The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 40, Ed. 1, Friday, May 1, 1914 Page: 3 of 10
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fits equitable share f what h pre!
dittas ttefore him who would hullo
art lianibl home, With flower and
children fo trrlghten and bless, wo-uhj
I raise ill star of hope, arid irtahe l)m
.feel that th flas; or his country was
feat emblem for his material Welfsf
,nil protection.
tn tbs language of that farmer-philosopher,
Peter Iladford "Let govern-
ment assist those who plead for oppor-
tunity, rather than consume all out
energlns upon those Who acorn the priv-
ileges of manhood. Let us turn our at
tntlon from the delinquents and ths
Incorrlglblea to the worthy and ambi-
tious citizen struggling to food and
olotho his family, educate bin children
and own hl home."
Railroads.
My friends, there la a question which
ror year has received the earqeRt at
tentlon of many irood people. Including
noma of our great statesmen, and hai
been difficult of solution. I refer to
railroads.
There ho been no field In which the
demagogue and the professional poll
tldan have found the eras so green
and tha fruit so rip as In his public
denouncement of the railroads. Appeal
to misguided prejudice has bean the
hobbyhorse upon which the "perpetual
etflceseeker has been riding- Into offi-
cial power. That the railroads have
deserved some of the orltlclsm which
they have received la a fact which no
one will deny.
That they are today further deserv-
ing some ot the criticism which they
have received Is a fact whloh no one
trill deny.
That they are today further disserv-
ing of orltlclsm I now boldly affirm
Tliftt th big railroad officials and the
big railroad attorneys hava not In the
past showed a desire to tdsntlfy them-
selves with the groat mass of people
who keep up the fallraods, la onn of
their greatest mistakes. The action of
thRa big officials and big attornnya In
establishing A brass collar railroad ar-
istocracy, has widened a breach which
should never hava existed.
Rallroada Public Nanaaalty.
But. my friends, whlla these thlhgi
aro true, let us not forget that mil-
roads are a publlo necessity which
must ho- maintained tn a high degree
of efficiency for the publlo good, nnd
that the government munt assume the
function of mediator between the
rights of the roads on the ona hand and
tho rights of tho people on the other
President Wilson saysi "The prosperity
of the railroads and the Drosnerltv at
tho country nro Inseparably connected "
Thp Interests of both are In a large
aegreo me same. The publlo cannot
get along without" the rpads and the
roads cannot got along without the
publlo. This being so, the necessity ot
a closer relation betwosn tho roads
and the people becomes apparent to
everyftno. Above all things thore should
bo no 111 feeling existing between the
two Interests
Now this language will at once con-
vjnfce you that you are not listening tr
the usual talk that you hoar on thla
question. T might make a speech that
would suit soma of you much bettor
but If I am elentad governor T am golns
to be governor or all the peopla, In
eluding tho railroad people, and wbnth
sr I am vtr elected or not I shall not
appeal to passion to become popular
In your estimation.
NflV have said In my platform that
I am opposed to nv redctlon In rail
road rates. I assigned mv reason for
this position. Ona la that railroads are
entitled to aarn a fair return on their
Investment If railroad Investment l
not asured jf this return, Texas will
especially In certain locatlteS, wnll
long In the futura before more rail
roads ore hunt
I am not golog to take up your time
to read you a long onlumn of figures
and statistics which era now a matter
of public record and opn to all. I
tmv investigated these fonts as a, bust-
nets map, and I am clearly convinced
that tho railroads of Terns are not
earning as muoh as saren per cent on
tneir investment, not as Tnuch as a
man can get on a loan on a Texas form,
wnicn n onn stint In a. olgaon hole
and go fishing, much less tho troubW
of building a railroad and devolorllno,
a rew coutnry. Now when we come
down to a matter of right between man
arid man, leaving aslda all prejudice. Is
not tha man or set of men who build
a railroad through any community en
titled to earn art much Intercast on their
Investment oa tha professional money
lender, who loans his money for Inter-
est only, and cares nothing for the de-
development of tha country? Yot these
ara the facts In Texsji today. I there-
fore am opposed to anv reduction In
railroad rates. Ton need not take my
word for It. Go and examine for your-
selves. If It were not so It would he
much more popular for m'a as a candi-
date to declare otherwise.
Again, if you decrease rates, who's
going to stand the nut?
Where the Burden af Reduction Falls.
