The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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Entirely due to the
The White Printing Company [$sts of the State were >ulc|ed panic waT felt lesa^in Texas
elsewhere^!-TIhb people were
prosperous on the whole an
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Locals and readers 10c
that any amount of i$oney :ob-
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organization is that much "clear
gain"/ to the receiver. Of the
money. It was not supposed for
a moment that the farmer woi^d
geta cent more for his wh&t as
a result of the Jaw which forbade
When time is not specified all advertis-
ing matter will be run until order*} 41* understanding among Jho
c^tan charged or aceo ugly. millers as to grades and prices,
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC,
^ny^erroneoug reflection upon Ihe
" -*v-y standing or reputation of
•n, firm or corporation" which
pear in the columns of the
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brought to"the 'attention of the
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WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH
^ - TE^4sr-
i-Jlhoseof us who have, been in
Texas for the past quartel of a
centutx^.^much^ to wonder at
irt the marvelous progres8 qrf the
State. Great iron bands stretch
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away though magnificent sec-
tions of finest Jfarms along the
old-time cattle trails or through
former unbroken prairies. Cities
—- magnificent In wealth, beauty
and culture hav< reared the heads
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on the sites Of
recent villages, and happy towns
all over, the magnificent State
mark the resting places of trie
campers of twenty-five years ago.
Into the lap of virgin soil the
husbandman of every climate has
been goured untjl "this domain
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leads all the sister States in tfte
variety and value of the products
of her soil. Pierced by the tteel
of the searcher for hidden
wealth, bosom has yielded prac-
tically every mineral, and every
variety of waters known to maik
of oil has
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thewori
granite.
for the Nation, and the purest
marble is' found in everlastinK
mountains, while the brown iron
ores of the . State stagger the
mathematician to compute, their
boundless worth. Her forests
-made and unmade the prices
of lumber a,U over the. wo^ld.
The fruits of the Elberta lands
have set the world a new test for
quality, wid the oranges of the
advance of railroad facilities and.
itki a_ ifjtct that the advent'of
neither wiould the nwkeiyof therji^lroads ^Tn~ these undeveloped
statu? argue for a moment, that
the purchaser of flpur would be
benefltted" by sue
law's,utmost enforcements That
TaWwffs eflaeted~forthe
was
of satisfying a
among a lot.of mossbacks, whose
minds areinihe '-goodold days,"
fipd for the purpose of "makinfir
a show of doing big things" to
satisfy the rabble, who are not,
as a rule, either business men or
even men who are looked up4n
in their communities as model
cit&ens* The prices and the
grades are regulated today, just
the same as they were at the
time of the institution of the
suit—the form of the regulation
is different* and complies with
the statute de jure, and that is
all. This must be so, or else no
mill could long exist.
The harassment; of the mill in-
ter est^isonly one case out of
hundreds of those which are
brought about in the interest of
the lawyers of Texas, who com-
ranroa
pose the greater paft of the
State Legislature, attd who are
the governing power in the
nominating conventions which
really elect the officials of the
State; Right now, in the case ef
the miHers the. clerk of the court
^ ^ ^ ' • • the millers
'Texas
is st;
aril
ill
undeveloped.
etilroad construction the country
has, There are still sixty cou
ties- without railroad facilities
arid ihere' a^ vast areas of virgin
soil to be reduced to cultivation.
These-areaoannot be settled in
sections would add to the value
' land many times ihe sums
quoted witlrthe State's resour-
ces nave estimated that Texas
needtentnaggregate mileage' of
60,000 before the State can be re-
garded as aihply sUpflied with
railroad facilities, and there is no
reason to'regard this estimate as
an exaggeration.-' '• ':''p"
"We are not ready to admit'
that air the railroad managers say
about the policy of the State
toward the railroads is true, but
it is very likely thlt they are
right when they declare that new
construction will be necessarily
limited until aome , important
changes in the State's policy
have been brought about. j :
"We do believe that the people
desire to treat the roads with
fairness and generosity, expect-
ing on the other hand ^hat the
railroad will.trpat
* JJyis holes'of stickinsr
8;#orIdt and her $3500 additiomU ,
additional as his fees
ent ring"the mihutes of the
case on the books of the State,
,the State having* gotten its share
of the rake-off is letting the
clerk whistle for 4 'his." r
Texas affords the sorry spec-
tacle of three
m.
~ South Texas counties are build-
ing fortunes for those who have
been wise enough to invest in
the fructifying lands of the coast
country and plant the Satsumas.
There is another picture, how-
f . ever. There is an unrest; there
is a feeling of shame on the faces
. of ttiO^ wKo «™ wideat r *d.
tuose in closest contact with the
X , outer woridi
*"'** " " millions of gold
of the East
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With all the
lying in th^pP^||PPH^|
- hungerinsr for Investment, hone
■■■ way, except for
mortgages or similar security.
