The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-17
A FULL LINE OF MUNYON'S RENE
DIES SOLD by
A. e. kiesling, Druggist,
502 Main street, Houston. Texas.
Country orders solicited.
them to assist in averting like calamity

them to assist in averting a like calamity
| from us.
| The irrigation amendment is not we'll
understood. but Is posed as a benefit to
| West Texas. | wish to say the people of
| West Texas are against it, only possible
| Spectator and promoter of schemes or
! dealer in bonds and contracts for construc-
ton could possibly be benefited by it, and
| they are the men who favor II. | briefly
| submit the following reasons against the
an endmcnt:
| /. There is no necessity for II. West
| Texas is the best stock farming country On
the globe, aud there is 10 need 10 attempt
to bring 10000 0oO acres Of cotton land into
| cultivation To further compete with what
| is already produced by East Texas.
| II is impracticable. The annual rain
| fail even if stored, would not supply
enough water to constantly irrigate large
sections of country
| g. 1t is uudomocratic, a man living on
one acre OF land can vote $4,000 mort
gage on man whose section adjoins him
aud the man with section may live IN n
town in the same county, but has no vote
at all. This is taxation without representa-
| ton with Il vengeance.
| A. II is entirely unsafe as n business
| proposition The immense sums hoped ia
be realized hy sale of bonds may all be ex-
| pended without any guarantee that an acre
| of land will receive water. The land which
may be irrigated can be taxed without limit
| to maintain the system in addition 10 the
| fixed limit OF $l5 per acre of mortgage for
| bonds for construction.
| . 1t is unjust when mortgaging and tax
ing all the land at the same rate by the
/ acre and not by value. One acre may be
| fertile productive and valuable. while
other lands may b. thi. and valueless,
| g. 1t is further against the spirit OF our
system when If imposes upon three execu-
| tive officers Of the government the onerous
! duty of leeislatng. which is directly
against the provisions of our present con-
| stitution which makes 1t their duty 10
| execute the laws and not to make laws.
| Z There is no provision to exempt lands
now under irrigation. which is manifest
wrong
| s. 1t is an attempt to get section OF
farmers into bondage of debt. from when
| they could never escape. II district is
organized and million dollars OF pohhs
sold every acre in that district is bound
| for The whole million dollars and the inter-
est on II. The promoters say It is measure
| in favor of happy homes | hope The Post
| will agree with us. that ten acres or "A
hundred with million dollar mortgage on
it can never be happy home
Ii seems that such system could ony
| result In peoning every settler ana MAKING
them all tributary against their VIII TO
| corporation. whose main duty Wouiu ne ~
take every cent of income from them ia
nav hond interest and maintenance. ana
that the most benefit possible would he
IN Mace them in position TO compete Win
! Central and East Texas in raising crops
which now grow in such abundance 'leIe
nc 10 make the crops bring only enough TO
pay for the labor TO raise them 49,