Where Is the retrenchment going to
begin? Nowhere but on the heads ol
organised labor, a 'band of brothert
standing together today for their mu
tual protection. Whore else could the
decroas be placed? A decrease In
rates would not lot the roads decrease
their taxes to the government II
would not decrease the sum thev pav
for Judgments rendered against thorn
In courts. It' would not enable them
to buy tho materials and supplies any
cheaper. So It must follow that the
laboring men of all classes who do the
railroad work would have to bear most
of the burden. Who will say that the
railroad employes In Texas are ovet
paid? Who will say that they could.
in Justice to their families, stand any
decrease In their present wages?
Again, I want to make myself plainly
understood. While I am In favor of
seeing that tho railroads are done no
wrong. I am equally In favor of the
roads doing the publlo no wrong. I am
witling to pay them the price, but they
must produce the service As ono who
has been In the service or the rail-
roads, as one who has patronized the
railroads as a shipper; as one who has
viewed tha railroads in court and out
ot court; as one who has traveled
much upon tho rallronds: as one who
has given soma study to the rallroada
and their relations with the public, I
believe I am In some measure qualified
to suggest some matters that will bring
about that friendly relation between
the railroads and tha people about
which I have already spoken.
The neonle make ud their attitude to
wards the railroads upon their actual
relations with the road. Tha railroads
seem to have overlooked the little
things which happen, apparently 'of
little Importance In themselves, but
taken together form tha real cause nf
nreludlre which today exists against
fhem. It Is of those everyday occur
renews which I wish to speak Go pp
end down most of the railroads In
Texas and look at their road crossings
Not one In n hundred built or main
talned with any view to the convenience
of the publlo. And they can be built
right with the tame expense that they
are built wrong. But they are Invari-
ably too high or too low Along
comes the farmer In his wagon, and
when he hits the crossing he either
goes down with a chug or Up with a
jump. If he is a good river and it
iwa'l happen t be fright, he BsuUlj
yets -. Hot what it the Mat ef Ma
kalnd How iSoas he feet Uwafd the
road,? a
Csfeletsnm sf Railroads.
FJuDDOsa Voil olan a trln with your
.wife and children' on the railroad If
you llv tn the country or live In tVa
town you phone to your local agent
about whether the train Is on time, and
you ara promptly 'told that It is. You
get In your conveyance and get to the
depot In leas than thirty minutes after
ybit ara told that the train la on time,
and you find that the train Is marked
up two hours late. You find that some-
body has absolutely lied to you The
agent say he didn't do It. but that the
dispatcher dona It, and the dispatcher
says that the feller in the general man-
ager's office Is to b)ame. But never-
theless, she's good and late. Ynu wait
around there with your llttl children
while they fret and cry at the heat or
the cold for about two hours and then
that self-important agent walks out to
th blackboard and unsheathe from his
bosom that white dagger with whlc.h
he marks It up two hours mar late.
And then you. In your humble, be-
seeching way, grieved by th discom-
fort of your fa'mllr, ask him tor mors
Information, and you receive from him
the frown of a tryant and the growl
of a lion. You finally get on the train
and you stand up for forty miles be-
oause there la no seat Mr. Railroad
Official here Is where the seeds ar
sown which afterwards grow and de-
velop Into a thirty thousand dollar dam-
age suit l
Perhaps you are a merchant or a
farmer, and you ask for a car to make
a shipment You don't get the car for
three days, and yet In the meantime
you see empty car after car pullod by
your station, but none are delivered tn
you for your uso. Finally, after you
have suffered loss by keeping your
teams and help waiting you get the
car. Then you load and bill th car
out to some station not twenty miles
away. Then It takes about three days
to go twenty miles. Just when you
have dismissed your help, believing that
it would nover arrive, she rolls In Theu
while kiu are around setting some more
help to unload, you happen to be a day
late, and then this pompoua agent again
looms up on the horizon and demands
demurrage. Now, mind you, you have
already lost three times as much as the
road waiting to get your car, and the
road has lost nothing because they still
have tho car which they wouldn't move
lor two days after you unload, ana yet
the patient shipper must pay demur-
rage. Being a law-abiding man, you pay
rather than have trouble. But how do
you feel about it? Next week you are
summoned as a Jurymn in court. And
when you and the other Juryman who
has waited ror hours for a train, ana
another Juryman who has stood up
without a seat for fifty miles, and an-
other juryman who has had his spinal
column dislocated on a bad crossing,
and another juryman who can't put
away the memory of that Important
agent, all go out to make up your ver-
dict, these things are running through
your head and try as you may you can't
put them away.
Your mtnds and prejudices are then
Try susceptible to the Ingenious argu-
ments of the professional Juror who
gets on the Jury from design. And
you unconsciously agree to an unfair
amount of damages which the road
must pay.
