The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-20

this country was spersely settled a
man moved to Ellis county with his
family. He had no money but find
ing this a good soil and salubrious
climate he rented year or two,
made good crops and got a good
price. Finding land cheap he pur-
chased one hundred acres telling his
wife they would leave this place
only when the final summons can e.
For few years the struggle TO
make deferred payments and i'm
prove the place was a hard one. In
course of time the last vendors lien
note was cancelled, the land was in
a good state Of cultivation. The
sons and daughters were getting
grown, the lands about him had
been placed in cultivation and was
largely cultivated By the owners.
Like all good fathers he was anx-
ious that his children should settle
down near him SO he sold his home
and turned his face toward the
mighty west where land was cheap
and purchased one hundred acres
for each of his children. So far as
this history is concerned we need
not take any special interest in the
fate of our friend for it is the land
| propose to tell you about The
purchaser and vendor were brought
together through the kindness of a
third party who got a modest little
five per centum for his services.
When the deed had been executed,
the notes signed and the loan com
pany had paid the vendor the bal
ance possession was given the pur-
chaser. The third party in the deal
profit he would take on his deal.
Being informed he listed the land
and began to look out for another
buyer. There happened to be d
good crop that year and prices were
high so about the first Of January
there was another man moved to
the premises as owner. The man
who settled the place realized s4u
Sper acre which was profit of 900
per cent but he had invested so
smuch toll, privation and anxiety III
the premises that he was not much
the gamer. Owner No. sold for
$4,000 per acre. Three or four
other sales have been made, Mr..
Land Agent getting his little com,
mission each time. The fact is he
has been known in few instances
to approach some of them, who We're
satisfied with the place and intend
ed to make it their permanent home
and so forcibly present the virtues
or another place that he soon at
feeted an exchange of places with
some one else. Six or eight times
this land has been conveyed to meA
who fully intended to use it for a
homo but have been induced to sch
out or exchange 1T for larger tract
or for one closer to town or 10
school. Last year it was purchased
by one who has no need of an acre
of land for he lives in town and tolls
not neither does he spin, besides he
already had many hundred more OF
acres. He paid for this tract the
enormous price of one hundred and
twenty-five dollars per acre, thirty
one and one fourth times the price
paid by the man who settled on IL
first. Now he says taxes are SO high
and land so high he cannot afford
to rent his land at the rate that has
prevailed since the country was first
settled Common sense and common
justice rise up to PROFOUND to him
a few questions: Did he know how
much it would take to pay a reaS
enable per cent on his investment
when he made it? If he did not
know when he paid $125 per acre
that five dollars per acre rent Woulo
only be four per cent on his invest
ment who made the calculation tor
him? Is it not fact that he does
not care tinker's darn whether the
rest of the world sinks or swims
so he gets all his greedy nature
Graves? Is it not a fact that his
standard of right and JUS ice is the
rule laid down by the statutes OF the
state? Does he know anything
about the lowly Nazarine other than
that He was said to be Of miracu-
lous conception and birth and that
He wrought many miracles, was
crucufied, buried, rose again on the
third day, was seen by his disciples,
assembled into heaven and now sits
at the right hand OF the Father
Did he ever stop to think that Christ
never changed a swine into real
genuine high-minded pious human
being, but that the only time He
took any notice of hog was when
he permitted couple or three dev-
lis to enter herd of them and
chase them into the sea where they
were drowned? Is 1t not possible
that some of those swine escaped
and that their descendants are this
day counting percentage regardless
of who suffers? Is the man who
deliberately makes an investment,
knowing ne must Cypress others to
get fair return on the investment,
entitled to the respect of decent peo'