White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-12-19
The People Of Kansas Should Depend
Upon Themselves.

Upon Themselves.
We are in the midst of war which i
disastrous to the business interests ol
Kansas, and from the consequences ol
which, her farmers receive very little re-
muneration for their labors, aside from
their own support. There being no mar.
ket for their produce. they have not The
means Of supplying themselves with gro.
ceries. clothing. and many other necesss-
ries and conveniences Of life requiring the
cash for their purchase. The war. and
the consequent deplorsbls state of busi.
ness affairs. may continue for several
years. Nor Is it Improbable that oul
country may become involved in . va,
with Great Britain in which event. on,
present hard times are no approach to
what we shall see. In view of such 9
prospect. the people Of Kansas. and oi
the Western country generally. will have
to depend upon themselves for many oI
the articles which they now buy. and
which they have never thought of produ.
cling. And now is the time to think ol
these things. and to make arrangement.
to go to work in earnest with the opening
Spring.
AZ to food. there need be no uneasinsss
For wheat. corn. potatoes. cattle. hogs
ETC.. there is no country in the world su'
perior to ours.
For clothing. We need not 60 abroad
Kansas is . magnificent WOOL growing
country. and the domestic looms turn on,
an article Of cloth superior in quality.
chsapness and utility, to much Of the i'm.
ported stuff; while for appearances. No
one need be ashamed to wear it. Very
many Of our citizens have for some time
been wearing it in preference to any 9th.
er. For Summer clothing. why go from
home? Kansas is splendid hemp.grow.
ing country; and where hemp grows,
fax will grow equally as we'll. Almost
every one remembers the domestic fabric
called "tow.linen," so common only q
few years ago, for Summer coats. psnts.
looms, and even shirts. It was cool, com.
Portable. durable. and decent. Why no.
return to this standby of former days !
Even the item of Summer hats may be
supplied from our rye-6elds.
Groceries are next to be looked after.
A large majority Of our people now use
rye. corn. and other substitutes for coffee.
and herbs for tea /; so that nothing more
is necessary upon that point. Molasses
need not be looked after away from home.
Sorghum is produced in abundance. and
almost every farmer manufactures his own
syrup. By means Of experiment. meth
cd may yet be discovered TO produce su-
8ot uOW tu0 CouOs xuucSu, tU0 AIIIC0U
cane has already been successfully expert.
msnted with, and it can be grown Is ca.
silly as the Chinese cane. We are credi.
bly, informed that farmer in Richardson
County. Nebraska, during the past sea-
son manufactured some 800 pounds of
sugar, Of an excellent quality, from the
African cane.
Fish are abundant in our streams and
ponds, and salt may be had in plenty, If
persons will take the trouble to manufac-
ture it.
There are some indispensable articles
which our people cannot produce, and
for which they must continue to look
abroad. But they can manufacture at
home sufficient number of articles that
they now buy, to render the things which
they must procure elsewhere . compare
lively easy burden.