Then, again, these same men go out
to hear the politician make a speech
agatns the railroads. He tells you that
tho railroads are robbing the people
on rates, and you agree with him, not
because you know whether ho Is right
er wrong, because you don't know, but
you agree with him because you are
still mad about that bad crossing or
that lato train, or delayed shipment,
and your neighbors are mad about the
same things, and here tho bad feeling
between the road and the people he
gins and It becomes popular to abuse
the roads. If I am not overdrawing the
Dlcture. nnd It the railroad manage-
mona will JUBt take notice of these
seeming little things, and manifest
sbtne desire for the comfort and con-
venience of the people, the peopla will
In turn be willing to do the right thing
about rates.
Will Have to Give Best 8ervlco.
But I want to warn tho railroads of
Texas that the poopld of Texas are go-
ing to require service prompt and effi-
cient. JT you don't look after their con-
venience, your trouhles hava Just be-
gun. If I am elected governor, I am
going to extend every co-operation to
our railroad commission and to our leg-
islature to bring about such regulation
ef the railroads of Texas as will put a
stop to the disgraceful service which a
arrester Dart of the roads are rendering
to a long suffering and patient publlo
I am opposed to the repeal or tne
present stock and bond law. I have
noticed much discussion In the papers
over this question I have never been
able to see where any set of men who
had real money or their own or repre-
sented people who had real money with
which they wanted to build a railroad,
would in any way be bothered by the
Texas stock and bond law. I can see
how the feller who wanted to hulld a
road on other people's money would he
greatly handicapped by our law. .Tim
Ferguson Is glad to follow Jim Uogg
In this instanco.
My friends, I am opposed to the pres-
ent fee system of paying peace officers
out of the state treasury In felony
cases. We today witness an evorydayi
fact of a sheriff making mora money
than a district Judge, even more money
than a governor of Texas. Civilization
has certainly advanced to where no
man's guilt should be baaed upon
money consideration.
Plans for Warehouses.
Another question of vital Importance
to the farmers and business Interests
of Texas Is the mattor of marketing
agricultural products. I favor the es-
tablishment of a aystern of bonded
warehouses with power to Issua nego-
tiable receipts, all under tho sanction
and supervision of the state. And when
I say warehouses I do not mean uncov-
ered cotton yards. We need but recur
to the bitter experience of last winter
to teach us the folly of holding cottou
to make It go up while It Is exposed to
the wind and weather which will surely
shake t go down.
This system must be under the su-
pervision and sanction of tha state,
otherwise its negotiable receipts would
have no financial standing outside pt
i no local limits in wnicn tney ar is
sued.
It is nothing more than detail to
work out legislation that will permit
and promote the Incorporation of com
panies with ample capital and. backing
as will cause their receipts for cotton
to b accepted In the money centers
with the same certainty that bank re
ceipts are now accepted for'money, If
the state will extend tha same super-
Vision over cotton warehouse com
panles as it does now over state banks,
the mater will be easy of solution. The
legislature following these general prin-
ciples can evolve a warehouse law that
will entltlo them to the gratitude of
future generations, equal in dignity to
tr.e wonc or the anti-saloon league, I
make thla statement not to arouse an
unpleasant subject, but mainly tn em-
ftoJl" it "Je ft" UJ& there ar other
tMa of 4uaJ IraplSftano to proMW-
J.
tirk I also fava 1h mslntemft'nc
special brarioh ef th department ol
ttgrteuitur ror the purpose ot obtain-
ing and distributing official Informa-
tion of cotton consumption, cotton sup-
ply and cotton demand.
"Th governmtnt can perform no
greater service for the people than t
provide a system whereby th cotton
raiser may b enabled to store and hold
bit orop until th right Urn comes tot
him to sell, and provide him with au-
thentic information so that h can, with
some degree of Intelligence, tell when
th right tim oomes.
Th present warehouse law. enacted
through the Influence ot the Farmers'
Union, waa a long step in the right di-
rection, and with th addltons which 1
suggest, the farmers will no longer bi
at th mercy of tho a who would buy
their cotton at less than Its mark)
VtJUft.
flyttem ef Rural Credit.
In some degree akin to th question
f marketing la th question ot rural
credits. Let me say that I am not Is
favor of, the repeal of what is knows
as th Robertson Insurance law. But Id
view of the fact that the right ot a
foreign Insurance company to loan
money In Texas has been questioned aa
a legal proposition, 1 am In favor ol
such amendments aa ar necessary to
put that question at rest, giving foreign
insurance companies the right to lost
all 'the money they deslr In Texas.
