Legal Tender (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1897 Page: 4 of 8
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Lurns last i
with I It is a very easy matter to see that
rson i the man who produces something that
men ' IVxas will vote
M populist ick we they
they will aev1'* g> j'Ht fre'gir. rites
until taey wipe oa: i • rir < a ia-i ,*e-
meat, or' .-rail road commi-aon.
Ttjxiis wi ' never i '.v nome indus
until -iv has tin th> f-ipt freipr.i
rates. It is ..o ta * r.iil road* intrest :o
keep tlw ifl-mfa-•SUP'S in ho cast that
i -«.a[ l ways.
; ri ■ ret n- sc year and
l.-iif.i T.:is t) tho
1 a i i if the c i nuiis-
owii I by he Paeiffio
t y u t l i li
Vote t;i" p >pal:
gjt i r til ro i,l
Gr n i i I i ■ n
sio.i ta i. tra u>r
.•li -.'ex.t will hare an er i of pros
perity une kj 11 - I in liistor .
Wh-n n • l'U)3'r s siy iiy thin<
ao u. ta >)u Ii-rn 'aeiifle Com pro
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V of
j nous
peopl
0 i r i')l explanation, it
1 >us • vicap . ation, anti
vo nit.
1 declares
ffTiays work The
^ down tlieir tools becau
t&eir craft is maltreated in a dis-
etate. These Varmits tr.d s in tbeir
Suncil appoint commits es on leg-
islation to ask for certain laws to be
I enacted in their interest. These
thoughts were brought forcibly to the
1 mind of the writir by reading' Hie pro-
I ceedmgs of the National Association of
; Far n -lachinery. Tne reports of tha
committee oa legislation was especially
jSugeatiVe. This committee gave es-
! pecif' 1 attention to the chattel mort-
i gage laws in the various states. While
: there was nothing particularly wrong
, in this, it shows that these people were
; alive to their own intreests. Our
hought then i everted to the case of
; the farmer. No one in the legislative
! h > 1 to look after his interest, while it
is a fact that if the farmers were prop-
'oriy represented th y ould a least
I hold their own.
They not only hold the balance of
power, but are a majority They could
a.' nally dictate all legbl itioa in their
interest if thev would organize and go
| to'w.irk. The sharp p ditician under-
tan Is this and h- goes into the
! country and wo ks the farmer. This
fellow tells th;; farmer i; is b -tter for
: ai a to pav .i n' fher p.': for his shoes
Wo have to import largely. is benefited
by an import tax, For instance, the
production of wool or sugar. But how
is this going to help the man who
raises cattle, horsas, hogs corn, wheat,
^ats, beans, or butter? These we sell
the open markets of tne world. The
e of a load of hogs sold to our
butcher is fixed by Liverpool
3t, Now the question is why are
iducers of these latter products
for the benefit of these other
?
1 these things were properly
tood by the farmers in general,
k waul 1 n it be Worked. Every
pws the health}' railroa i legisla-
,t followed the grange move-
meyears ago. Some of our best
sisQ^ollow tiiis a>v ike ling 'f
i aos-ii"
l'aMHI
're itmVr
i The guilibltrelemetn
a great deal of healthy
lost.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING.
J33 W rig it, Editor of La^alTe d^r
will Bojak at th.3 folio ariaj places in
Denton Co.
Prairie chappel, Monday nij.
Sanger, Tuesday
Bolliver, Webnesday
g'wi.'ii. Thursday
Sm i ;y , Friday
! i Saturday
Musti *. Monday
Parvin. Tuesday ' .
Little Elm, Wednesday ' '
Lake School House Thttrs. "
Llovl, Friday "
November lo'tjj
16th
JIVJI
•f-uTife'Cau-c, '*
- j he grange, j
\orked andi
ffiuence was
Other classes worked togeather
very body invited.
vhy not the
for their mat a 11 ben. it
farmers? "
Organize in some cap-in y and dis
otiss your interest. Then is no other
Way. The far ner will never get his
share of legislation uuti he i m mak '
his power f-.-lr, and this an never be
dune without organization.—Farmer's
Tribune.
GAPITAL-IoT
Mil OXuEiviljiJZSr
T
The last legislature onlv raised the
the occupation taxes onthepeope cV
1 Texas$10-1,000. That's not much-Just
a little pocket change. They put a tax
The rhinosseross iz strikly a forria
invenshun andi am glad ov it. I'h"/
ar" a one horned experiment, and that
born grows on the tip ov their nose,
r they are luffaz unhappy az they
look, they are lie most miserable krit-
t.-.'s ever enveir 1. Their valure is in
skarsity, it they waz az plenty az -ir-
gan grinders, they woaldn t lie enny
) ' ! I l li' V . • • I i 11] i
lioia* to ■ vhi i iia ><s ■" >- ia 1 an
anakondv. l lould figger on them
alusg, for a fortnight, and then to take
either.—J. Billings
Skilied workers.
