The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-08-06
IT BEGINS TO PINCH.
A Searching Letter on the Alien Land Law

To the Editor of The Statesman:
AUSTIN, July 81, 1891.
The following is a specimen of the
letters L am receiving daily from
our friends here. Mr.. Haupt is
trifle too vigorous in express
sion, which may be excused in
q man threatened with ruin by this
heartless and criminal enactment.
l commend it to the notice of the legis-
lators who so airily passed it, occupy
ing about five minutes of the time of
each house. r. l.. BROWN.
Il. i. Brown, Esq, Austin, Tex
DEAR SIR was not knowing to
the fact, nor walked up to the start
ling humbug and the enormity Of the
diabolical alien act perpetrated by a
set of demagogues in three million
dollar state house last winter, built
for the benefit of the citizens of Texas
for the purpose of enacting whole
some and constitutional laws for their
good, and to aid their progress in So
cial and political advancement until
L received your letter today. [ am
bitterly opposed to all corporations,
domestic or foreign, absorbing land
or the production of toll by which
they can dictate their own merciless
and heartless terms to the great toll
ing masses whose sweat and worm
out muscles produced them and who
are held by these cOrmorants by their
united wealth like manacled slaves,
powerless to disobey or resist their
torturous demands. But when the
Flaw extends itself to the business
| that YOU are in it not only transcends
all bounds of decency and political
rights of man. but it invades the law
of God and tramples under foot the
| liberties of the people OF Texas. AS
well might the law say that L shall
not buy bushel Of corn from you as
to forbid me from buying the use
of your money and making you safe
in either as L am in duty bound to do,
and as this thing being done by yOul
peOple across the water for the object
i've purpose of absorbing our lands
| know from my own experience that
such is not the remotest part OF youl
desire nor part Of your business and
that you will go to unnecessary
trouble as | can say from my own eX,
perience to renew the notes OF y0ul
customers and help them on from
! term to term as notes mature in order
| to enable them to work out and hold
| their lands. The uncOnstitutional
and arbitrary action of this devilish
law would well nigh break
me up, would shatter my bust
ness and PROSTATE thousands Of others
i'm our state who are in similar stu
alton, and it would utterly demorallze
the business of the whole state tol
wears, and bring hunger to thousands
of doors, and be relieved only by sell
inc our beef at 2 cents per pound IL
Chicago, and paying our own Eastern
money bags % per cent for money
Then, in Gods name, down with cor
porations, and double down with this
iniouitous law that will prevent yol
or any other man from securing your
self i'm land or in any other thing
may offer you as security for favor
III have received at you
hands and that could be obtained
from no other source and that ha
made Texas today what she is, willis
our own people have left no scheme
untried, either in congress or out Of it
to press us down, and it is the onl.
way we can look to in the future 10
aid to help us into better clrcum
stances and which our own state leg
islators would now blast. You wei
know, Mr.. Brown, that your custom
ers are your friends, and you we
know that they would not tarnis
their honor to allow you to lose on
, dollar and L would almost venture t
! say that your interests in their hand
!, would be as safe without law rs will
: it. The Objectionable features of TIN
T law should therefore be repealed
y; the earliest possible moment REGARD
(; less of cost, for it is palpably the leg
q. islation of Wall street, whose amb
ton to become billionaires would sa
the foundation of modern civilizatio
y, and make wreck of humanity, oil
c erwise there is blood in the near fl
" ture and the deluded dude milit
with which we are THREATENED wi
he be swept Out of existence.
y. WILLIAM w. HAURr.