Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-02

Our constitution declares that. per
peipities and mun0polies are contrary
30 the genius Of free government and
shall never be allowed 10 this state. 80
One Of tine greatest evils that has ever
imperiled the liberties Of any people
is land monopoly. Licensed CORPORATE
ownership Of land insures, sooner or
/ later The most serious violations OF this
/ principle. The Democratic platform
slmpIy proposes - have a check placed
on tai. threatening danger The inten-
] tuu Of il is not 10 do rnore thnu prevent
I corporations from holding title or nos
-'pl 1i ird IN our state for arrfcul-
iaal horticultural Grazing or spscli-
lsilre purposes. Uud that demand,
I al! uiher eQrpJl...yu. except those
chartered iur The ownership Of the
I class Of lands named. can OF course own
all me real estate necessary 10 carry
ON lis Legitimate purposes. II Will NOT
deny any corporation the right
/ OF owning controlling and i'm
proving 0Terlowad or irrira-
lion lands. Il simply means
Z 80 check monopoly SO as 20 protect the
! people against the greatest curse that
ever afflicted any government where II
was p llnitied- To-day the corporations
ow1 about 41el40JO acres. or nearly
one-tourth Of al the land in this state.
within Tie United States they own
nenrlF 4OAuJluuu acres. or enough ter
riiuIy out Of which 20 make fifteen or
twenty states Of this Union. So great 4
ls ite inreaiyuing danger u land NOV.
gpaiF that The lasi Democratic national /
Platform declared On the subject as fol- /
lows.
sic @ The Republican PARTY /
while protesting policy Of preserving
me lla-c lanas for small holdings D.
seiaI settlers has given away the
peoples heritage uEtil few railroad,
and nonresident aliens. individual and
oarP1rats, possesses q larger area than
that allowed 10 our farmers baiweenthe /
tN4 slas. The last ID smocraiic admin
lsirailon reversed this improgident and
ulwlsc policy Of the Republican marty !
touching the public domain. ana re-
stored 20 the people nearly loo OlO.nlq |
acres e valuable land 70 De- sscr-dly 1
nel1 as h0nesteads Tor our citizens: and ]
We pledge ourselves 10 continue this !
policy uut.l every acre Of land 80 unlsw-
taly held shall he reclaimed and re-
s;1red 20 the people
The holtercrats through their Mat
form al Houston declared for The vail
cation % the titles 10 an lands ae. /
qulre1 from the state IN tho face Of the
wel-known fact that the state is en-.
Titled 10 recover from the railroads
alono over million scras thew ILLEGALLY
hold, as decided By the supreme courf
for sidirgs and switches. You see
iheieiorc that the policy Of the Demo
cratic Iariy is 20 recover every acre. 81
.and 50 unlawiully held by corporations
lne 90 hold them FOR actual settlers
1 Dis is policy without which sound
-lemocranc government cannot last.
I. UNRESTRICTED by homestead laws or
limitations against the fapacity Of Land
marks and corporations the people Of
KANSAS to-day
PRESENT a PTTIABLE CONDITION.
] row read from an open letter by
le farmers Of kansas setting forth 10
aelr delegation in congress their
nlseiles growing out OF q violation Of
his sound policy:
We call attention 10 the fact that
ingle law lrm in one city OF southern
KANSAS has a contract for fOreclo,inp 1
." mortgages This means lsgl home 4
leads transferred from the hands ~ u q
lany industrious families to the hapSs | G
y capitalists, either domestic ~. | d
areign. The foreclosure Of theso mort I
ages Is 10 accordance with the nm 2
'neaisec pnrpose 70 gain possession OF G
Apse farms and people them with a
l"fe serv!lc ienaniry Imported fror c
oneign lands FOR the especial purlss., y
enclosures aud eyiciions ars rkinr {
laee IN very many parts Of our state )
na We noed NOT 80 70 Europe 10 MI, I
So 'he scenos Of cruelty in matters N Z
bis kind. An over the state tbe s
9naes oi our people are impe.ils5 D
ne DISTRESS q the people Is erwin :
Is y not Wei for US TO take timclv ,
Aralng from the condition of our M.
lrsnnAie neighbor 70 near byg
hero 4 q similar or worss ,tat,n,en, \,
',1.n a reliable citisen. written il1,m ~ !.
alo Of Colorado, doscribine ~. x
.i.ehs over Tiers growing out 81 ths !
lmc cause:
A'-aAy less than q thousand parSnns /,
Hn every foot o. tho land a lrlanS 4
e. 9.o memleTs Of the hons. of io,,s. J,
Easi@nd own nearly fifteen million 4