Producer. ■,
"he po >r m i • live. They are
getting deeper i *. Y'>:t may press
repress n I s tpr -h th n touf wneu you
i go to cinpresj tie.i. -• > u "tliia g is
! tfoing to give w iv The poor people
aid
give 1
him to
taue Jus-
the pen-
trovemor's
, liis coats, his su ; ir and his cofl •, be j
| <■ v ise we wan I to b n.d up home in. I are being driven r > the wall an I their
Idtwtry. We must protect home labor
j we must be protected against pauper
What we may logically expect from
Carroll D. Wright's next census.—
New Time.
on peddlers, with two horse vehicles,of
1 MO dollars, on Bankers and Brokers
| they put. a tax of 50 dollars. But then
j Units all right the roor devil who ped-
dles chickens and eggs is more a) 1
to pay iij dollars anualy than the man
who borrows money at 1 per cent mid
U nils it for 8. We wan t > ri n the
pedJcr out-, lie's <m, no right to buck a-
gainst the merchant. We rant to place
1 "very thing in the hand
.) u
and
em i rats are *t irting up the
io*i racket again. They spew
fusvd around all over Texas
• 11 a; ta •. ae time the Aus
ried t.iry county that
y did in T^' a .
labor. I!e 1
I /tlso protect!
! see there is
j farm produ
wheat, corn
i iiiport duty
; intrests ate
I does noc tell
! toil that the
■it: our
1 in his
a iinpir
is, h
bat
;int duty
rsei, cattle,
he is
i .you I
oil a! I
hogs, j
all have anl'
butter, eggs
Do not see that yourd
being loo ;ed after? Ho
that sun-burnt g<.n of
nipers of the old world
muttering-", that can be beard even
now, in iicntes that whea they hare
reached the last notch and have to
lace abort;
The gnu that i i fir t that day
Wili bt» heard for mil »s away,
Land Lords. Sliylocks all will go.
When the p >r man strikes his
final blow.
'.e want more co-opperation
of m ti tirnt comp. tition
nr.d
Jivo the populist a "chance an i if
taey do.t sake a change for the bet
Ipr, we il) ft-»s up'' that wo don't
be lie-re the Am rican peo 1 capable
tf f lf-gover.aji nt haul ;.i our sign,
r;ng down the curtaiti atd r,uit the
o 11 -v.
TO MY FRSINDS AND
PATilONS.
Having gone out of business for mv
s'df, X have accepted a position with
C. R. king, west side of square, who
^irries a first class ine of both impor-
ted and domestic Liquors and Cigars
disenss their interests as -ueh and not ,4U''' would'be pleased to have my old
as politicians, they would arrive at '^"ds and customer# call on me at iuy
correct conclusions. UUTr <l«arte'..
JIM Wiuvnk
are .-eing brought by the ship loads to
underbid our native laborers. Nor does
he tell him that- his farm products . ra
sold in coiiip-t- tion with wheat raise
by the serf an 1 the peon. The point i-
right here, if the fauiers could meet
as far.n?ra aa 1 A neri ■ ci'.i 7.e:i and
'O nouglit cLo I fiiicl'
By U. M. Cureton.
O nought . [ find in this "ust ridden
land
Of love, of freindship that's true,
Though I meet me here every turn of
the h ad
Some one my favors to do.
But know the soul seat of their cu'
and drj 1 smiles
I r 'orn aeir sweet looks of peace:
£ i ) v v i • i rhey ai 1 me with their
kind "wasive whiles,
They are hunting 3ome chance to
fleece.
For gold lias grown God and truth his
got stale
Friendship is the fashion no more
Dukes bny our daughters each sum-
mer at sale
Love ' • was'nt business" We.vc had
heretofore.
But let her rattle along in her atlici t
way;
One man alone is too weak
To stop the tide roll of our nation's
decay,
But his own pure soul he can keep .
So turn, turn away from the revel
insane, •
' Tis but an earth bonud mart
Where souls are traded for the b ly ' s
gilt gain,
and gold weighs more h n heart.
find then take
blue whist lt-i -.
a inon- ; oly
i shot gun loaded with
:iad—wipe out the slat e
I Some of our Texas towns ire so busy
"tiling money and missionari s to
^ hina that they have forgoteu the poor
starving people at home. Waco
' lias a lot of poor that will not live
It rough the wini ;r be-an • i--y have
I not and c n t ge<- bread •• nott ii to kt ep
j them alive, vet the people of k.-it city
almost fight for the privil e •• of paying
the most, money for foreign r- issions.
W ■ ought not to tell this ; i j;'s (l
fact
| A pr,
iron,
to I) • list
icher that will ta!:e
a poor starving wi
erting
last"
1 in con\-i
has lit b«e
ought to be
a wet rope
see another
n con
invert -
intii l
( liinai
ent
v woman,
he heathen
•err11 himself but
1 and w 11 loped with
will never v tilt to
1H11,
ill
imocra-:s pipers are
;i'eat t 'ars over th* poor m's-
!and lords. We have taken
i1 iocr.1tio papers and alter
t u down, get sometiiing
• If their renters leave
B. B. Spruance, carries a full
line ot the finest wines, whiskey*, and
cigars.
The# <1
-ii *dding
treated
several
boilin
liko thi.^:
them ihe Land Lords cant make a thing
this year Some of them owe money
on their farms and can't me t tii ir
notes unless the renter can be learned
(hat he is wrong in asking for any thing
better than having to pay money n-n*.
A majority of renters are dishoii st and
if the Land Lord rents for part of the
crop he wi'l come out looser. The
renters are partly right, but the Land
Lords have shore been mistreated.''
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