The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-01-23

: ing the past year, and this, it
: found, will scarcely pay for the L
. Dor reqnlred in its production
: whereas, even at the present 10
y quotations, it can be made to re.
it lie for the farmer, by being fe
. to stock, from fifty to sixty cent
9 per bushel.
II It is cause for congratulate
q that attention is being directed t
) the importance Of a more divers
j fed production. Many crops, bu
!, a few years since entirely uu
: known to the state, are now bein
t successfully produced here. Hand
!, same profits are being realize,
! from the cultivation of cotton
hemp, fax seed, tobacco and cas-
. tor beans.
Agriculture is the chief oecu
) patton of our people, and shoult
: receive your fostering care.
MANUFACTURES.
T A variety of concurring causes
render it certain, as I have already
intimated, that Kansas will bt
, rankedin the future, as she is al
the present time, as essentially an
agricultural and stock producing
state. While this is undeniably
true, it is equally certain that the
state is not without numerous,
varied and admirable facilities for
many branches Of manufacture.
1 nnr On0V hAGo SaA-A-AsLI1
water power is abundant; salt,
gypsum, fire. clay, ochre and lead
are found in many portions of the
state. A prolific soil guarantees
ample production and compare
lively cheap rates of living. 1t is
true that manufacturing enterpris-
es of encouraging magnitude and
variety have been established in
different localities, but the pro-
gress made in this direction has
not been SO rapid as it should
have been. Many of the articles
which are now imported from 9TH
er states, and from foreign coun-
tries, could be profitably manufac-
tured here, and the purchase mon
ey kept at home. This is parti-
cularly true OF the large and con-
stantly growing class of farming
implements, for which the demand,
already large, must continue to
increase with the progress Of set
Element and cultivation. The in
terest deserves, and will, I doubt
not, receive your enlightened con-
sideration.
GEOLOGICAL AND TYPOGRAPHICAL
SURVEY.
1t has been urged, with mWeh
force and justice, that our resour-
ces, especially those valuable ores
which underlie the surface of the
earth, have not been sufficiently
made known, and that consequent
ly but limited investments have
been made for their development.
It occurs to me that a thorough
geological survey, the results to
be printed and widely circulated,
would contribute largely to the
remedying of this defect. It has
been suggested also that an Off
cial survey of and reliable report
upon the available water-powerI
of the state could be procured at
moderate cost; and would prove
highly advantageous in every re
speet. recommend the subject
to your earnest attention. Pru-
dent economists will not neglect
the future in praiseworthy zeal for
the present interests of q great
commonwealth
MENNoNITEs AND FRIENDS.
You have been made acquainted
with the fact that a considerable
number of Mennonites from other
states and from foreign countries
are settling in the Southwestern
portion of this state. The belief,
religious and general, of this meri-
torious class ofpersons assimilates
very closely, am informed, to
that entertained by the society of
Friends. They ask that the law
be so amended that they may be
relieved from military duty with
out the payment of any fine or
penalty. It is hoped that large
accessions may be made to the
number of these worthy settlers,
and it may properly be considered
whether any class of people who
are conscientiously opposed to
the bearing of arms should be
compelled to pay an onerous tax to
be relieved therefrom. It strikes
me as incongruous that sincere
religious convictions should be
made taxable by our laws.
REFORM IN LEGISLATION.
1t has been usual to fritter away
the greater portion of the session
of the legislature dnring the last
few days. The disposition to
legislate is concurrent with the
desire to be paid for it; and as
the end of the fifty days to which
payment is limited draws near,
members begin to think of their
return home, and measures of I'M
portancc are crowded through
with inordinate haste, under q
suspension of the rules. These
reach the Governor in such pro-
fusion during the closing hours,
that he can not even read, much
less consider, a large portion of
them, and is therefore compelled
to exercise an unusal degree of
faith, or by Withholding his APP
proval render nugatory much leg
islative labor. 1t is in this way,
too, that incongruous, ingram
NAUTICAL, immature, and often dan
gerous, measures creep into the
statute book. All important leg
islation should be entered upon
during tho early days of the sess-
ion, and perfected as rapidly as
is CONSTANT with the requisite
deliberation. Each day wasted,
and each day which the session
is unnecessarily extended, costs
the people more than i've hundred
dollars. I have determined here
after to approve no bill which ]
have not had ample opportunity
to read and consider.
Concluded on the I'd page.)
Coop HUMoR.-There is moth
ing so captivating to Others
pleasing and salutary to our
selves, as invariable good hume
and harmless pleasantly. 1
; makes the very atmosphere redo
) lent with pleasure, and promote
: our bodily comfort and health ii
a manner totally unknown t
! tremendnt "maids of fifty, an,
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