Texas Seed Bill Explained

The Texas Seed Bill was a 1887 United States federal law to deliver $10,000 of aid to purchase seed grain for farmers after a major drought in Texas.^[1] The law was vetoed by President Grover Cleveland.^{[2] [3]} In his veto message, Cleveland argued:

References

1. Web site: Cleveland and the Texas Seed Bill. 2021-10-02. Bill of Rights Institute. en.
2. Dupont, Brandon. “‘Henceforth, I Must Have No Friends’: Evaluating the Economic Policies of Grover Cleveland.” The Independent Review, vol. 18, no. 4, Independent Institute, 2014, pp. 559–79, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24563170.
3. Kepfield, Sam S. "" They Were in Far Too Great Want": Federal Drought Relief to the Great Plains, 1887-1895." South Dakota History 28 (1998): 244-270. https://www.sdhspress.com/journal/south-dakota-history-28-4/they-were-in-far-too-great-want-federal-drought-relief-to-the-great-plains-1887-1895/vol-28-no-4-they-were-in-far-too-great-want.pdf