The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-08-27

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gratitude. 1t first this board were IL,
set with appeals 10 suspend The tar,
and not mock distress by a fiesta! gath |
ering in honor of the harvee. king, |
with a skeleton rafting its fie>lless
bones in every face.
Believing we held public trust,
and had an important duty TO perform
in giving stcadiness, if possible, to a
condition OF things not unlikely to
produce panic. ten fold more dam
aging in It's effects than the cause which
produced il, We have used eXtraordi
nary efforts to obtain full and reliable
information As TO the true condition
of the state. We know that up TO july
the promise was above the average
Yield of wears, for corn, and not much
below for potatoes. We know that the
gathered crop of wheat was ten per
cent at least above. Instead of ten per
cent below. the average yield. as claim
ed by the commissioner of agriculture.
Frui. was admitted by all TO be more
than abundant. We were satisfied that
no inconsiderabe quantity Of the old
crop of corn was still in store, and that
famine could not be one-half so near
our doors as supposed by those stung
TO despair by total loss Of their only
crop, and others. who are never so
happy as when peddling some tale of
real or imaginary harm.
We now say to you that Kansas is
not beggarcd, but rich in ability TO
feed and care for her every citizen.
No appeals need be made by our ex-
ecutive to the secretary of war tor
army rations, nor by philanthrepists
for charitable contributions from be-
yond our borders, as neighbor states
have been forced to do already.
Patience and courage on the one hand,
and open handed manliness on the
other, will feed and care for all our
people, bridging them safely over to
another and abundant harvest.
But the cry has already gone out of
"chinch bug, drouth and grasshopper,"
to be christalized into damaging pub
lie belief, unless we send authenticated
truth close upon its track TO counter
act it, Suffering much less than our
sister states of the west, from grass
hoppers and short crops, we are in a
condition to suffer much more than
they from misrepresentation.
You, the people of Kansas, have the
power to nip this impending evil of
Misrepresentation in the bud, by con-
| tributing to make the fair of Septem-
Der 9TH, 1874, an exhaustive and truth
full exponent of the products of the
soil, the condition of the industries
and the faith and endurance of the
people of Kansas under adverse cir
cumstances. If every county in the
state is represented by the best of its
herds, its hocks and its fields, if you
make such a showing as we know you
can make, and we believe it your duty
| to make, then our annual fair for the
year 1874 will be TO the state its very
proudest and its most profitable vindi-
cation.
We appeal to every citizen, whose
pride aud whose property are invest
ed in Kansas soil, to give active aid
and effective work to accomplish this
end, especially de we appeal to the
press Of the state to work devotcdly
and vigorously in this behalf. We ask
local societies TO proceed at once to
organized effort in the interest of the
section respectively represented by
them.
1t gives us pleasure to state that
every arrangement for comfort and
economy of visitors has been perfect
ed. Cheap board and ample facilities
for camping can be depended upon.
The fair grounds are being placed in
complete order, and through the en-
lightened liberality of the citizens of
Lcavenw orth, Il new and additional
exhibition building is being put up,
fifty by two hundred and fifty feet in
size. BY order of the board.
GEO. T. ANTHONY. Prest.
ALFRED GRAY, Sec'y.