Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-07-18


have n written statement from pr =. r !
burlington. who wrote the document
! was asked Ia sign. denying what Mr..
Thomson said about me To their
denial. | desire g. add my denial We
ihrr" witnesses ought tn De- ls good a.
Nj. Thomason's undertaking statement
knowingly Misrepresents the Land
Question n Advocated by Ne.
For more than two months Mr..
Thomson has knowingly and persist.
entity miHcprosoutcd my views In re-
gard to the land question n Mr. Thom'
ovnn has no platform worthy n stand
on Ne candidate Tor governor. then
h. should not got ON my platform Tor
the purpose II incorporating H. To
back M his misrepresentation. h.
quotes half II one ~ my sentences,
without conncciins II in ans way with
tn thing ! was seeking tu accomplish.
This seems To- BE- both unfair and I'm.
lust. ! greatly prefer to present my
avn land question a. the people ~
Texas. rather tina uhavc IL misstat'd
10y political opponent " ho turns and
twists II beyond recognition Tor his
own purpose I shall now present fur
YOUR consideration. nay views In re-.
gard o. thir land question
There L. In Texas ON, hundred and
thirty million acres ~ uucultiyatcd
land \ large par, ~ this land Is ag'
iicultural land \ hrg" part 81 this
agri, ulturii land ~ owned hv y" plo
who do not live boo Texas There Is one
individual non resident ~ TEXAS who
owns enough land IN Texas II all put
together 60 form am area larger than
the state oi Rhode Island. There IL an.
other person who has mover lived in
this gt1to Nho holds title tn three m,l.
lion acres ~ Tryas land Several others
own a million acres each \ large mart
~ these million acre holdings IT, strictly
agricultural land There are five hun.
drcd thousand fimilics-not persons.
but familios-vho de- not own one acre
81 land Hall the human race now goes
e. bed az night hungry on account ~
q shoriag" In the production ol thu
farm. This same question ~ land
ownership was an isuc Goo IN" Hngg
campaign foI governor ~ that time
there w,r, some people who lived In
England Scotland. and other countries
across the ocean who had bought up
larg" tracts NJ land In Texas and were
holding u of the market Tor spccula.
tion Hogs who ALWAYS lived close 10
/ IN, hearts Of the people had enacted
what II known as the iIogg alien land
4 Law prohibiting aliens who did not live
! in this state from owning these large
\ tracts 90 land This law further pro-.
yid's ihHt itin allen who II q or.rrsL
] dent e this state iuhoriis land In Texas
] be- must put u on the market and sell
, Il within ten years No one has ever
: qucrtiouod the wisdom ~ this law. 40
one now calls Hugr a Socialist Tor hiv.
ing had this law passed I'm direct line
with the thought of the Hogg law |
think the time has come when Texas
should - a step further ana make these
p, million acre nonresident land owners
open up their idl, undcvcloped. uncut.
tiyated agricultural lands 10 thu hone.
builders and home owners o. Texas
am not speaking Of the land that man
cultiyatcs. nor the land that q citizen
~ TcSns lives on and improves NOT
the stock grazing lands. but ~ the an.
improved. -uncultiyated agricultural
lands hrld Tor speculation by landed
aristorfat- Unless som" legislation Is
had along this line. the bows ~ today
when thgy go out twenty years from
now 90 Jay q farm on which - live. will
lind IA, price ~ IN" land so high Il
will bo beyond their reach Now wh'
made this ianh valuable? Not the man
who holds title to H. Hc never turned
his hand to make u valuable. he never
h'lp'd tp.srcct u church house no
grade u road H. never aided pu
school work nor improved a farm W.
never dug ditch nor Constructed
dam. H. never spent q dollar to hull,
our cities or ndyanc" our civilization
Tho pculo of Texas did these things hu
the nonresident land haron rcaps IN
. benefit pf our toll Let us make hin
either improve his land or yell Il. Las
i week ] drove through six thuuan'
d. ncr" tart ~ idle. uncultiyaied agricul
tural land II was owned by q citiyc
b ~ another state Around his Ian,
were farms and homes but he woul'
J not even XII the prairi" dogs an hl
p land IT, l. holding his land for surru
/, htion and then the p'upl" ~ TrSa
I have made him rich. he viii sell hi
{ land a. M" children ~ those who mad
< his wealth Mr.. Thomson SAYS D." /
b opposed 70 breaking up thes" million
p acr" tracts ~ idle. undryclopcd land'
]. and that 20 do sO would be- Socialist
r. ara daglinst thrift would not hny
. any one get the idea that would fayu
] taking un" acre ~ hand away from an
r person. either hy taxation on oih'rwis'
Z There N No substitute Tor honest wur
j. In this world Every man should wurl
p for what no gets There ~ not IN
7. drop ~ Socinlis'ic blood IN my veins
q They" large land owners should IN y
r paid fair price for their land bat
] an elected governor ! shall urr" M
y rHestg" - such laws a. viii cause thci
j. 20 either imrruv. and culiivat" thai
J. hnds or VIII make q improbable ~
4 them 90 hold n off the market Tor nm
. length ~ time Texas should mt pe'
'' NIT ihosi WIN live ont ~ the state :
/. u1s" 70 fortune out ~ the toll and 1'
/" iiii'o ~ those who are proud 90 hav
r their homes within her borders
. Mr.. Thomson. the Women and III
" Poll Tax Law.
d AIR Thomson u now advocating N
:. repeal ~ the POLL tax law. which woul
b not only ruh the scho1l fund ~ ahou
Z e million dollars q year. but wu'il