The Holly chieftain., 1900-02-16
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Bvesythine on The earth and slnoat
everything In The esrth has been sur
rendered 70 the great trusts, except
the now small amount Of western land
that still belongs 70 poor old Uncle
Sam, and now the great and late cat.
tie trust has made demand Of the
poor old, soon to be, pauper for what
little land he controls.
When this Is obtained ! suspect
thev will say, 1--WE now have no more
use for you," and take him by the
tiape Of the neck and little farther
down ON his striped clothes and
throw him Into the river. How very
kind they are to ask that : provlso
be made in the proposed Law allowing
each little land owner to lease %
acres for every one acre he owns. then
seil him wire at six cents and posts In
proportion, staples likewise. and com.
pei him to fence, compel him TO pay
his lease yearly, and where then Is
your small COW man? Up = stump.
sure.
Let's argue the case. Suppose Mr..
Jones has homestead and has q.
ready proved up presumption and
timber claim. has sl4 month pension
from which he lives with the aid uf
his 10 cows and expects to make q
start in life for his children who are
living in hopes Of owning a homestead
when old enough. Now Jones will be
allowed to lease 1900 acres. By the
time he paid the lease for five years
and the fence his principal. stock and
the increase, and pension would all be
gone, and Mr.. Jones would be up 4
stump, sure. Then let's see the other
way Suppose he holds on to his ten
COWS and saves his Increase. Mr..
Trust leases the 5000 acres and SAYS 10
Mr.. Jones, "Yoa NAV work for me at
my price, II you will compete with nv
little jolly band Of very ordinary
'punchers' that l shipped ont from
the city. They are the overerown
bootblacks and newsboys. You see,
the old 'punchers' got too smart and
then they want too much wages.
When cattle we're high just after The
late Nar we hnd tp Tay them 10 And
~ : month. Now cattle ars hish
and we get these lads for from el5 to
go month"; Jones says he won't
work for that. Well then, get Of the
earth, or get up stump, sure.
Now how about Smith and Brown?
Why, they got here too late. Home.
steads, pre-emptions and timber
claims.have all been leased by the cat
tie trust. In times gone by, when
invariably voted for party instead Of
platform, gave part of my time to
reading the bible and think 1t was
somewhere in Paul or Johns book
something like this: "a man who had
never been on earth was flying around
and one day he lit and was walking
around when he met man and after
passing the time Of day, he said to
the earthly man who looked forl0rn,
What's the matter with you?' I'm
hungry was the reply. why don't
You plant, cultivate and harvest your
products and have plenty Of food. ,
WHY. the man won't hire me. What
man?' The man that owns the earth. ;
4 thought God made the earth for
mankind Yes. Well, who gave II
to one man?' The law Who makes
the law?' we do Then the flying
man whIstled Yankee Doodle while
everybody but the trusts went up .
stump"
Did anybody ever think that bit
Of cattle trust would be SO blessed
with foresight as to arrange the com
ing debt Of s323, 200. 900 that has been
, put ON cattle In the last Is months,
the high price on wire, and the leas-
ing Of the range, all making q home
run at the same time; all aiming to
get there by the next contraction.
This is the appointed time for at
least tw0-thirds Of our small cattle
men to go up stump. Sure thing.
To be continued. N. NJ. Brown.
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a FrIghtful Olundes.