When we tell of boundlm for-
ests, of endless plains, of hidden
^ treasures everj$&ere. there is
a ahrug of the shoulders of^ the
Eastern man. Why ?
- Read: "The
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J. inti-trupl' suit
commenced last' spring;against
the Texas millers 'ft still in court,
with a promise made that it Will
tried this month. The charges
are too. trivial to be considered
in.. TexaSi „ Kansas.«and
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some otner trust-busting States. 'r
Xbe abaveisfoom the Artert
can Miller, nme "of the leading
.. mill journals not only7 of this
, biit of the world, its
classification of Texas is on a
P^ With that of practically every
publication of note in th eoun-
I;; trust-bust-
-other trust-
■try.
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men holding- the
whip over every railroad mthe[vV"°^ .
State-men who have never hadiiqfi e nne-
a minute's training in railway
problems, and who previotra~to
election to the positions they oc-
cupy, never controlled or man-
aged a business involving more
than a few hundreds or a few
thousands of dollars. Tfeere is
not in the State a~section which
is not whit better satisfied than
before the creation of this, com-
mi8ion, and there is-not otie line
tn the State which has nbt as
many complaints to meet as bo-
fore the "rules" of this body be-
came the "law of the land."
On the other hand, -the damage
suit industry has been encouiv
aged by ihe Government until
fioitoit^ta thomands of ifplr
lars to Settle losses which form-
erly could have been settled for
hundreds, and aa much to the
satisfaction of the complainants
then as now. Commenting on
railway construction, the Hous-
ton Poet, a ftit and loose ad-
ministration organ, says:
'Texas, Which waa second In
tly. Under all the circumstances,
it woul(J not be out of place for,
the broad-minded people j of the
State and those charged With the
duty" of fomulatin^r public
policy to look carefully into the
situation and see if the low ebb
of railroad construction has been
brought about through Iegislati ve
or administrative blunders.- We
want the splendid progress of
the State to continue; wej desire
our vast domain now unoccupied
covered with thrifty homes; we
want our buisness and industry
to prosper, and raTTroad building
must accompany prOgr
handftjof little men mtfo
never manftged an enterprise in-
ng the managerial abiliy or
than that of bossing a section
gang; a bunch of cotton pickers
or a bevy school children. The
for a time* If ;
taxed so long as he owes for the
proposed home. For instance, if
a man buys a place and gives his
note .or notes for it, th ^ropejty
is taxetUmd-the notes are taxed
too. Of course the teller inclnd-
"ptS8~
wi
pay
material industries are made the
.plaything of ill-advised legisla-
and subject of experiment
for the tyro in commercial law
and financial venture; when any-
thing in a material Jine which
shows that it is succeeding must
be made the object of revenge for
its audacity, and "specially tax-
ed" out of business, then we all
know what's the matter with
Texas.
Who is to blame for this con-
dition of things? Who; indeed,
but the whole "people? How
many of the leadirig business
M
What is the matter?'
Just think
without a mile Of railroad, «nd
in a State which se|s the pace for
the American Union jn ihe value
of her farm ^ products! ! in the
State which sets the price for the
American Union in natural
sourSeif in a State where natural
Condition^ declare ttiij the great-
est material advancement to be
seen anywhere on e^fthi - - -
Texas raising nearly one-fourth
ofthe United States cotton crop
has not one single representative
cotten mill —such - mills as are
found all over the Garolinas and
end all oyer Georgia...
What is the matter?
interest in getting "the best man
in the county" to consent to be-
come a member of the Legisla-
ture? . How many of your best
ci tizens- have, "got together" for
the purpose of picking out the
"best man" for the State Senate?
How many .times have your busi-
ness men and your farmers, your
teachers, and the men from the
shops, offices and the other vo-
cations gotten together and
He must
in the face, ofthe notes
or in the interest. A pla^e which
i$ soldjiiui crdit for say $3000 is
rfot at all increased in valae by
the sale, but the place is~ taxed
after sale just as before, and the
iiote? for its purchase are also
taxed, the State receivthr ti&ea
on the pl^perty tyt|ce. * this con-
dition should b^ changed atorge.
The welfare of. the county de
mands that it be rethedied.
laws of any country should favor
rather than restrict: retard
home owing. Th€| i^\fare Of the
government is at a&ke <m the
proposition of home-owning, and.
to in-
i^lfelng c^lKiTIarw w'hich govern
noj: be en-
trusted to the hand and-brain of
ice {court lawyer
the av<
who with only a *ift of grab; is
willing to sacrifice all for the
praise of the hoi ^pojloi; Whose
mastery they thus acknowledge.