This la necessary in order that tha
farmers of Texas may hava avery fa-
cility for money at reasonable rates with
which to pay for homes. Foreign capi-
tal la not only necessary, but must ,bt
invited to and protected in Texas, The
landless man and the homeless land
will ever confront us unless we Invite
capital to assist In the task of removal
Thla may not be sentiment, but It le
real bustnass
Problem ol Land Rentals.
Now. my friends.! want to dlscusa
with you the biggest question in Texas.
And as 1 approach this discussion 1 am
not unmindful ot th criticism which 1
have already provoked and 1 am fully
advised or th task which I have as-
sumed. I refer to to th matter ot land
rents, and th division ot land produc-
tion. And first of all 1st m say that in
.deliberating upon this great Issue there
should be no appeal to passion or pre-
ludlo. Let me go further and say to
you frankly, if I am not able to sustain
my position in the light ot history, tn
the light ot law and precedent, and
above all in th light of Justice and
right, that I then should receive the
censure and rebuke ot all good citizens,
and I should not receive official dis-
tinction at your hands.
Now I say that It I am elected gov-
ernor I wll urge th legislature to pass
a law by statute or constitutional
amendment, making it usurious and
unlawful for an owner of land to re-
ceive or collect a rent of more that
one-third the value ot all grain orops,
and more than one-fourth the value
of all cotton crops, except where the
erops are made on the halves. In which
event an amount not to exceed one-
half the value of the cotton and grain
Let us go back and see If we can
learn a lesson by the past. We have
read of the grandeur and splendor ol
Greece and Rome. Mow as nations
they began in primitive ways theli
ollmb for supremacy. How at first all
man were eauaL at least before the
lawi and how every man had a home.
W learn how soon the strong began
IQ V&VBi U1B TTVHUfc, KUU IJUVT BlOb UJ
step, year by year, the lands of the
nation came Into the hands of a few
and a landed aristorcracy was en-
throned tn power. We learn that In thai
day as land ownership concentrated li,
th hands of the few. Ignorance gren
in the minds o( thu many That as s
result, Rome and Greece, tottered and
fell. And the depth" to which they
descended were as marvelous as th
heights to which they rose
Coming on down we find the oountrj
of Spain, a nation founded In liberty
and freedom. Inhabited for years wltl
an Independent citizenship, a land ol
peace and plenty lhat prospered foi
centurlea Rut like many others, tin
landed aristocracy begun to get In con
trol The collection of exorbitant rentt
began to centralize the ownership ol
land, nnd the soil for talk of propel
treatment began to deteriorate. Wltl
this came the Ignorance of the raissen.
Then tha lustre of the Bu&nlsrr etui
began to fads and today the greatusi
wreck In tha history ot nations li
Spain.
Study with me th history of France
and tha French people A oountrj
whose rise tn eminence, whose tall tr
ruin, and whose rise again Is the Won
dar of history. Going back to the be
ginning of th 18th century, we find
her people reveling In prosperity and
affluence, her peopla satisfied, hei
laws just and equal. But here again
that unbidden specter, landlordism, be
gan to appear. Th owners of land
by levying unjust and unfair tribute foi
the us ot lands, began unconsclousl
to sow the seeds of that famous' revo
luton which excited th horror of the
world. We find that a down-trodden
tenantry, laboring under an unjust and
Inequitable division of land production
causing misery and Ignorance, begar
like a smouldering volcano to preparr
for an eruption, and when the burden
oould no longer be borne, the French
people rose up ana stormed the Bastllr
and swept the kings from their thronei
and established a popular government
The fact that France is today the rich-
est country "on the. glob Is because
they have the most prosperous farming
population In the world. It may startle
some of you "when I tell you that the
humble peasants of France have more
uiwiid luaiiou o,i iniorvsi IUD.I1 lilt
farmers or Texas.
Look at England, Scotland and Ire-
land. We rind the same old story
Without taking time to decide who
Is wrong or who Is right, you must
agree with mo when r say that the un-
derlying cause ot all the Internal trou-
bles or those countries Is their failure
to satisfactorily adjust the matter ol
land rents
My friends, .1 mention these mattert
that we may avoid tho same mistakes
and realize our responsibilities. Let u
meet the question now, whll the peo-
ple of our great state are possessed ol
enough Intelligence and honesty to rea-
son with each other.
Now In the first place, this law car
be maintained, as a legal proposition
on the same ground that the usury
law now on the statute books Is main
talned Because some man's selfish-
ness will sometimes take advantage ol
bis neighbor's misfortunes, from time
Immemorial the right of the govern-
ment to passte. statute against the col-
lection of usury has been recognized.
Who now would ask that the usury law
I) repealed?
Bonus 8ystm and Usury.
