The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-24
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II s for IN" unIo,,hteI ~o,1 ~ S ran1 r.
s f,r wa, o, ti ~"nu III in' pvHPt,
,orccI sai, w, '"h ~. '%,S n''te ,tuu ny
, "ro%' SUI We hnfn moro estates OF
scvnn nro nv rc N"nI S' H'ar h ssS
60n ~" =, .aIvH' 49, WI. "a an 10 oou,
az ,hcso ht Me w. !" wy EIN,ultl,h,.
VI y, ,hosr u"out nan nhN' nveH ,lccAnr1 or
aro,," , ""ia, INV ~ w ic!lIthIE l"uU)
006 hav" been rrrommnnHcd 70, m"rrh, ~,
IT. c., ' kN ~ ~. w IHst'
nc St9y OF view AeaIand GsJa'o.
81, /" lulh'nS WIN one OF the othcalS 9ho.
, tS new ,"mG S'tt."mrnI" War ,3d hoE
lne government acquired one OF the lars-
est OF us new estates. The land belong 4
TO man named Ready Money Robinson.
i hG h1n goaHht a large part Of II NOR
lnuH nun century ago paying a little
aitog th"r about Sc 600 ocrrs IN tb , tr mv.
comprising some very rich agricultural
t to ghnE WniGn was ~ mat time dcvotc1
the land Was eouoi 70 81 5Go Goo vans un;c oh
was jus $20O000 more than the owner
though 1t ought TO he taxed. lie objected
sassio '"' i tuereup9n tooR pos
with ten per cent addGd 'Thc I"nT IA
clals rcsurycvcd thn nstotc and ILL., ~ H. H.
up into farms of from Gfty 70 IN o,n, u.
each and OF Dnstorol ranches 81 f, Nv 5 loS
TO 1000 acres Ther Inid nnt - , t'Vn ~ H.
md three VILLAGE si+e~ onJ H., I - 80
rniIrond throu~b mo o,tat '"'K nuIi t
they spent about S9oo 06o T., o aat"Eetnrr
M and then offered The lands ~ Pt thc noo 4.
ME They wore ~ MAJ. nv tI i" .ne pe1'
thc usnni' ,.o,.orn, "i,iuh taken UP win
end of Siv s,ao,,i ~ .gtlnS, anu ht me
ccIvine ~ per cent an jts nynor IT, ~
Instead Of hic "hcem roncS ,h o ourts,
was mndc m of snoI, Pf IN" Ine estate
for Zinc. yvoo vinidir, ~ s ~. i-liin usl'i
of Wheat to tbn aero onI tS.o Hre p9shei S
acres OF it in English gr5ss NsIdo i fro,,
and r,ntton hoe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 49,, p,it more Wool
estate thar nbon "t" Hnipp,n from tne
sheep. In che nrirhhorh"oid ucs"' Fn 600 90
sheep and lambs are still exported from, r.
thai estate tho nn,1 nav soIVrmin'nt took
hcred somrthinG Ike n scoro wv, ~ nun
now moro than tofn ncoria - 'i,l'"'
snottcd win pra;tH rvup' nhu
school houses here and i" tbnro "o'nes' with
"''N anu tnere
Public Lands a Public Trust.
In chat with MIR Edward Tro,oo, +,
asked him how, No aa,,,a -
t,on - ' 81, oo" nv Vou,u reconcile the ac'
tioh OF the government in forcing the
| estate owners TO give up their lands wifi
the rights of property. Uo RENTED.
we DO not look upon land as upon other
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State. it is ," Eycn sn to- a belong to the
be held in trust for the people. il is ali III
Lb,Sn II, LOT man TO own the Improvements
to sell them or 10 10 leave "9 ih TO ne allowed
scendants but as to the land Itss H I'S Go Is
OWN eTinA vase 19i ever ever Intended any one man to
~ 10 shf Ihls land shall be the property
tenth ms cS Sno,uren ana grandchildren 10 tue
now raSe Tor Instance a man like Admiral
peWey' lie did great thing when hc lie.
/ Ieated the spanish In the bay of Manila.
f fni Il, SGT ,n, government ought to feel crate
expressed It's gratitude In honors and pres
ents, suppose it gave him S1,Ooo,ooo as a