents to 81 per acre. and thus
sweep millions of American money and
American labor TO Europe without the
slightest return or value received.
Ana it's no answer to the above PROPOSE
tons to say that Texans have the same
rights to purchase and hold lands i'll Eng
land and Europe as their own citizens. Our
people are as effectually barred from buy
ing their lands by the fact that they don't
want them "a fact well known 10 Euro
peans) rs if they We're prohibited by stat
uteS. Then alien ownership of land in its
last analysis is altogether alone-sided affair,
to the injury of this country and the up
building of Europe.
While on the other hand, free and
unfettered trade and exchange between
aliens and our people in the pro
duces and personal property of
the country of each does not
injure either but benefits and enriches
both, for i'll the case of the sale or exchange
of products each gets value received, and
as said by Mr.. Perry in his Elements of
Political Economy:
What Il nation purchases by its exports,
it purchases by its most efficient labor and
consequently 1t the cheapest possible rate
to itself. Only those things for the procur-
ing of which Il nation possesses decided adj
vantages, relatively TO other nations and
relatively to its own advantages in pro-
ducing directly what is received III return,
are ever exported and hence. the re-
turn cargOeS. no matter what they have
cost their original producers, are purchased
by this nation as cheaply us il they had
been produced by its own most advan-
tageouS labor"
This would be the case if national taxa
ton in this country was levied upon prin-
ciples OF Il just equality for revenue only,
and only for the necessary expenses of the
government economically administered.
But unfortunately the unpatriotic and in
human avaricc and sclfishness of the Re
publican party impels it to uphold and
fasten upon the people an unequal and I'M
just system of protective tariff taxation
contrary to reason. common sense and JUS
tice. disturbing natural conditions, rObbing
one section of this country for the benefit
oil another and robbing the producers and
masses OF the people for the benefit of the
few capitalists and manufacturers. But
this fact does not alter the inxorable logic
of Mr.. Perry above quoted.
Then the man is to be pitied who can see
no difference between the protective tariff
and the prohibition of foreigners OWL
in- the lands OF this country. and
who has little enough sense
TO charge Democratic legislature
in Texas with making the alien land law i'll
the interest of Northern money lenders,
and to keep out cheap money. and that the
people of Texas and the legislature are an
tagonistic to capital ard imbued with a
spirit of communism eager 10 strike down
capital in any quarter.
Such StupendouS assaults upon the honor
patriotism and integrity OF the people CT
Texas published to the world are destroy
people of Texas, and not the law While the
law was and is necessity. and may for Il
time work hardship on u few people. as all
laws do, il will in the end bring good re-
suits and make our people free, strong,
prosperous, independent and happy.
But the opponents Of the law go down be-
fore the argument and a patriotic public |
sentiment. and say yes, il is right. prohibit
aliens from permanent ownership of the |
land, but let Us make loans on ii in order to
get cheap money, but they forget to tell you
VINO gets cheap money from Europe. Is it
the foreigner, No It is the men and cor
poratiOns that loan foreign money in this |
country that get cheap money-they bor-
row il in Europe 1t per cent IA small per |
cent? and loan it TO the people of Texas at
10 ana l. per cent.
The fact Is, Il class of men as agents of |
and in combination with European capital, |
have grown up il Texas and built up an oc- |
cUpdtlon OF money lending, and com bInlng |
together are attempting to keep up high |
rate of interest, and are abusing the legisla |
turc and the people for reducing the rate of |
interest, and the legislature for passing an |
effective law for the suppression OF |
usury and i'll more than one instance |
some of the loudeSt shriekerS over the alien |
land law and for cheap money. A part of |
the combination. | am creditably informed, |
prevented Northern and Eastern capitalists |
from lOaning money III Texas at per cent,
telling them it was no use to reduce the |
rate to when they could rs easily get 10.
Answered and cornered everywhere,
these same shriekers catch up the old |
dodge and sophistry of tho manufacturer
and Republican party for 4 protective tariff.
1t is not for me, - say they 1--WE want the
law repealed. 1t is for the benefit of the
poor man and the farmer. Unless he has the
privilege of paying S5,0O0,000 interest an
luallv on $50, coo, 900 that | am to sweep off
his labor into Europe, save for some rich
picking for myself, he is ruined
Their sOlicitude for the Door man and
farmer is about in principle, on n par with
that of the boy fishing in the creek plung-
ing and diving to the bottom of the stream
to rescue his drowning companion, who on
being complimented on his heroic act in i'm
1eriling his life to save his friend. said it
wasn't that. lit was because he had the
ish bait in his pocket" Respectfully,
DAVE DERpEN.
I. j. TILSON, MERIT.
Willing I'm Pear n portinn of tho RexnnD |