Now my friends thero are a hundred
man who rent land to whore there la
one man who borrows money from the
usuror This being so then how muoh
more Important is it that tho govern-
ment step In and exercise Its police
powers to prevent extortion?
There can bo no difference In prin-
ciple botwen the man who charges an
exorbitant price tor the use of hla
land and the man who charges an ex-
orbitant price for th us of hla mony,
F,oth commit s wrong acalnst socUtgr.
fl tf thr h Any differ.
rra, I is in favor or Ui rnaurwiie
hhuss th money, because he take some
ehuce In getting his money book, while
th land owner takes no ohnnoo, for the
laws ef th country guarantees his col-
lection by giving him K first lien lot1
his money. To show you that this llni
ot reason is not wholly my own, I want
to quote from th Universal Diction-
ary, quoting from Adam Smith, on the
"Wealth of Nations," where w find
that. "Rent Is the price paid for tha
Use of land." And further we find thla
remarkable definition: "Land let by
landlord to a tenant for purpose ol
cultivation is analagous te money lent
to a borrower. Th rent ef tha land
Is virtually th Interest oa the land
viewed as a loan."
Therefor, It must follow that 11
rent and Interest mean th asm, then
the- right of th government to regu-
late rents is as well established as the
right to regulate Interest
Those who oppose th passage sf
this law must at th same time de
mand th repeal ot th usury law.
mow I want to answer torn or the
objections which by some well mean-
ing but unthoughttul people ar made,
Answer Objections,
On may say that ha has a right to
do with his land as he pleases Now
then, let us see where this leads to. If
one man has a right to do as he
pleases with his land, then he has tho
right to make every tenant, his wife,
children, cats, dogs, and chickens, get
out In the lane or public road. Tf this
man has the right then the land ownor
adjoining has the same right to do the
same thing. The next land owner has
the right to do the same thing and
so on until wo find every tenant and
his family and all his earthly belong-
ing out in the publlo road. "Oh," but
you say, "w ar not going to do this.1
reser. tetJ-
ouTtWesBmislbllltr'-t
pei pet unto this government, and els-
vat its oltlsenalilp Lt us teeognl,
that w have no right to us our powers
to the detriment of our neighbor. Let
u Hot forget that might does not tanks
right.
Let us remember that when w de-
stroy the meifns of popular education
that wo destroy tho means of popular
government. Lot us not forget that If
w would have wealth that we must
give honest labor Its fair shars for
production. Yea, yo owners of the soil
I pray you ever remember the Golden
Rule, and oltect no more rent than
you would like to pay
Again, lot me call tho land owners
attention to another matter, which In
volves his Interest as well as th
Interest or the tenant
Would Oe Awsy With Socialism.
Aslong as we had the good old sys-
tem of the third and fourth we nover
heard of the Socialist As long as the
tenant was treated fairly and equitably
in the division of land production th
claims of tho Socialist were a matter
of fine spun theory. There was no rea-
son for his contention, or cause for hit
complaint
But concurrently, with th Increase In
rents th Socialist begins to multiply.
Take away today tha abuses of th
present rent system and the Socialist
would not have a leg to stand on. We
may perhaps be startled at the growth
of this theory of government. We may
become alarmed that the numbor is in-
creasing who domand that the govern-
ment take control of the alnds ef tha
ooutnry. The prevention of the growth
of this Idea lies hot tn derision of those
who so believe, but it lies In the re
moval of the cause which creates the
necessity for such doctrine. Let those
who rely upon the supposed security of
BK nver mind! wV a.'?a,k.ng about PPtr remember that no gov;
your right to do with your land ns you
please. No, you won't do It because
you have no right to do so." But you
are doing the same thing In another
way. Instead of putting the tenant
out In the road you are slowly raising
the rent yoor by year, until he will
make Just about as muoh living In the
publlo road as he will working your
land when you collect more than a
fourth ot the cotton or more than a
third of the grain.
Now, you landlords, who have been
going wild about prohibition! Let ma
glva you soma of your own medicine.
W antls claim tha right to drink W
claim that tf taking a drink Is wrong
It is a personal wrong which harms no
one but the one taking tho drink It
Is simply a matter of Individual prefer
ence.
Now you good prohibitionists deny
this right, and have preached to us
ernment right is any moro sacred than
tno integrity of the people who main
tain that government
I am not an alarmist God forbid
that tho time will evor come in this
coutnry when men will settle their
differences by any other means than
an appeal to reason, hut I warn the
land owners of this country that If you
lose sight of tho real merits ot this
quostlon, and decide it solely by the
rule of your personal Interest, as
against tho rule of tho greatest good
to tho greatost number, I fear the
consequonces, and view th result with
much apprehension,
Th stabtlty of present land value
depends upon th way you docldo this
quostlon. When you claim the right to
take too much you lot down th bars
for tho government to stop In and pre-
vent oppresilnn, and you will hav no
one to blame If you got too llttlo.
