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RANGERS AND SOVEREIGNTY.
to be employed to stop it. The civil officers of the
sparsely settled counties, could not handle them. This
put the Rangers after the rustlers, which took a big
part of their time, outside of fighting Indians and
other enemies to the cattle men. The "cow men" responded
to our efforts like warriors and often faced
the bullets with us, against the common enemy.
Thus, you will see, that after a cattle man had
earned what he had, he had to fight to keep it. But,
the power of the state, combining the splendid individual
effort of the cattle men, sustained the industry,
and it still ranks as one of the greatest industries in
the State of Texas. When cotton fails, as a money
crop, cattle stands between the people and the black
Ghost of Panic, and sustains Texas, as one of the greatest
states of the Union. We know but little of the
methods of the Stockraisers' Association, but, we do
know that organized effort is the winning card in
modern business ventures. We remember the first
effort of the farmers, who organized what they called
a Grange, which was later merged into the famous
Alliance. That was to protect the farmer from an
undue tax, levied on them, by commercialism and the
wily middleman, who stood between the producer and
his market, as a sinecure, that neither produced, or
consumed, more than to keep individual selfishness
alive. So it is with the stockraiser. He can not afford
to be at the mercy of organized capital, which is simply
waiting to dictate to him, what per cent he shall
get out of his toil.
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Roberts, Dan W. Rangers and sovereignty, book, 1914; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5833/m1/141/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.