The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-17

all the states of the Union, for we @, 81
duce within our borders every prod gN'
necessary to the Sustenance and ertN
ment of life, and our resources nv
ineXhauStible as they are varied NJ
produce one-seventh of the cotton A., e
of the world, and one-fourth of that AZ ~ &
United States, and possesses a te,.rit o,0
sufficient to produce the present crt;s
crop. a ,r
shall not dwell here, yet cannot h.,
without saying that, unfortunately f
us, in common, with the other So,it,as..
states, our crops in the past havn ral
been sufficiently diversified, an ove,rO
duction of cotton has resulted ana n
growth has become Improbable. n ~
South were to decrease it's cotton aeraSso
one-thirds and in lieu thereof raise IN,
food crops which our cotton now brrs
the farmer would receive as much "a,
two bales of cotton as he now dos %,
three and the food crop would male tGt
home self-sustaining. Cotton would my
longer be the credit, but the surplus .rnn
and the farmer could sell during iyrrv,
months in the year and not be fOrccl n.
now, to throw his entire crop lpoD tbr
market within the brief space of .hras
or four months.
The money sent out of the st,tu IN
purchase that which we should prodpcc
at home would remain in circuiali,5
among us, contributing in a large meas
we to the solution of the financial lrGb
len and increasing generally the pros
lpeity and wealth of the people; for il
has become automatic that no state can
become truly great so long as its smoke.
1hOueS and factories are without the bor.
ders of, its own. territory. With an in
creasa of factories for the manufactur.
ing OF our raw. materials, the discovery
and Development of our vast mineral ana
other resources, the golden age would
indeed dawn upon us and all Texas would
laugh With prosperity.
1t can he truly said that our state laws
both organic and statutory, are most
| favorable to the masses. the average
taxpayer receiving here from the state il,
the education of his children more than
he contributes in taxes to the support Of
the entire government. And our state
tax is but about One-half of that II the
average of the Southern states.
In our deliberations let us adhere D the
doctrine taught by all true apostles of
American liberty, that the sole eid of
legislation should be the greatest good
to the greatest number; that the GO arn
ment should do nothing for the citizen
which the citizen is able to do for him
self; that the people should support the
government not the government lln
people, and in return the govern mem
should protect the people in life, liberty
, and the pursuit of happiness, and hat
. the citizen should be accorded the lar
, gest degree of personal liberty consistent
, with the good order of society.
=, In this day and time when all forms
of paternalism are invading the politics
of the state and nation let us stand
, close to the Constitution and contend
, ing, as did our fathers of old, for it's sTiC
= construction administer economcally,
> and on a cash basis, the affairs o. the
. government with a revenue sufficient to
maintain the different institutions of
: the state commensurate with it's growth
| and development.
Broad, patriotic and unsectionai states
manship is necessary in legislating for
this great state with its manifold inter.
cStS.
AS the representatives of our large
sisterhoOd of counties let us legislafe
for all classes and for the development
OF all sections in the true spirit Of the
brotherhood of man, and without implicit
1alth and trust in the fatherhool If
God. VIZ
Upon the conclusion of Lieutenant Gov
, efhor testers speech. Speaker Smith do
CARED the business of the Joint session
closed and the senate having renoirc1 In
us chamber the house adjourned uriil /:
O'Clock this afternoon.