Again, my friends, everybody Is ma
terially interested in this question.
from th house tops that man has no
ernment has a right to step In and pre- .JLA iA?"? ,th" c5u.nt7
vent a man doing wrong to himself, be-1 f-0!'i5le.1 th en"r Production of their
i ucies not laiio a pnnosopner
that one-half the merchants
eruinom au ngut 10 atop in anu pra-i -AiiAnA
vent a man doing wrong to himself, be- ,"1" ,,
cause In doing wrong h Injures so-'i """ ,
clety. Now, I do not agree to your ar-1 m i,.
t n tli
to th DMwioralt! mv'iin
witness UM nuwtmtM l Irra t
parties, ,,! '' fctfSF and the .'!
party, hWJfj, faJsWiMliBil' Separata ro!
distinct mwfOmmtnm'Om tn xeM-
eratlo party. And yet tby Insult cut
intelligeno by Willing themtsH"
)emoorat. It is time tor reil Perno
crats to wake up, and rally nrouvd
that grand old Democratic flag and
sent and repel ih ruthlesJ hand whi h
they sought to. be laid upon it t call
to arms th Democratic yoomanrv cl
Texas, and urge you to laka your stand
upon the watch towers of unterrlfi. d
Dtmocraoy, and If neods b lay yout
political fortunes upon th altar of youi
country's good.
Let us scourge from th Democratic
tempi thot who would destroy our
grand old party by Internal dissension
ever Issues that hava no place In,, out
Democratlo home.
Let us meet the Issue, and let i( IH
known that tho Democratlo party'! '
yet and will ever be th champion off i
tha people's rights. M
Now ,ln conclusion, 1st me say that '
our dear Texas can and should lis
made the grandest country o'er whleh
the sun shines by day or th stars by
night
From the golden strand of California
to th, orange groves and flowery
fields of Florida, from the froren
climes of the Icy north to the bro i g
breezes of th Southern Gulf, there la
no oil dyed with th blood of nobler
heroes than our dear state, A coun-
try rich In nature's stores, which needs
out the mafia hand of a united pe il
to smite the rock of her resources and
behold will spring forth peace end
plenty.
Let us banish from Texas the agita-
tor and the political grafter. Lot us
banish the political bosses and main-
tain the supremacy ot the people oa
the throne of power.
Let a united citizenship forgive and
forget the bickerings of the past Front
stnie let us turn to business. From
agitation let us turn to development
From internal dissension lot us tunt
to outside advertisement Let us wel
come the foreign Investor and let us
assure him that Texas neods him and
that he neods Texas. Lot us educate
th masses into a knowledge ot tho re-
sponsibilities of citizenship. Let us
build moro schools and better schools.
Let us build moro churches and col-
leges. Let us build factories and rail-
roads. Let us protect the weak against
the strong. Let us give every man aa
open field and a square deal,
Thus united and thus resolved, let us
raise the flag cf tho single star high
above this vast Industrial army ot
Texas, and with but one feeling, and
that of love, and with but one purpose
and that of success, and with but on
ambition and that of our glory, and
with but one thought, and that of our
state, let us march to victory and re-
ward.. on.
gument, hut If you are correct, and
tn government has a right to step In
and prevent mo doing wrong to myself
then, in tho name of high heaven, how
muoh more, oh, how muoh mora has It
the right to step In and provnnt you, a
bonus wanting landlord, from doing
wrong to somebody else?
If th law has the right to stop the
sal by th saloon keeper to the Indi-
vidual because it might take tho bread
from the mouth of his family, then tho
law has the right to prevent the land-
lord from taking such an amount ot
rent from the tenant as might take
bread from the mouths of his children
If you have a right to stop my prlvoto
wrongs, then I certainly have a right ta
stop your publlo wrongs.
"But," one man soys, "I nover
charged a bonus and never will, I
want to do as I please." Well, my
friend. If you are not going to charge
a bonus, then this law won't bother
you, and you have nothing to fear.
Maybe you nover stole a horse, and
maybe you never Intend to, but you
would not want th law against horse
stealing repealed, would you?
