The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-09-01
From the Kansas City Journal, August 9th
SUFFERING IN KANSAS.

| few weeks since, o gentleman living ut Mound
| City in Linn County, Kansas, wrote a communal
cation to the New York Tribune, stating that
many families were in destitute condition in
Kansas, having raised nothing the past season
and no means to procure provisions and that I'M
less supplies were sent TO them from their friends
| at the East, they must suffer- The EmpOria Netcs,
fearing that knowledge of these facts would de-
ter migrants from settling in Kansas during the
coming fall contradicted the contents of the TTib-
correspondents letter and stated that suffering
was one of the impossibilities anywhere in Kan
sas together with such other comments were
calculated to impress the people with the belief that
no such state of things exists were portrayed in
the Iribuaes letter, and that the people of Kansas
were seeking to impose upon their friends. We
did not the letter to the Tribune, but copied
the article from the Nears. On yesterday we were
waited upon by the writer of the letter to the Tr
6une who stated that the article of the Ne1cS was
calculated to check supplies from persons at the
east that were absolutely needed by their friends
in Kansas He stated thst the Nelos had wholly
misrepresented the facts, and done so in the fear
that the knowledge of the facts as they really
listed, would be injurious to the country. He sta
ted that numbers of families in Linn, Bourbon,
Allen and Woodson counties must actually suffer
unless aid was received from their friends. They
were really destitute of provisions and had no
money and could get employment These
statements were confirmed by other we'll know
citizens of Linn County who accompanied him.
1T is conception worthy alone of the
editor of the Journal, and the writer of the
letter to the Tribune, &c. II. 81 that false
statements in regard to the crops, which by
preventing contribution from the East, wonld
compel hundreds already here to starve,
and induce thousands more to come here to
add to our and their msfortunes, would
benefit Kansas. 1t would rather be the
curse of the Territory for years to come.
But the fact of the whole business is, that
nobody is going to starve. or really suffer
for want of provisions; and after fully pro-
viding for all here, there will be plenty to
supply emigrants and others who may come
to the Territory. Our information in re-
gard to this matter is positive. We do not
say that every man that planted will reap,
but we do mean to say that the aggregate
crop will be more than sufficient to supply
the whole of our people-"C. H. s." and
"other Well-knoWn citizens of Linn county"
to the contrary Notwithstanding. If our
former article was calculated to check" pro-
miscuous supplies from the East, we rejoice
at it. If G. H. S. or any one else is indi-
vidually needy let him ask his friends to
help him if he chooses to do so but he
ought not to seek to cover up his own lazi-
ness and want of thrift by cry of general
The people of Kansas are not
beggars, and do not want such an imputa-
ton cast upon them.
To the friends of Kansas in the East we
would say, if you are cbaritably disposed |
and have supply of funds on hand, send
them to Syria, or the Fejee Islands. never
doubling that the people of Kansas are per-
fectly able to live from their own resources.
But as "seeing is believing" perhaps you
had better come and sec for yourselves.