: Yea. that's wh|t the matter
Wi^i Texas! When her laws, and
their execution become- so radical
and foolish as to excite; the, rid-
icule of the other States; Whe¥
they become so inanely bad as to
r the laughing stock: of
the; rUn|on; when honest ex-
ploitation of any! industry ' be-
comes the target of insane tax-
ation for the puri)Ose of hiding
the sources of the money it takes
to run/the-machine; .when vitally man owning a home, so far as it
nothing should be a
tervend in th^ mtter of every
•; "v# "* i i'■ • ■ 1 . i . • j?- ■
is within the power of the goy-
ernment to prevent. 1 <V'|
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If some of our east Texas con-
temporaries would do a little in-
vestigating on the side they
would ce&se to print.the knocks
of their disgruntled" brfijnren
who have come welif with noth^
ing but a scoop and a hammer.
With the scoop they expected to
gather in the dollars. Failing in
this they used the hammer to do
a bit of knocking. Any " man
with a little sand in his craw can
succeed in West Texas to-day.
|TKefe"iT1
for those Who are willing to work.
We extend a welcome hand to all
who" would own a home to come
without delay. -Ample conpensa-
tion awaits aft who wirhcome and
labor.
soberly discussed the question of
men and measures leading to the
proper development of the State,
the county and the city? Not at
n the other hand, you are un-
iimtifla afcle to tell how
professional politicians, head-
ed mostly by briefless barristers,
have held "rousing rallies" in
the interest of personal promo-
tion Of themselves or their tools
to office. J;*
s what's the matter ,wlth
Texas!
She ir i honeyVooty^bed with
cheap skates making laws which,
repress investment; which de
stroy initiative; which annihilate
prosperty, except that which a
prodigal nature thrusts upon a
people nolens voletts. j ,
That's what's the master, and
there is the remedy, ---—m
In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth, thpn
the editor, then the liberal adver-
tiser—which was all good. The
next day it snowed ancTHe creat-
ed the man who does not believe
in advertising; another who dioes
not take the home paper—-and
th|p He rested And then -the
'ffenrgot into the mouldingf wottr
and created the man who takes
veral years and r
fails to pay for it. After he had
completed that sOrry job, and
having a few^ lumps left, be
created the excuse of <a-man who
settles his subscription by in-
forming the post master to mark
his paper '-refused.'! ^
in "Iflftft with 165 miles, adeucasc
of 51:
cent
' 'The general decrease through-
out the country may be'ittrfbu-
ted, of course, to the paniewhich
overtook tli«^^ntiyJn_Octo^e^
1Q0T*, the effect^ of which have
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not yet disappeared, but we are vthjs things which ought
Dead easy! The prodigalityof
nature has piade the fnakiik ofi . Jn this day of terribly
money an easy ta8k hi Texas tfn- sive government, it
der all sorts of hindrances, but
there are enterprise* Which will
not—which cannot'- stand ^
some of the abuses which ignor-
ant ambition, ignorant zeal, with
unre8trin«d hand, may lay upon
them. : J i ■
^ These are the things which I#
Jaw Willi 339 mllCT.'Tanl;, afthll"'^? flxejinvwtn^ntofUrge
capital aiieh m railwuvB «nH
lactones, which may by foolish
vicious la*
bad investment, but the ruin" of
all who are connected, with them
in a financial way. These are
the very thkigs Which
needs moat in her jnarch
dustrial leadership, ancf. ti
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is no 6n-
usualy thing to find certain lines
of businessjsrrapped in swathes
of taxeB, under one or another
guise. It makes little difference
tender what guise the taxes are
hid, the producing consumed fin-
J % paya them all. Itis to one
particularly pernicious tax that
this is written to call attention to.
who aommrt-thg
and
government with money
TtSepeople who make mor-
al and material S|fety of life and
property are the people who owij
or who want to own h0m>
Undef the present adjusi
qf the tax laws, the poor man
The announcement of - the
CrOsbyton Review, a new paper
to be established at Crosbyton
soon by F. E. Whie, has reach-
ed this office and The Reporter
gladly X'S with it. Mr. White
is an all round newspaper man
and until recently was publisher
tof the Jones .County Talk, a
paper which he established and
made a success of until he sold
it WeNwelcome him into the
newspaper fold again.—Stanton
Reporter, i '■ ■ ' v? '
tea\. , •- y :.. c\
We *re in receipt of a card an-
nouncing the appearance of the
Crosbyton Review, to be publish-
ed atCrosbyton, Texas, Jibe,
first number to appear oh Jam'
7th., with F. JE. Whife at the
helm, and having been personally
ainUfd wf
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If
no
who has po borne*^ hut who
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several years iye feel no hes:
in saying that CroBbyton _
doubt have a paper of which she
lifciustiy feel proud. Give her
nage if you wouidi see
her prosper and yon will never
have cause t9 regret it^ gere'
success to
min Post.
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White, F. E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1909, newspaper, January 21, 1909; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242120/m1/4/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.