"But," says another, "I cams to thla
country forty years ago," or "my daddy
came here forty years ago, and hought
this land, and fought tha Indians off,
Bjndjnow you want to keop me trom en
joying tne increased value of my land.1
Now, let me remind you: If nobody
had aver coma to this country but you.
yau would be fighting Indians yet and
your land would lack at least thirty
cents an acre of being worth as much
aa when you came. You deaorvo much
eredlt for your early trials and adven-
tures, and, as a reward for your service
to your country, a great throng or hon-
est and humble tenantry have coma af-
ter you, and have been willing to serve
In the ranks or building the schools, th
qhurches, the roads, and paying the
taxes, and as a result or which your
land has gone from three dollars at
acre to a hundred and three dollarn ar
acre, and yot your aro not satisfied,
and you claim the right to take more
rent from him than he can pay.
You claim tha right to take from
your tenant more rent than he can af-
ford te pay. You would prevent him
from educating his children. You
would keep him from having the or-
dinary comforts of life. You destroy
his hopes and ambitions to bs some-
thing in the world,
If you must take away his right to
drink and drown his troubles. I pray
you, In God's name, give him and his
loved ones the right to earn something
to eat and somothlng to wear.
But may be none of these arguments
reach you. Maybe you hava worship-
ped the dollar so long that you are Im-
mune to any call of humanity whero It
might Involve your personal Interest.
Maybe the good of your country does
not concern you, and maybe you think
that every man should live th life of
roet hog or die.
Now listen to me whll I show you
that your Interest Is Involved in this
question.
Thl.'d and Fsurth Beat Svttom.
For firty years tho good old rulo of
cropping on tha third and fourth and on
tha halves has bean the custom In
Texas Under this system land has
gop trom n v'ery low price to a very
high price. Under this syetom the
thrifty and energatto tenant found It
possible to educate his children In at
least a limited woy, and live in some
comfort and convenience, Aa a result ot
this limited education and comfort we
find In Texas a tenant citizenship equal
In Intelligence and patriotism taany na-
tion on the globo. We find In that cltl-
xenshlp a love of home and love of
coutnry that excels any people In his-
tory. We find In them that spirit of
devotion to their flag that would cause
their rush to arms -to die In defense ot
their native land, a foot of which they
do not own
By this spirit, my land owning friehd,
your values are maintained and In-
creased from year to year.
Destroy this chance of education, do-
Ltroy this comfort, and ignorance stops
In with the handmaids or Idleness and
anarchy by her side, and away goes
your government, and away goes your
values.
My ladlord, my landlord, let us rise
above th greed ot gold and the love
of self. Let us raise the motto of live
ana let live, ana let us not slay tha
hen that lays th rolden es-ar.
fct US who, by tut uao tvovl&a&oi
would have to go out of business and
that many clerks and salesmen would
be compelled to soek other lines of em-
ployment It tho numbor of merchants is de-
cerased, then the amount of merchan-
dise sold will be decreasod and thereby
the number of factory workers must b
decerased, and thny, too, must seek
other lines ot employmont ir tho num-
ber or factories Is docreascd, then the
amount of tonnage hauled by the rall-
ronds is decreased, and tho number ot
railroad employes will bo decreased,
and they, too, must seek other employ-
ment All this you will readily sea la based
upon the known fact that all wealth
comes from the soil. And whatever
causes a centralization of soil produc-
tion causes a contraction of business.
It Is only In the wide distribution of
wealth production causes a contraction
r buslncas
It Is only In tha wide distribution of
wealth production that wide prosperity
may bo attained.
Now let mo say a word to the farm-
ers of Texas who are directly lnter-
asetd In this legislation. You havs wait-
ed long for your opportunity; but the
day la at last here when you hold the
power to elect those men to office who
stand for your Interests. If you throw
the opportulnty away you will have no
ona to blame but yourself.
Only Candidate Whe Favors It.
Since the announcement of mv nlat-
-form thero has come yelping out of the
political tnicitets or this state a pack
or political wolves in sheep's clothing.
Notwithstanding they have held otflce
for years, and hava had many gold on
opportunities to do you and the country
a great service, none of them have ever
had the nerve to raise tha voice in
your behalf.
Who ever heard of a tenant being
mentioned In any platform until my
announcement?
What one of theso great statesmen;
what ono of these great big men that
these self-appointed and self-elected
politicians are clamoring for ever men
tioned your name until I put It in the
form of a demand for specific legisla-
tion. And now, here they come like a
lot of second fiddlers and loudly pro-
claim what they ar going to do for
you.
But I am sura you are not going to be
deceived or misled. Let us get the tan-
gible results while wa can. Let us
make arrangements for next year's
crop.
All this big windy theory about the
government loaning you monoy at
cheap rates of Interest to buy a borne
may do your grand children some good,
but It will not help you.
