The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-05

lail they viii II tic land is jumped nm I'm
| Prlce every time few settlers locate. The
| lahu question yet 10 he solved in Texas N
s.n"i9f 10 me market question. one docs
n"' nave 10 grow trut and vegetable,
| 10 be interested In and affected by those
| VINO do; neither do we have to live In rim
touh'tN ma be Isolated from our follow
| mon WIN big pastures between tis ana nm
/ 'ulE stock 10 break I'M unh destroy mo
| cr"pS and make litc . burden to hc ilfcctrd
I ~ IhoSe WHO do live in the country and
"hl' '0'Sr lulngN to contend with Thu
C'tzcus az Fort Worth. Waco. Ilouston
fan Antonio Dallas, as well as tho an
/ @tuS OF other cities and towns that we
T,n'" name, are all dircetely Interested I'm
O, the vpcaut lands in the state Who're
%t.ie'S Ho not secure ncighhors. schools.
,y, goo" rondN and markts for their
~ "I"r'S ~ Is only question OF time until
'heN become dissatisfied and dIscouroocd
ahu uhulN despair takes the place of hone
auu a uhu ~ the country without hone is
W"i'u hut llltlc TO the business man In
.He Town, or 10 the railroad traycrsinr
me country We have q good illustrotion
~ uhiAhoma aud Greer county. which
10 Ih avc ,", @nS n 10 Texas, q what it is
100 or 32u acres of land There Is In ~
country evidence beyond a question ~
o"", holt snIt many farmers located within
succeed and with their business be The
means OF building up good thrifty town,
1 1hs SIZES sizes ana Furnish good revenue for
IN
other hand we have good rvldenc, Nv ~,
I,Ngs that where n few farmers are sc,t.
I Ior,a over over ,ost area Of country. with
lHrg" tracts OF vacant land I'm bctvvco,,
them there are dlsappolntments and faiI'
urrS. az" IAN
Secretary Hitchcock Of the Interior do
nnFllMht of the United Suites has given
me people OF Texas aud their rrnrcsenta
wen tn fellow. II rs vrar liz tn
in lan9s open To all comcrs, giving the
SISeu tor from q to 10 cents per acre.
Mh'n Secretary Hitchcock took charge Of
lhe interior department. he threw tho In
d!al lands open To all comerS giriu, ill.,,
s I'm STOCK farmer an equal showing with
III. iIIsf ones, and rs a result he has 81.
cufru Tor the Indians from Il 10 n cents
pSf acre Instead Of to 10 cents nor acre,
i ~ We are to continue to lease the state
Sts,e' "n enorI snoAld he made by the
hosblhle When the small stock fnrInrr
th' man who wants to and WIN make n
n n"l,, r"r hinlselt aud family In West and
.oVtuWrst tNNaS and the Panhandle conn
Try % Texas, will pay more Tor fbe usc ~
me states land than large syndicates In
my huhlhle opinion, tho state land should
" takes them on the market Tho stnto
anus should he sold TO actual settlers In
traets from one TO four sections depending
upon the loc1tion, and the STATE sbouid
require certain improvements Ia bo nadr
Wuhil a reasonable leaeth of time In
t Ing way we world haze FROM twenty to
- 5''''''t eA''h INlNneFS where now
nave enc large cattle mau. and such tow,ns
- san Antonio, Fort Worth, Waco AIN
.ne, vernon, Wichita Falls. Heprlrtto
NNnte, Victoria aud Corpus Christi and
nlalif DINER such towns, would soon nave
on Increased business '"'V
fhe State land should be classified civ
ing new settlers the hcneht OF our ex
peEsncc and observations The terrltorv
U Texas within the rain beIt-raipfall sur.
ncleht for crops should he named. and this
information signed hv the governor OF ths |
state and tho land commissioner Wc
mat have been here now for the MIST ION
twenty 10 thirty years know what tba |
iluefent portions OF Texas are hest adani
"a TO- aud ~ our own interests the rev set. |
tiers should receive the benefit OF onr ey |
per,rnce and observations. Their success |
Means our prosperity.
~ would be well TO keen In mind tb,t
ine railroads. of Texas do not avn Ihe
iane IN the agricultural portions Of rexss
uShre the Importance Of land owners reai
estate agents and the railroads WORKING 10
gethef IA this Immigration work. Either
~ rs separately eau do little or nothing
Whlse az interested working together wonid
secure good results ""ui"
Danger signals tred haaso shontd n.
fe sSeSu fe gu ths tracts OF land that are or
l &c Tor sale adjoining many large tracts
~ iana IN the state warning settlers 10
A we, 81 ssms we can trace large per.
-entage OF the dlsappointments aud fail.