Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-15
REPORT
OF the Commissioner Of
Agriculture.
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT or THE
BUREAU SUBMITTED 10 1HE
iOvEnNOR.
REPLIESTOINQUIRIES
SENT OUT TO TAX COLLECTORS by
THE DEPARTMENT.
Agricultural Conditions OF the state
Very rrosperous-Reconm
RBPLIESTOINQUlRIES
SENT OUT TO TAX COLLECTORS by
THE DEPARTMENT..


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Hon, y. j. Rose Commissioner OF NJ
rlculture, Insurance. Statistics and HIS !
tam. Inv yul,,,i,t,l g., cnyorr,r cui-
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person the eighth annual report Oh hlS
uepa' lnenl onhng Intention 10 thr
lniHlNl'ntlgA OF me pte9eut nwS nllp
re- ,'inInei'uluE l'f'HlI,loh Ior 'ne GUT
'r.tIoh ol eNlStlhs eNlis;
gu T'Sltu 70 tnt "StlVulturui V"lu'-
llnns OF the country ne says
as lur US inns department mas peyh
ahle 20 ohtaln uetaueu replies 10 w
many injuries II Iau auufesseu 10 my
H'N bN7's0utH' anu othri "ilicoIs uilu
private lhulNluuhlT OIL tnC State' lle
"SllculluHI lnier'Ats OF leNUt are III
a more prosperous ana promising con-
ilu'h nun tnsy were ""r SeaI "hu'
hrl' inc u'slIthtS or soil HthHpHH'
climate INDUSTRY ana lls AH'Iuul up
pileauon, Hit eyer ltuIy 20 Ere'l lht
lsrm'r WIN rl'l I'"aEu l"t ms l"urSt
efforts Ihht thDr' are over present
perils not peculiar to Texas. but are
shared ny her IN common WIN az ON
er aEritulturul states dvcS nor ulNW-
lsh tn' "inlhth'r ana serious ''t'ttS "t
Tue INJURY lheN imply lhr excessive
production oVor ana ahoNe VIVA, Is re-.
uuired ~ supply che demand ~ largely
reHponslhIe Tor low prices ana ulpro-
utlblr results, ana loi tuis lur lNrW'r
himself Is to blame! nut inc ghlel cause
and the one mat dW'fla 4ll DINERS m
comparison IL no. uAhrIul curse tnHt
settles ana rests Ukr inc pllEhl Oh
whitening mildcN upnu Hll AGRICULTURAL
pursnite under the mallSh lhiiuehee
and selfish sordld schemes ot unscrp-
pulnua Npeculnt"rs' VINO prevent ana
impair me legitimate OBJECTS ana pur-
poses OF tue market ny tine injurious
ana utterly lneNcusdblc system OF
trade ana trnihc IN advance on inc
anticipated Acrumulluons ana pro-
ducts the farmers lahor' known "VerN-
where ms dealing IN tulurgs' which
| Is nineteenth century application of
| the pan OF the robber hatuns oil the
| feudh age Let MN take VINO mas
| the power, and let him Keep who can,
| but the modern method. while equally
| rcprchenslble, Is the more contempt
| ible because tho more noWarllN- Vet
| there are those whl, with trtless en-
| orgy, ply tbs neforiuus trade Of deal
| IN cotton and grain futures 10 tho prey
| udlcc and foiuetlmcs almoSt to the
| destruction OF really healthtll hgri-
| cultural entorntiscs. These thoroughly
wcll-pmnned and henrtless assaults
! upon the m1thcr OF ne arc rnllfc'y
| without moral or equitable 1usutic't-
ton, and, disguise 1t as they may, II
| Is on tie part OF those who assoi,
nothing more nor loss, than feeding
and fattening on their own corruption
! i3ut they say II II legitimate, nnd they
! say this correctly, too, for II is legitl-
mute in the snmc sense that the per
pctratlon OF any great wrong Is lcgiti-
mate simply because IL 81 not em-
burgoed by any express prohlbitory
statute TINT Is strong enough TO COM
pei the enforcement of It's own man
dates. This dealing In futures rs an
evil which does not carry within Itself
the seeds Of Its own death. II Is Nv
ing vigorous and always hungry par
| aaitc that expands and strengthens as
the years SO by and opportunities
multiply For this wrong there should
be redress. and redress, tn be effective.
can only he reached through the con-
stitutionally constituted char1al Of
legislative cogniaanoe, Permitted ST.
lence, or tolerated inherent weaknesses
Of already existing and authoritotlvely
announced statutory provisions, when
| the right to protection w strong In the
conscience Of Its claim Is never other
wise than sunerlatively vicious.
IN this Instance 1t not only allows,
but In a measure seems actually 90
enerplze organized trespass upon an
industry ON which every other COM
mendable ayocatinn must rely for Its
own security, In Texas the failure OF
effort to destroy 1t appears to have
argued TO operators In futures the In
a. paclty of the state To protect and
uphold the privileges and rights of hur
agricultural interests for In defiance OF
the restraining act Of the Twentieth
legislature, the speculation In futures
has become holder In his actions and
more clamorous In his cries for the
farmers substance. So long has this
oppression been endured, In defiance of
constant protest, that the intlictipn of
wrong by tile preparation of fraud
upon the farmer has practically as
sumcd the majesty ana might NJ right
full prerogatiVc, having It's source In
some common unwrltten law OF supe-
rior slgnihcancei thus by accommodating
metamorphosis, converting an absence
OF law that should be strong enough
!, for its suppression into u presence Of
4 law that seems 20 be charged with the
duty of Its yindication.