The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-01-24
EMPORIA, KANSAS, SATURDAY. JANUARY 24 1868


as a considerable portion of these bonds is
now possessed by private individuals, and
out of the reach of the State, the Secretary
Of the Interior, have learned, has agreed
/ TO receive enough of new issue to make
good the contract. and to give the State the
benefit of the same, provided the State will
affirm By law the act of its former agent.
Thirty-one thousand dollars 1881 ,00O) of
these bonds out of the ninety-fiv thousand
six hundred dollars (S95, 6OO) above re-
/ ferred to, being the difference between
what has been paid for and what has been
delivered, were left with the Secretary of
the Interior, as a guarantee that the State
! would perform its part of the contract.
/ Now l call upon you to do your duty.
You must meet this responsibility, or forfeit
the credit of the State. Its wants are i'm
| perative; its character is at stake. I will
not, if can help it, and you will not, l
know, permit stain to rest upon that credit
or blur upon that character.
! To carry out the intention of the Legisla-
! ture of 1862, 1t will be necessary for you TO
provide by law, for the appointment of an
agent with authority to call upon the Treas
urer of the State for the fifty four thousand
four hundred dollars 1854, 4OO) of per
cent. bonds, and to empower him to close
the unfinished contract between the State
and the Secretary of the Interior.
! The founders of the State, and the franz
ers of the Constitution, looked to Agricul-
ture as the basis of its progress and pros
perity. The action of both is clear. The
Constitution makes it an especial duty of the
Legislature to encourage Agricultural i'm
provements: g The Legislature shall en-
courage" One fact all history establishes,
and his is, that the employment which first
occupied the attention of man, and that
which insures plenty and secures health, is
the last which has received the fostering
care of Government, or the friendly aid of
society. Art, science, law, commerce, all
had their place and their laws we'll develop
ed, ere Agriculture was regarded worthy
the attention of statesman or philosopher.
The tiller of the soil has been kept aloof
! from the favored classes. But in our coun-
try, and in our age, new theory has been
developed, and that theory is, the more we
multiply small farms and encourage small
farmers, the surer, the stabler. ne more
| thriving and progressive will beeyery power
which gives vigor to human action, or
strength to human government.
The soil Of Kansas is fertile. There are
few States in the Union which have body
of land of richer or more enduring quality.
The climate is genial and healthful. None
could be more so. Both in soil and climate
it invites emigration, as the settler will find
here every advantage which will reward
labor and insure certain independence.
The cereals average higher price than in
any Western State in the Union. The re-
ward for labor is greater. And the reasons
are obvious-because our home market
demands all that can be produced, and be-
cause in the gold regions of Colorado, New
Mexico, and the region known as the Rocky
Mountains, a large and rapidly increasing
population is settling for mining purposes,
which is now, and must continue to be, de-
pendent chiefly upon Kansas for its sup
plies. Besides, the construction Of the
Pacific Railroad with its branches, certain
to be completed, with it a swelling tide of
population, which will also be dependent
upon this State, for years to come, until the
rich plains and valleys of the Far West can
be made productive. This we consider to
be the practical and positive advantage we
enjoy. The farmers of Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois are measurably dependent upon
the seaboard for their market. That rules
rates and fixes prices; that, too, governs
the values of labor; but in Kansas, indepen
dent alike of the seaboard and transporta-
ton companies and their heavy tariffs, we
have home market which never fails. AS
to other important interests, there can be
no doubt. As stock country, where the
fostering care of man is required to prepare
food during any portion of the year. Kansas
is unequalIed. For sheep husbandry, ii
certainly ranks with the most favored por-
tons of the world. The dryness Of its eli
mate, its rolling prairies, its wonderful
supply of grasses, render this a natural
home for sheep. Australia, with a narrow
rim around its vast deserts, destitute Of
running streams, subject to years Of drcuth,
with the price of lands and labor higher,
and far distant from market, has been the
great wool producing region. In 1910, i'll
exported one hundred and sixty (l60) lbs;
in 1850. forty millions 90, 900, 000). The
result of this success has awakened in the
agricultural regions of Europe conviction
that sheep are a necessity of good general
system of husbandry. The highest agri-
cultural authority we have states as fact.
that while they afford as much food to man. /
In proportion to their own consumption, as
any other domestic animals, they are be-
lieved to return more ferlilizing matter to
the soil. urge, then, upon the farmers of
this State, upon agricultural societies, and
upon you, 10 do whatever can be done to
advance the stock interests generally. and
especially that of sheep husbandry.
The first settlers of Kansas, without ex
eeption, believe. 10 laying out the plsts of
towns. invariably set apart certain portions
of them to the church and school house I
The trainers of the Constitution were AMI /
mated by like spirit. They made ii i'm I