The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-03-26
STUDYING TENANT PROBLEMS

Commissioner Walsh. of the FEEDER.
al Industrial Relations Committee
has been holding conference In Dallas
with representative citizens OF Texas
TO get o line on the conditions Of tom
antry in This State. within he last
few years the tenant problem has be-
come q factor 200 politics and with Its
present trend 10 isa forcgonc conclu-
sion that tho land question is soon to
be- recognized as of paramount magni-
tude in the politics of the country
The slogan 'Tho manles8 land for the
landiem man. has hcon sounded
along the limo and the great danger
is that the idea may go to tho cN-
tremo of demanding that right of in-
divldual Ownership should have GER
tain limitations m order thpt large
holdingf shall be diagorgod for the
benefit 1' Che less fortunate. less fu
gal and Ie compotenn
Land owners have told the COM
mission of rental customs ln Texas
and in every case the landlord BIAS
sought TO safeguard against loss
through shlftlcas tenants and the ot-
ten changing Of occupants of hls land
The testimony shows that where a re-
liable tenant has remained for "a
number of years he ls furnished with
respectable surroundings. but whore
they rent here one year and there
the ncyt, neither the landlord or the
tenant will take interest in pcrma-
nont bettermenta
Zoo the matter of bringing together
the land and the man. there are
abundant opportunities for the tcn-
amt farmer TO cwn his home IL he
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West Texas abounds in fertile land
that can be bought cheap and on easy
forms. but there ere thousands of pco-
pie who fear TO risk % move and
the venture Of purchasing in new
country other Thousands have torn
themselves away t-om old environ
munW aud have procured small hold
ings and are making good There are
tenant farmers In lll sections Of Tex
as. who have lived decently educated
their children and accumulated prep
crty aud there are others who have
gr1goIled and complained against the
landlord the seasons and the laws of
tbo State aud have succeeded u mat-
mg failure In material matters and
themselves unhappy
Tho commission had before Do one
man aud Dis wife who told OF their
uaenu-dye years OF struggle and fall
ure This was called % typical case
and iusrto prove whether or mot such
conditions are due .o'he system or
foo the man. one b1utor-iurmcr at
Wuabachic has proposed TO give that
family farm and see what Doe can do
uubt
THE Commission found two tenant
FARMERS loo north Texas who want Go
give away their children because % is
100 bard TO support them Men of that
type bould not De used as a test of
amy ort OF industrial or economic
sys.pm The children would proha-
bly Doe better on 200 the State Orphan
Home but suah daddies should be-
put fu work on o. state farm and Kept
hcr. Ihcy are not at Tor citizenship
a tuca from San Antonio sur-
.os.. charge in Texas laws 60 make
aHans moro suited TO ODE ehamc-
tcr ali fancy OF Mc.ie.n farmers
Such o. proposition 's absurd Or Mex
.cu are capable OF becoming loyal
and -uefWorthy c.tizcug n Texas. let
hon alcp, thomselyo 100 our cus-
oms. laws and institutions
The Dallas Conference may pogsi-
bly, serve TO a better understanding
NJ Industrial relations, but e will
hardly result in relieving the tenant
situation unless some means can be
devised TO induce the owners Of land
&c sell on reasonable terms and even