Stay Away From Conventions,
Stay away from all conventions and
go to the Democratic olectlon In July,
Stay away from th politicians, and let
us win a fight for your Interest Bo far
as you are concerned It will make no
difference whether you get o railroad
corporation governor or soma other
corporation governor. Either on will
be undor obligation to somebody else
besides you. Assert your Indepen-
dence. Claim your right to a square
deal. You are not beggars, and you
are not slaves. You are vet free men.
All you need is an equal opportunity to
share what you make. You now have
in onance to perpetuate your rights
It remains with you to do your part
Trlbuto to Lens 8tsr.
In national affairs th Democracy it
In control. Perfect harmony now pre-
vails In national Democratlo oounclls.
W have the greatest president that
this nation has had In fifty years now
seated In the White House as the
leader of the Democratlo hosts. Texas
must bo kept in line with th united
national Democracy.
Our national Democracy has ever ac-
knowledged the sacredness of state
rights. Our noble Confederate heroes
havo handed down to us this principle
pure and divine Their sacrifco upon
the field of battle has guaranteed to us
the right of local self government In
the light of these principles near and
dear to our beloved Southland, wo
must view with alarm th attempt
within the Democratlo ranks of Texas
to commit our grand old party to na-
tional prohibition. We must view
with alarm tha division in th Demo-
cratlo ranks cf Texas.
We now witness the spectacle ot
two faction who have left th house
tA ujr BetateraU fAtawe, a4 fcavra
BURIED UNDER PAPERS,
Between Litter and Fires Llf In Da
Qulnoea Horn Was Lively.
Do Qulncay'a greatest extravagance
grow out of tho morbid value ho set
upon papers and their not being dis-
turbed. Ho was In tho habit of accu-
mulating theso until, In bis owt
words, bo TrM "snowed tip," which
meant that when matters reached suets
en extremity that tnoro was not r
square Inch of room oa tho table to
get a ccp upon and so possibility oC
making bis bed for tho weight of pa-
pers gathered thero) no chair which J
could bo used for Its legitimate pur-'
pose, and the track from the door to
tho fireplace, always kept open until
tho but was completely obliterated so
that ho had sot oven place in which!
to net bis foot then Do Qnlncey lock-
ed tho door upon his paper treasureo
and turned elsewhere. At his death!
thero were at least a half dozen suet
places "papered." by him and belnJ
maintained at no small expense.
Bach a thing bad been experienced
as bis actually "papering" bis familj
oat ot bouse, bat in later yens h!l
daughters learned bow to gnn-j
against such a contingency.
Do Qulncey usually spent the
lugs with bis family, who looked fj
ward to those hours with much pie
uro. Upon tho arrival of tho newsj
per he would render tho news inj
own quaint manner, questioning
various members cf tho group alg
him and Illuminating the various J
Jtets touched upon with a wenlt
memories, good stories or human
perlences until tho happiest fto
real conversation sprang from
eumstanoea of tho moment.
Ho was not n tranqullixms corJ
Ion for nervous persons to Uto l
as. those nights wore tho exception
which ho did not set fin to somethl
It was a common occurrence for
cf bis daughters; to look up from
work and to say casually, "Papa, jl
feair Is on Orel" to which he would!
spond casually, "Is it, my larof ' i
bond rubbing out tha blasa was all!
notice taken.
On ono occasion, when the il
rushed la to announce that
Qulncay'a room was oa Ore, bo !
ed to the rescue of his already MJ
cd up" apartment, refusing
captions that water bo poured up
treasured papers. Armul
heavy rug be disappeared
burning room uotennlnod to el
without water or perish In the at!
while the membors ef hu
household trembled for his safetjj
side the door, locked to preToc
abhorred water from being pop
Presently, after occasional bursts
smoke and a very strong emeu of j
all were assured that tho u angary
over, tho victor omorged tnutap
rv from his fltrht trim that Ha
the dreaded tjgment having
anod for the trvoalng ell
state ef thrtsktulnyirrom.
SteKBor'B "aurtfcaras. ksA
Hshta,"
(lencety fa QaH.
She pooner a boy. tw a mas f rj
matter, learaa to live up to tbj
"Honesty Is tha best potter's
aS la other things, the better
Thero te no game which givij
petitor a better opportunity!
But for that very reason thi
game la which the chea
oqrere as It wrasJJy fat vxmn
a looks upoa with grMUtr
ra8, uMsue s m, i
j -t Art..t,imw,m
a
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Cates, R. F. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 40, Ed. 1, Friday, May 1, 1914, newspaper, May 1, 1914; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48873/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.