The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-10-16


nough to follow you. The boun- |,
Iful harvest has 3 thousand foes q
1hich are never attracted to the n
tunted grains of barren soil. The q
armer must learn TO snatch his har-
ests from their teeth. A thousand
Insects are waiting for the sweetness
4 our rlpening fruits which never {
disturb the hard, sour fruits of less |
.enial chimes. Against them the {
kill and industry of the husband {
nan must contend, and from them !
he must learn to win the prize. ,
Nan, who has subdued sea and land ,
md made the forces of Nature serve
him, will not be overcome by these
pests of the soil and air.
These are the truths on which we
rest. These are the truths of God
into the constitution of
the land. This is the shield by
which we break tie blow of tempo
rary calamity and rest quiet in hope
Of better days. Our hope of a pros
porous future is not based on wild
but on the known re-
with which God has endow-
ed our State. Through these, God
has given US an indication of what
may be and what will be, and from
this truth Of God, thus revealed, we
prophecy q prosperous future, and
as surely expect it to come as though |
God had spoken by an audible voice. |
Nothing eau hinder such soil and |
climate and such resources from be- |
ing the foundation of g rich State |
but the Incidence, ignorance or dis
honesty or its people. There are
drawbacks and hinderances. There
are seasons of disaster and gloom.
But there is under all these a perma-
nent basis OF prosperity on which
wise men will rely, and which is
snre to reward patient fidelity with
prosperity.
The question comes to US now,
How can we soonest reach the pros
perity that most certainly awaits
this region? How shall we besI
hasten the "good time coming?
First-BS patient aud skiilIuI in
| dustry. The Industrial principles
OF The caIfish-aristocracy. which
scratcher up few acres of land aud
fhen throws some corn over il, must
be abandoned. The theory and
practice of mesgre tillage, SO popu-
lar and common, must be denounced
as criminal as well as slovenly. The
majority of our farmers half till
their soil, and then trust to its rich
ness to compensate their own lszi-
ness. When Nature, weary of be
ing trifled with, chastises them with
failure, they blame the country in
stead of their own Incidence. Last
year was called a poor year-an6
most of our farmers were poor
enough-yet l know farmers who
made more money last year than
any other year they have been here
aud they were only plain, steady
Woodworking men, and did only
what any one else might do. There
was no unusual skill or luck. Sup
pose this year, instead of the un
broken stretches of corn, we see ev
cry farmer had q field of wheat. II
or 20 acres, our calamity would b.
great then, but its edge would bt
turned. The country would be full
of wheat, and wheat is always mon
ey, and money seems TO be our ont
great lack. Instead of 3,OOO,OOC
bushels of wheat there would be a
.. least 10000, OO0-grain to spare in
stead of grain to buy.
Thus a wiser and more diversi
fed industry would give US large
and less fluctuating returns. TIL,
, fulness of one crop would compen
/ safe for the sca1tiness of another
Industry is the foundation O
, wealth, and labor the source anC
, measure of value. Cunning MAJ
transfer wealth from one man'i
! pocket to another, but only labo
,, of muscle or brain can Great,
wealth or enlarge it's volume. w,
must create more wealth, and de
pend less upon drawing it from
, abroad. The great dependence O
the past has been immigration
new people coming with money t.
spend. This has been our princi
pal crop-our main dependence
Having no flocks of their Own
many of our people have depended
on fleeing the lambs that come
from gentler climes. The supply
of these begins to fail, for even
lambs soon learn the tread of the
wolf. We must depend, in the fu
ture, on producing something the
world wants, and not depend or
getting something which the world
has got.
| Second-This leads me to an
other way in which the return o.
prosperity may be fastened, name
~; by stern integrity and rigid
honesty.
| To escape the payment of oul
debts, which seems to be the OBJ,
ject of life with a great many, may
bring temporary relief, but it will
bring a curse after it. The way to
prosperity is not through the door.
If We would prosper and have our
prosperity do us any good, that
doctrine of the devils which al
ways takes advantage of time like
thIs-the doctrine of reputation
must be hurled back with the
indignation which only honest men
can feel. The only reputation
which must be tolerated for a mo-
ment is the prompt and utter re-
pudiation OF every man that dares
breathe the possibility of repudi-
ating our debts in any shape or
form. The very suggestion is an
insult to the people, for the man
who makes to you q dishonorable
proposition evidently thinks you
are susceptible to such a PROPOSE
ton.
And there must be private as
well as public integrity,-honesty
between man and man,-the rigid
meeting of obligations. He is no
friend of yours, and has no high
opinion of your integrity, who
comes to tell you how you can es-
cape paying your debts. A debt
is none the less q debt because its
payment can be evaded. It is
none the less debt because you
have repented the bargain by
which you incurred it. You may
save your money, but you are only
keeping what belongs to another.
A different mode of doing this
would put man in the peniten-
tiary. We need q revived and
vigorous sense of the honor of OBJ
legations. The whole fabric of
commerce rests on these, and he is
unsettlIng the foundations of CON-
mercisl Intercourse who impairs |
their sacredness.
Third-Another way in which
We can hasten the coming Of pros
perity is by manly independence
and cheeful courage. We are not
going to hasten by winning or ex-
aggerating the evils we suffer. We
are not going to hasten this COM
ing day by denouncing our State
and giving her q bad name. She